Youth Football Play Wing T Unbalanced Jet Sweep

[@jasone1279]

Coach we had at least 10 tds on this play this year!! Scored on it in the superbowl to win it all!! Thanks coachie

[@YouthFootballOnline]

Awesome! Congrats!

[@thejimmers13]

I have my jet motion run what I call a fly step after he receives the ball. By doing this you take out the playside 1 or 2 technique being able to make the play and you can pull the playside guard. I also fake the dive and have the qb carry out a fake bootleg away from the play to hold the LBs. When the defense adjusts and sends the outside backer with the jet motion you fake the jet and run 18 boot. Good stuff.

[@TrenchCoach]

I would not block the play side edge with a crack back block because of the potential for a clip call especially at the youth level. I ask my play side wing back to take the OLB/DE where ever he wants to go (inside press his outside hip/outside press his inside hip) and my play side X receiver to fake the slant then attack the CB's inside shoulder turning his back to the near side line. I teach my RB's to take the first sign of daylight in other words read the block provided by your fellow RB. Ideally the jet sweep play is designed to hit the alley between the CB & OLB/DE but we all now life is not perfect, so trust your vision and read those blocks. TAKE WHAT THE DEFENSE GIVES YOU!

[@YouthFootballOnline]

TrenchCoach To avoid a clip you teach the kid to break down right beside him and block him as soon as he turns. The idea of the jet sweep is to get outside- we don't want to run this into the teeth of the defensive pursuit. Sometimes the you can reach block the OLB or DE. If they are slanting hard outside we will run belly- which is off of our jet sweep. If there is a lot of space inside then the RB should cut it up...but if there is a lot of space inside then the pursuit of the defense is really soft, they just aren't getting to the ball carrier...or that the OL is doing a good job of cutting off defenders pursuing to the football. 9 out of 10 times this play is going out by the numbers and then up the sidelines. Even if we cut it in, we want to get back outside. We like to crack because it is hard for the split-end to stalk block the CB out in space for a long time. Using this motion is nice because it forces the defense to adjust/shift the defense or get beat. If they don't slant, roll, or adjust their defense to the motion side then we will hammer them all game with jet. Once they adjust or slant that is when our belly guts them! I agree with you - take what the D gives you. They over shift we gut them, the don't shift or adjust we keep making them eat jet sweep.

[@t.keithhayes8822]

Youth Football Online it is intended to get out into the alley on paper, but we all know any coach with half a brain is going to take that away. I teach my kids to recognize situations. If that situation gives us 4, 5, or 6 yards then well in the name of bill belichick that's what we are going to do. Lol

[@themadn8]

Ah! That makes sense. So the only non-Gap/On/Down blocking that is done is by the Slot back on the Corner. Thanks for the response!

[@YouthFootballOnline]

I do not assume they will never, when they do adjust and widen out to stop the jet sweep I will hit them with our belly play. The defense can line up anyway they want I call plays based on the defenses alignment they are showing us. The series of plays I use all work off one another, we do a lot of no huddle so if they line up wide, we hit them inside and so on. Once they over play the jet motion- that is when I call belly, power, trap and counter.

[@YouthFootballOnline]

Thanks , glad some of these plays are useful. Any questions about head coaching let me know, I'd be happy to help. Check out our site, there is loads of content that could help you out. Coach Jeff

[@YouthFootballOnline]

Yes we pull play-side guard in our balanced formation. Since this is an unbalanced formation we already have an extra blocker, no need for us to pull (TE is like the pulling guard). If we are in our base formation we will pull PS guard.

[@YouthFootballOnline]

@MillersPondDragons The jet motion goes first-then the fullback.

[@mikec.6735]

I coach in South Carolina. The city I'm in is the football capitol of our state! This will be my 4th year as a head coach for a new Gra-Y program..11-13yr olds.

[@EVERYDAYLIFE181]

I like the way you draw up the plays I'm looking forward to using some ...my first year coaching as head coach

[@jlgr8one88]

i ran this exsact same formation and play except i moved my fullback behind the left tackle for an extra lead blocker and it was unstopable and we went to the superbowl and i also faked the jet sweet and my qb kept the ball and soled the fake very well and ran opisite side of the sweep

[@sh0rtyb0yp1mp]

gona use this offense next season

[@coachphillips5114]

Give me a sample of their adjusted alignment and what play you would call. Also, are you signaling play from sideline? What age group does this unbalanced jet work best against? I think the younger they are, the more effective-as younger kids don't always adjust on sight.

[@christopherstudstill3451]

Who goes first Dive back or Jett guy?

[@YouthFootballOnline]

@YouthFootballOnline WIng T offense-jet and rocket motion. You?

