I have been running the double wing system for close to 12 years, and i can. Double wing playbook 2012 double wing offense by jeffrey m. The louisville cardinals double wing formation inside. Wide receivers or split ends usually not used in the formation. It is the base play of the offense that caused landslide victories for don markham enroute to his national scoring record in bloomington, ca. It is the double wing offense i have been running and developing since 1990, and im as enthusiastic about it now as i was then. But the father of the offense, the man who nurtured it, helped it grow into what it has become today, is don markham, who set the national high school scoring record, winning the national championship with a whopping 880 points in 14 games. One problem for us with the double wing has been offensive line play. This strategy is easy for kids to understand and will help you win your games. Sep 26, 20 use them to create powerful fronts like the under front, the 62 defense and other fronts that everyone else is lining up in to stop the double wing. Oct 02, 2014 and of course the double wing offense has 11 moving parts and the plays just dont operate the same without 11 on offense. Use them to create powerful fronts like the under front, the 62 defense and other fronts that everyone else is lining up in to stop the double wing. Adjustments for several different defenses are explained along with play. Actually, the first offense i ever knew was the single wing.
Created by pop warner, the double wing offense has been tearing defenses apart for 100 years now thats a lot of touchdowns. Tim murphy is the head football coach at clovis east ca. But the father of the offense, the man who nurtured it, helped it grow into what it has become today, is don markham, who set the national high school scoring. It was hot and humid inside the carrier dome notorious for its lack of air conditioning for the accs first inter. The double wing is easy to teach, easy to learn, putting players in position to win. Although the doublewing formation had the lack of the line splits all across the front, the. We are a freshman football team who opens the season against a double tight double wing team. The double tighttight split double wing offense is difficult, but not impossible, to defend. Its a highly effective offense featuring two tight ends, one fullback right behind the quarterback and two wingbacksas in 880 points in 14 games effective. You can learn a lot about creating blocking angles here. This book describes the double wing offense in detail with full chapters explaining the base plays along with expansion into the i, ace, and stack i formations. Apr 06, 2015 almost every offense being run in football today is a derivative of the wing t offense in some way. He will help you install 23 run plays from five different wing t series.
This book has made it easy for me to understand assignments and to identify and put the right personnel into these assignments. Double wing football playbook, coaching dvds, defensive manuals, emagazines and clinics. Always helps to know the offense as well as possible before trying to find a defensive scheme to stop it. Meyers offense could run any number of option and toss sweep concepts shown by flexbone teams from this look, but to ensure teams dont simply load the. And about punching 15 year old defenders in the face with your play calling. Check out this video on defending the double wing offense with the 335 defense.
Mastering the double wing at the youth level a chicago coach breaks down why the double wing is great for young players, and gives his top tips on how to use it. Realizing that they cant grasp a lot of plays because of their age, i found the double wing. Here the offense has created a double wing formation by utilizing a 2nd te. There are far too many wing t formations and variants to break down each one in this article. Pdf file, ms powerpoint, ms visio, and many other graphic formats from the conceptdraw store. More topics on message board say 35 and 33 than just about any other subject line. In his two years as a starting center in their single wing offense, the scarlet knights. It is imperative for the defense to eliminate these to lineman from ever being able to pull. The demo deck of heavy, laminated cards provides you with of the most common defenses we doublewingers see drawn against a doublewing and using actual drawntoscale players rather than xs and os. As defenses have evolved, he has fine tuned the double wing to ensure. With any wing t or slott offshoot, the defense must address the guards. With any wingt or slott offshoot, the defense must address the guards.
Half line drills for double wing power schemes coach somebody. Former tiger assistant football coach wayne link let us use his double wing offense book. Turning it around with the double wing offense there are over 100 presentations on the online clinic. Using coach wyatts greenyellowred measuring stick, take stock of what youve been doing. The strongside wing and tight end vary their routes, but one runs a flag, and the other goes to the flat. After emailing back and forth with a few new coaching friends across the country i decided to give the direct snap, double wing with an unbalanced line offense a go. The double wing started out as a formation but evolved into a system of offense, instilled into the playbook when horn arrived in 1997. The kids are really responding well to this offense. Ppt understanding our base wing t offense powerpoint.
