{"id":21374,"date":"2024-08-22T16:49:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T22:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.championshipproductions.com\/news\/?p=21374"},"modified":"2024-08-22T17:37:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T23:37:27","slug":"keeping-defenders-on-roller-skates-explosive-offensive-play-calling-tactics-and-strategies-that-attack-for-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.championshipproductions.com\/news\/2024\/08\/22\/keeping-defenders-on-roller-skates-explosive-offensive-play-calling-tactics-and-strategies-that-attack-for-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosive Play-Calling Tactics and Offensive Strategies That ‘Attack For Balance’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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For successful offensive coordinators, and for those football coaches who take pride in their creative play-calling ability, the phrase \u2018attacking for balance\u2019 is more akin to an enlightened state of being, rather than a desired goal for their team’s offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the uninitiated, and for those folks who watch a lot of football on television, they usually consider the term \u2018balanced offense\u2019 as a matter of run-to-pass ratio<\/em> \u2013 with the ultimate goal being a 50%-50% run-pass and seemingly unpredictable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a coach who is a dynamic offensive-coaching mind and enjoys the art of play calling, though, the phrase \u2018attacking for balance\u2019 <\/strong>means REAL offensive balance … achieved via a number of ways, including: spreading a defense wide through the use of a variety of formations, different pre-snap motions, multiple plays run out of the same formation, mixing up snap counts, overloading to a specific side of the field, relentlessly attacking mismatches and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with those tactics, true offensive balance is also achieved by systematically attacking all areas<\/strong><\/em> of the field \u2013 wide side, short side and middle, as well as throwing to all depths (deep, medium and short) \u2013 while liberally using both the run and pass, going up-tempo or mixing tempo unexpectedly and targeting specific mismatches that keep defenders on their heels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, using no huddle and other techniques for going up-tempo, also means that the opposing defensive coordinator is unable to substitute to correct the mismatch and is forced to watch the whole situation unfold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On top of all that, throwing in a myriad of other offensive tactics, such as a solid RPO game, a variety of screen packages (to all areas of the field), backside throws, Jet motion, quick-hitting crossing plays, draw plays, counters and even mixing in a conventional power run game as defenders back off the line of scrimmage (LOS) to react. Not to mention, throwing in trick plays and anything else a diabolical offensive coordinator can think of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put it all together and opposing defenses may find it impossible to predict what’s coming up next or match up with your offense on a down-by-down basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite all this talk about offensive domination via attacking for balance, it should be pointed out that despite the offensive evolution of the game, football games are still decided at the line of scrimmage. If an opposing defense is physically overmatching your offensive personnel at the LOS, allowing defensive personnel to blow up the play after the snap and disrupt your offensive rhythm — then your play calling and your innovative offensive approach can be rendered moot.

But if your offensive line can hold or win the LOS, then regardless of the system you use or the style of offense you run \u2013 successfully attacking for balance is sure to result in an explosive, high-scoring offense … which makes your team infinitely harder to scout and difficult for future opponents to prepare for you. How much practice time can an opponent devote to prepare for all those possibilities within a week’s time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you look to evolve your own offense this season, and as you strive to attain REAL offensive balance,<\/strong><\/em> the following video examples showcase eight football coaches who have earned a reputation for making life miserable for opposing defenses by utilizing a dynamic, tough-to-predict offensive systems featuring dynamic play-calling, a variety of offensive formations and all the aforementioned \u2018tricks of the trade\u2019 previously mentioned to attack defenses in a number of ways and spread them out.

Even though some of the featured coaches shown below utilize wildly different types of offenses, even ‘old school’ offensive systems — the common thread running through each example is the manner in which they attack defenses and utilize play calling that’s designed to keep defenses on roller skates and moving backward<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of the eight featured coaches have authored highly popular and in-demand football coaching videos that were produced and are available through Championship Productions<\/em>. (Links to those videos accompany the video clips below.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Adjustments, Tags & RPOs for the Wide Zone Run Game — By Nick Codutti<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Nick Codutti, is the head football coach at Fulshear High School (TX) and is the former offensive coordinator at Tomball High School (TX) from 2015 to 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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