Air Raid Offense: Getting Your Playmakers the Ball

with Matt Joshi,
St. James Academy (KS), Offensive Coordinator;
2020 & 2021 Kansas 4A State High School Football Champions

Most modern offenses that are predicated on being unpredictable and feature a balanced attack that uses the entire field to spread out defenses, strive to find ideal mismatches that keep opposing defenses on their heels and off-balance. The Air Raid Offense is no exception.

Despite those offensive objectives, today’s advanced systems of defense and all the excellent defensive coaching minds found at all levels, will inevitably implement strategies and utilize sound tactics to nullify your team’s go-to advantages

As Matt Joshi, offensive coordinator for St. James Academy, evolved his Air Raid attack to new levels of championship success, he quickly learned that his offense had the full attention of opposing defensive coaches. Those opposing defenses incorporated a variety of schemes and on-field tactics to take away the Thunder’s best, most-productive plays.

Coach Joshi knew he needed to develop new and innovative ways to get the ball into the hands of his best skill players, while still staying true to the tenets of the Air Raid Offense.

In this instructional coaching video, Coach Joshi ‘opens the vault’ to showcase a treasure trove of offensive tactics you can use to get the ball into the hands of your best playmakers!

Building An Offense For YOUR Team
Coach Joshi provides an overview of his Air Raid offensive system highlighting with examples of how that particular style of offense fits in with St. James Academy’s philosophical dedication to playing, ‘Physical, Fast, Fearless Football’ in all phases of the game.

Coach Joshi takes things deeper with an informative lesson on the benefits of simplifying your overall offensive attack by breaking the objectives down to the ways you attack different defenses. This simplification process allows your offensive players to play more reflexively, and most importantly, FASTER during in-game situations.

Additionally, the simplified approach provides offensive players with immediate answers for how to attack defenses, rather than having a large grab bag full of assorted plays that they need to remember during the stress of live-game situations.

Run Game, Perimeter Screens, Stick/Draw, 4-Verts & More
Explaining that you can’t win if you don’t score points, Coach Joshi reaches deep into his playbook to uncover the concepts he depends upon to get the ball into the hands of his best playmakers.

Utilizing a wide-array of game-film examples, Joshi uncovers the secrets to using concepts within the Air Raid Offense to get his best skill position players the ball in the best possible situations and matchups.

You’ll get an inside look at how Joshi uses Toss Plays (run game), Perimeter Screens, off-tackle counter plays like the ‘GT Counter’ and ‘Counter Bash,’ Stick Routes, Draw Plays, ‘4 Verticals 84,’ extra pass plays such as ‘Y-Cross’ and MOF Gator Attacks (Steve Spurrier-inspired offense) and more all of which serve as a means to get his best playmakers the ball in open space.

As a bonus, you’ll also receive a fun look at a valuable call-sheet tool Coach Joshi calls, ‘Play-Sheet Tic Tac Toe’ which helps reinforce the philosophy of spreading defenses and analyzing the best ways to attack vulnerable areas.

With the secrets uncovered by Coach Joshi in this fully loaded video, newer coaches will learn how to best build an offense from the ground up, while veteran coaches can uncover new ideas and field-tested strategies to keep their current offense fresh and full of surprises!

64 minutes. 2025.