So now you need 11 on defense to get them a decent look to go up against and now you have a numbers problem. He will help you install 23 run plays from five different wingt series. There are at least a few variations of the single wing, containing two tight ends and four backs. Tim murphy has a long history of creating great running football teams. The double wing is an offensive formation which should not be confused with the double wing offense. Installing the wedge double wing football dumcoach. The only difference for you, is that the offense does not know which one youll be in until after the snap. The wingback can double team an aggressive defensive end that is difficult to block. Producing football diagrams using conceptdraw diagram software takes seconds, not minutes.
While there are some variations, the typical alignment of players for the double wing are. It was like taking a college course in the double wing. It is the play that convinced hugh wyatt that this offense was for him. Sean cottrell breaks down the louisville cardinals double wing formation after they used it to dismantle syracuses defense. It allows a small school, like mason, to create optimal blocking angles for undersized kids, using sheer toughness to gain yards. Explanation of the double wing offense with history and examples duration. The second part of the play call is the motion, if any. We will use rip and liz for slow motion or rocket and laser for sprint motion.
The double wing offense for youth football youth football online. Kirby smart uga ryan day ohio state university lincoln riley oklahoma rich scangarello denver broncos offensive coordinator mac brown unc chapel hill david shaw stanford university neal brown west virginia tom herman texas. And of course the double wing offense has 11 moving parts and the plays just dont operate the same without 11 on offense. The play action pass must be off actions the defense will see a lot and you are going to be successful at. Basic wingt playbook buck series buck sweep trap waggle bucksweep weak belly series down down sweep down keep pass down option belly belly sweep belly keep pass lead series lead sweep power wingback counter halfback counter counter criss cross specials quick pitch wedge dont forget to visit the message board spread wing playbook jets and. Double wing football option style football pistol style football pro style football single wing football. I had to change my name due to login issues but im the coach who ran double wing for the first time last season.
The demo deck comes with seven doublesided, laminated, heavyduty 812 x 11 cards. The double wing offense is an offense that features two tightends, two wing backs, one fullback, and a qb in the backfield. Teams install new schemes and formations all the time, but rarely are they as successful as this example during the first acc game of the 2016 season. This is a difficult offense for high school programs to prepare for due to a multitude of reasons, not the least being the elimination of blitzes thanks to its oneinch splits. Unlike the double eagle, that aligns the interior linemen in 3 techs, the double g puts the interior linemen. The formation was first introduced by glenn pop warner around 1912. Thanks to football solution from the sport area of conceptdraw solution park all you need is just drag and drop readytouse positions objects to a template contains football field, and place positions on the field. This is a smash mouth offense that uses a ton of down blocking and pulling. Troubleshooting the double wing points out the sort of details that make the difference between a powerful, successful double wing attack and one that could have your staff starting to find fault with a system that has been proven to work, over and over. It is a very effective youth football offense that is common among top youth football teams. When i say double wing, i mean the traditional double tight, fullback at sniffer offense, not the flexbone the double wing has as its core series the toss power offtackle, fullback trap, fullback wedge, wing counter, some type of sweep several options and a play action pass off of toss action.
Jan 10, 2012 coach stewart covers the pistol wing t run game within a basic wing t series approach. The wingback will be able to down block on any cgap defender or a wide defensive tackle. Choosing the right offense is one of the most important aspects in building a successful youth football program. Ppt wing t offense powerpoint presentation free to view. Defending the double wing part ii coach and athletic. The doublewing formation is used in many offenses from the youth level through college. The 53 or 35 defense is the new popular defense among coaches. So i felt we had to find a way to simulate a live play with just half the available players. If the quarterback rolls to the motion side, the weakside tight end runs a post. Diagram creates drawings, diagrams and charts with great visual appeal in mac os x. In this tutorial, learn how to arrange a double wing offense for your kids football team.
