CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES IN DEFENDING THE WING T

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CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES IN DEFENDING THE WING T

• UNDERSTANDING THE WING-T
• IT IS A FOUR BACK OFFENSE
• IT IS SERIES ORIENTED EACH SERIES HAS
• OUTSIDE PLAY
• OFF TACKLE PLAY
• INSIDE PLAY
• PLAY ACTION PASS (TO FLOW, AWAY FROM FLOW
• MULTIPLE FORMATIONS
• ABUNDANCE OF OPTION GAMES

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Understanding the Wing T

• The Delaware System also places all plays from a
  similar look into a series.
• The best example of this is the Sweep, Trap, and
  Waggle plays. All these plays belong in the
  Sweep or Twenty Series. All the plays in a
  particular series compliment each other in
  someway, for example the Waggle is the play
  action pass off of the Sweep. There are nine
  series used in the Delaware System.
• 10 Series Sprint Out Series
• 20 Series Sweep Series
• 30 Series Power Series
• 40 Series Veer Series
• 50 Series
• Three, Five, Seven Step Pass Drops

• 60 Series
• Passing Series designed to look like 20 Series.
• 70 Series A Drop Back Passing Series
• 80 Series Belly Series
• 90 Series Lead Option Series

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Play Communication

• The Delaware System uses a sequence of three
  numbers to communicate the play from the coach to
  the field. The first number is the formation,
  the second number identifies the series, and the
  final number directs the point of attack.
  Additional information concerning a play can be
  added with either a prefix or suffix.
• For Example Loose 124 Gut

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Understanding the Wing T

• Point of Attack
• The Delaware System uses a number system that is
  unique to many systems used by coaches today.
  One major difference in the Delaware system is
  that it does not number the holes like other
  systems, rather it numbers the positions of the
  players. The numbers move from right to left
  starting one and finishing with nine. By doing
  this the numbers one through four are associated
  with anything to the right and numbers six
  through nine are associated with the left. The
  Delaware system does not have holes that are
  attacked, but rather points of attack. There are
  three main points of attack in the Delaware
  system Outside, Off-Tackle, and up the middle.
  Along with these numbers giving the point of
  attack they also provide the front eight
  positions a number. For example the End to the
  right is two, the Tackle to the right is three,
  the Guard to the Right is four, etc.

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121 Sweep
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124 Trap
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Power
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Counter Criss Cross
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UNDERSTANDING THE WING T

• COACHES HAVE TRADITIONALLY USED 4 KEYS IN
  DEFENDING THE WING T
• WING OR SLOT MOTION (PLAY TO THE MOTION)
• FULLBACK (IF HE IS NOT ON THE MIDLINE, HE USUALLY
  TAKES YOU TO THE DIRECTION OF THE PLAY)
• HALFBACK
• OFFENSIVE LINE

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BLOCKING PHILOSOPHY

• BLOCK DOWN-KICK OUT

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KEYS TO DEFENDING WING T

• YOU MUST ADJUST TO ALL FORMATIONS AND MOTION
• DONT PUT EVERYONE UP ON THE LINE (ANGLE
  DOWN-KICK OUT!)

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KEYING THE WING OR SLOT

• FALSE KEYS UTILIZED
• FALSE MOTION BY WING OR SLOT KEY PLAYS (AWAY FROM
  MOTION BY SLOT OR WING
• WAGGLE
• POWER OPTION (SPEED OPTION TO TE)
• SALLY (WING T SPRINT DRAW ACTION)
• COUNTER TREY (TO TE)
• DOWN (ON MOTION AWAY)
• SHOVEL PASS
• TRAP OPTION (ON MOTION AWAY)

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KEYING FULLBACK

• FALSE KEYS USED
• BELLY BOOTLEG
• SALLY OR BELLY TACKLE TRAP
• COUNTER TREY BOOTLEG

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KEYING HALFBACK

• TRUE KEYS
• TAKES YOU TO THE BALL IN THE BUCK SERIES?
• SWEEP-YES
• GUT
• WAGGLE SHOVEL PASS
• BELLY BOOTLEG
• BELLY X BLOCK OPTION
• BELLY KEEP PASS LOAD
• SALLY
• COUNTER XX

• FALSE KEYS USED
• WAGGLE
• WAGGLE SHOVEL PASS
• BELLY BOOTLEG
• BELLY X BLOCK OPTION
• BELLY KEEP PASS LOAD
• SALLY
• COUNTER XX

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STRATEGY 1

• CHECK FOR FALSE KEYS FROM EACH
• OF THE 4 TRADITIONAL KEYS WING/SLOT, FULLBACK,
  HALFBACK, LINE
• IF YOU HAVE ONE WITH NO FALSE KEYS (OR VERY FEW),
  USE THAT PARTICULAR KEY UNTIL THEY MAKE YOU GET
  OFF IT

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Waggle
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StrategyCorner FS Key TE Wing
Wing-t teams have traditionally had a great deal
of difficulty attacking these defensive spacings
because they have elected to stay in traditional
wing formations with a tight end wingback on one
side and a split end diveback on the other side.
By doing this, offensive coaches are playing
right into the defensive coaches hands. Why?
Because the free safety favors the tight end side
so that he can cover the tight end when the
defense elects to blitz. As soon as the tight end
blocks the free safety is in the run support and
tile offensive coach has created another
linebacker. The corner is also rolled up to the
tight end wingback side and he is assigned to
cover the wingback when they blitz. When the
wingback blocks another additional linebacker has
been created. By now the offense is hopelessly
outnumbered but many coaches stubbornly continue
to try to force the bucksweep and other tight end
wingback plays into bad numbers.-DENNIS CREEHAN