[@themadn8]

Do you ever pull the Play Side Guard to make a 'kick out' block on the Defense' Contain Man? I wonder if, in the 40 front that the video shows, the Center can take up the Strong Side Defensive Tackle, and the Play Side Offensive Tackle along with the Fullback is going to clog up back side pursuit from the MIKE.

[@YouthFootballOnline]

@ccat1133 I been cracking for the past 5 seasons with my split end with no issues. High schools do it as well. You have to cheat in your split end. Plus you crack when you get a wide 9 technique and defensive ends that "box" to contain sweeps. I cheat my split end in to make it look like he cracking, to make the defensive end box wider, and then we hit them inside of it. The no huddle is also effective.

[@coachphillips5114]

Coach..I guess you assume that the defense will never move to attempt to adjust to your end over. What is your complementary play when that happens? Good Job!!

[@Dpanda92]

@YouthFootballOnline I coach in california and i have been coaching for 5 seasons. I coach 12-14 year olds senior divsion

[@YouthFootballOnline]

@Mrdavidelliott2010 that is cool, you head coach? what offense and defense you run?

[@C3WISE]

Hey coach. Could you give me the blocking assignment going against a 5-3. I coach in NY offensive coach of the Harlem Jets. Thanks.

[@mikec.6735]

Hey Coach you still around? I would love to share playbooks sometime! I run Double Wing, Wing T, and some spread. Would love to know how you incorporate it in the no huddle! Thanks, Coach Mike

[@cmahoe]

It's not an illegal formation it just means the tack.e is eligible for a pass and the TE isn't

[@coachsoop]

good job, coach. post some more!

[@YouthFootballOnline]

@Mrdavidelliott2010 I coach in NJ .....12 year old youth football. I been coaching for 11 seasons. You coach?

[@kbeatty5150]

I purchased the book and the OLine splits call for 2’ s splits I’m coaching a 8U team that may be too wide. Would anybody have any suggestions on Line splits for 8U using this offense?

[@YouthFootballOnline]

Coach, you can easily go to 1 foot or even foot to foot splits. Nothing changes, only the splits.

[@Dpanda92]

Were do u coach and how long u been coaching???

[@chrisstudstill114]

Who goes first jet man or full back?

[@YouthFootballOnline]

Hey coach, the Jet player goes first.

[@559killa6]

Can you throw to both TE from that formation

[@YouthFootballOnline]

This is technically what they call "tackle over formation". We don't bring the tackle over, we usually bring out TE over as our unbalanced player. The TE isn't true a TE because he is covered by the SE so he is not eligible for a pass. The T on the right is a Tight-end and he is technically eligible because he is not covered.

[@thenab90]

Is jet sweep only going to work on shot gun only?

[@YouthFootballOnline]

thenab90 It will work out of shotgun. The only difference is themotion timing. The motion timing will need to be adjusted because you have to account for the time the ball takes to get to the QB in shotgun. It is very effective out of the shotgun as well.

[@YouthFootballOnline]

Glad you like it. I have had a lot of success with this play. It is funny because many defenses do not realize that we are unbalanced to a side-so they do not shift their defense, leaving the outnumbered to that side.

[@goodmaro]

What I've seen is some teams never coach their defense to line up vs. unbalanced line, but their DE lines up on the outside shoulder of the TE strong side. What that does is make a lot of space on the strong side between DT & DE.

[@YouthFootballOnline]

@jlgr8one88 Moving the fullback over works well. I do that every now and then. It is a great way to get an extra blocker/ lead blocker. QB bootlegs away from sweep are always effective when jet sweep is killing them. Good Stuff Coach.

[@kbeatty5150]

Youth Football Online I purchased the book and the OLine splits call for 2’ s splits I’m coaching a 8U team that may be too wide. Would anybody have any suggestions on Line splits for 8U using this offense?

[@YouthFootballOnline]

Yes Sir.

[@skyisthelimit9897]

Liked and subscribed

[@YouthFootballOnline]

yes sir!

[@YouthFootballOnline]

@MillersPondDragons Sure next play I do I will draw up the trap for you.

[@christopherstudstill3451]

Could you just reach everyone left?

[@YouthFootballOnline]

Absolutely. Most teams that run jet just reach play-side. We just keep with a base blocking scheme because it one less scheme we have to teach.

[@goodmaro]

Sure, you can down block it if the defense doesn't adjust! If they do, you'll need to reach block it. The DE may be unreachable, in which case you'll have to ride him out and cut inside him. If the DE is a little too far to be reached while staying on your feet, he should be crab (not cut) blocked.