Nov 11, 2016 the double g or double 2i look is the best against a wing t offense. Double wing offense play calling the first part of the play call is the formation, we will primarily use tight, over tight, and loose. Ppt wing t offense powerpoint presentation free to. Our offensive line coach insists on teaching the two hand punch style of line play, but all my research, including conversations with other double wing coaches, seems to indicate that shoulder blocking is the way to go with this offense.
Sep 03, 2010 realizing that they cant grasp a lot of plays because of their age, i found the double wing. It was hot and humid inside the carrier dome notorious for its lack of air conditioning for the accs first interconference matchup between syracuse orange and the louisville cardinals. The double g or double 2i look is the best against a wingt offense. Its combination of power and deception was exactly what i was looking for. The louisville cardinals double wing formation inside the pylon. Double wingcoaching tips coach hugh wyatts double wing. Html, pdf file, ms powerpoint presentation, adobe flash or ms visio xml for. Pat fox, chuck apap and roger holmes have been some of my favorite clinic speakers on the subject of the. How did markham do itwith an offense he devised that was a modern version of the double wing.
Coach gregory explains the installation the power series by diagramming six plays, including misdirection plays, and demonstrating each play on the field. But, if your opponents havent seen it before, its as new as today. This play is the one that forces the defense to bend, change, and react. The end results is a wing t offense can have many different flavors.
Having a wingback will allow you to outflank the defense. You can use this offensive lineup in any type of football, but its great for a peewee league. The double wing formation is used in many offenses from the youth level through college. And, just in case theres a bonus card with no defense on it at all. The end results is a wingt offense can have many different flavors. Offense defense special teams strengthconditioning sharedocuments menu. If you have multiple wingt teams on your schedule you may see a great deal of difference in formations. Packaging the delaware wing t against the shade 43. They run the power pitch, fullback trap and a qb run. Every play and series is presented first through a smart board power point. I needed to figure out which version of a direct snap offense i wanted to use. Tomorrow is our 1st workout and i want to get to installing wedge blocking asap.
Coach larry harrison coaches varsity high school football in gisa in georgia running the double wing offense. How do you stop the double tight, double wing offense. Offensive lineman usually uses 1 foot splits or less. The offense almost always begins with motion from one of the wingbacks started from a snapcount call and most plays run in the direction of the motion and though most plays are running plays, the double wing also has just enough passing options to keep it from being totally predictable.
Just a few offenses that use the formation are the double wing, flexbone and wing t. The double wing is a popular offense at the youth football level. Our inside run game wasnt what it could have been, so wedge is a priority for our 10u team this season. How to defend the double wing offense usa football blogs. The doublewing is an offensive formation which should not be confused with the double wing offense. Alabama quarterback mac jones is set to shine this year for the crimson tide. Double wing created by pop warner, the double wing offense has been tearing defenses apart for 100 years now thats a lot of touchdowns. Stopping the power running offense with the 425 part ii. President of the double wing symposium jack gregory hosts the power series, the core of the double wing offense. Start with my interview with my interview with denny creehan. Whereas the modern game has trended towards zoneblocking schemes, the double wing comes at you with an array of doubleteams. This will allow the offensive line to execute double team and down blocks on the defense very easily. The double wing, which usually is a powermisdirection offense, sometimes uses the option. Any suggestions on how to stop the wing t with this d.
Turning it around with the double wing offense sample youtube. Philosophy first in order to run the double wing offense you have to understand it is a philosophy of what we do and how we do it. Coach harrison and his double wing offense has never missed making the playoffs and has played in one state title game and 2 semifinal games in those 5 years. How to defend the double wing offense usa football. Defending the double wing part i coach and athletic director. I figured i wanted to spread the work load around, so two wingbacks seemed the way to go.
Another option for the offense is to send the strongside tight end straight down the middle of the field, with the other tight end deep on the weak side. Dec 02, 2009 coach harrison and his double wing offense has never missed making the playoffs and has played in one state title game and 2 semifinal games in those 5 years. There are far too many wingt formations and variants to break down each one in this article. His high school teams went on to post a 3091101 record. Offensive play double wing wedge vector graphic diagram. Mastering the double wing at the youth level hudl blog. A single wing is known to be an archaic formation which was very popular for most of the first 50 years of american football, although not as much today.
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