[@YouthFootballOnline]

Robert Goodman we try not to reach block because in youth football DL are actually good athletes that may actually affect the jet sweep. Also, when they slant or sell out to defend Jet, we have an answer for that. Take a look: youthfootballonline.com/heavy-right-36-jet-power-play/jet-motion

[@goodmaro]

In my experience with 8-13 YOs, DL are typically poor athletes except for the ends. Some teams do sprinkle some stars in the middle of their DL, but usually not at more than 1 interior position. I find reach blocking the play side to go well with the jet/fly end run, because when defenders see them step in that direction, they don't know if it's going to end in a reach block or an angle block, so that helps the fly run set up plays inside of them. I installed a sidesaddle T, and didn't try to make the fly run (which is very easy to execute or fake with a sidesaddle QB) "work", but only to make the defense widen on that side. If they want to stop the fly end run (which is basically naked), fine; I just want them to commit about 1.5 players to stopping it. One play I really wanted to install with that but never got to was a scissors -- a slant trap where the fly runner takes an inside handoff -- with a fake counter option away from it.

[@YouthFootballOnline]

Depends a lot on the league. In leagues like Pop Warner they have weight limits so many times the DTs are good players. Teams tend to sneak their poor athletes/ minimum play players at the nose guard. If you are playing big DT then just jet with reach blocking play-side works well. I mean jet sweep is designed with reach blocking that's how it is ran. Based on the teams we play, we just keep to our blocking scheme. Less to techniques to teach as well.

[@goodmaro]

The teams I coached on have all had weight limits too, but ironically the team I was with last year played the star of the whole team at nose. (He was fullback in the wing T on offense.) We taught a standard reach block for jet, but hardly used it all season, and, as you say, the players (9U) tended to forget to do their reach step on it because it was used so little and it was one more thing for them to remember. However, we used such wide line splits (excessive IMO) and did not recess the OL (another thing I disagreed with the rest of the staff about), our players had no chance to connect well on a reach block anyway. When I was in charge, we recessed the OL considerably, used narrower splits, and the reach technique I teach ends as a crab block. The only drawback of that is that with the recess of the line and the line not gaining ground, and the fly runner taking only a skate step to gain depth, his feet come pretty close to the OL as he clears the edge. But that hardly matters since I don't really try to make the fly run work, but just bluff with it.

[@YouthFootballOnline]

Robert Goodman yeah, we keep our splits at 2 foot regardless. I don’t like splits too close and not too far. 2ft seems to work for us. Standard wing t splits.

[@shadgriffin4394]

Tackle on the right side in no covered.

[@matthewlongmire346]

Know one blocks the free safety if that free safety's fast he can make the tackle quick

[@RudyFurman]

No offense scheme is designed to block the safety. That's the RB's man! Gotta make him miss!

[@aaronfantasia4189]

Rudy Furman wrong, if he didn’t have the receiver crack blocking he would have the safety.

[@hatersaywhat8986]

Outcome....A good free safety will hit the lane on snap. 2 out 3 attempts stopped

[@YouthFootballOnline]

A good no huddle team will hit the defense over the top when they are committing their single high safety to stopping jet.

[@hatersaywhat8986]

We ran this jet sweep last season (prepping for this year now) and we tried it on a "slack" team to get a feel and the free safety just had good instincts and stopped the run in the lane opening... Tried on our scrimmage team and they picked it up as well. How can we block that safety if we are committed to the lane protection? We like your videos but I've caught hell because of it.

[@YouthFootballOnline]

If the FS is the one making the tackling every time you should be in good shape (gained a lot of yards). If they are rolling down a safety to the motion side you can crack him with the SE. We crack a lot with our SE. If that FS is flying out of the middle of the field you can hit a pass play right down the middle of the field. If the defense begins to overflow to motion, have counter plays off of jet action that can take advantage of overaggressive defenses.

[@secularhumanist3291]

You have an uncovered OT on the right side?

[@YouthFootballOnline]

The RT tackle has a 4 tech over him. He is covered.

[@secularhumanist3291]

Youth Football Online ..serious question. That offensive tackle on the right ...doesn't he need to be covered with an eligible receiver? Rb/TE/WR? I see that the DT is in a 4 tech ? What have I missed? Thanks!

[@YouthFootballOnline]

Technically, he is a TE. He is the end man on the line of scrimmage. As long as you have 7 on the line you are good. We usually just bring our TE over to the unbalanced side, but most teams bring over the tackle. I have him as an OT on the White Board, but technically he is a TE. Most coaches, will bring the RT over and place him next to the LT. Like so: RT LT LG C RG TE. Our TEs are usually excellent blockers so we usually just move them over when we go unbalanced. The TE is covered by our SE so our TE isn't eligible. Our TE is really just lined up as an OT. Sorry, when you said tackle covered, I though you were asking about the DT head up on the OT.

[@YouthFootballOnline]

Also, here is some actual game footage of this play: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWmkg2mPd76hgpI

[@secularhumanist3291]

Youth Football Online ....ok good I understand. I plan on using this play. I got a RB whos name is all over this play! Thanks Coach for responding! I have good blocking TEs. I really like this play!