Attacking Defenses with Passes from Bunch Formations

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Agenda Definition of Bunch Formations Types of Bunch Formations Advantages of Utilizing Bunch Formations General Coaching Points Route Concepts Using Motion and Shifts

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DEFINTION OF BUNCH:

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3RD MAN IN BACKFIELD

Advantages
Natural Rubs vs. man coverage

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Easily Adaptable to Standard Zone Beaters

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Bunched Receivers Bunched Receivers can can Get Across be Used for Pass F Formation Faster Protection C
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Coaching points: Vs a Pressed Point Defender:

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Stem to avoid InsideAssign alternate route stems Wrapped Stem Outside Stem being jammed at LOS
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Bunch Pass Concepts

Spacing Drive Drive + F Angle (Toledo) Husky (Marshall) Vertical Boot (USC) Scat Bubble Screen and Others
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3 deep zone Shown

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ANOTHER VOID CREATED

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VOID CREATED

SPRINT to 4

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Slip Places R Here

3 yd Speed break to 7

3d step: Drill the Arrow through the shoulder pad if he pops open at all all

Frontside

BS OUTS: Game Plan Route: Speed Out, Slant, Hitch, or some other quick route pre-planned during game week BS INS: SIT. Find a void between defenders and sit down at 5-6 yards SIT. FS INS: ARROW. Attack defenders outside shoulder, break downhill off 2d/3d step, gain depth. Look for ball quickly! INS: ARROW. depth. FS MID: SIT. Push hard INSIDE to a depth of 6, sit down in area vacated by inside linebacker. SIT. FS OUTS: Mini CURL. 1 yard middle receiver. Sprint to 3, make a 4 yard speed break to the void left by the flat defender & drumroll CURL. your feet and sit down at 7 yards. QB: 3-step progression to the Arrow on time. Rip it through his outside shoulder if he gets any clean air at all. If the short defender runs with him, a void should open up for the Post Curl. Be alert of the LB in front of the Post Curl! Backside Seam Read is your 3rd option. By call or game plan, can throw the Corner off 5th step if CB is getting nosy on the Post Curl.

Drive
Vs. 2 deep, Run go pocket
3 deep zone Shown

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Vs. 2 deep, corner is primary target

Pass pro: 90, big on big, or slide

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QB: 3-step on time if working single side. 5 step if working drive combination. Throw shallow cross off hot read (ILB) to dig to corner Frontside

POINT MAN: DIG Avoid contact on vertical stem; push upfield to 12-15 yards, break over middle behind LB; in front of FS! OUTSIDE MAN: SHALLOW CROSS. GET ACROSS FORMATION, AVOIDING CONTACT; LOOK FOR BALL IF ILB BLITZ INSIDE MAN: CORNER. OUTSIDE STEM, PUSH UPFIELD TO 12 YARDS, BREAK TO CORNER BACKSIDE RECEIVER: Game Plan Route: Speed Out, Slant, Hitch, or some other quick route preplanned during game week

TOLEDO (Drive with F Angle)

Vs, 2 deep, Y runs corner Y
Crease

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Run away from man; Sit in a zone

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Pre-snap motion

X snap Q H Vs ILB Blitz, QB hit the R drag

R Drag or Backside Go Read is an outlet

With Motion
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Vertical Widen your alignment, release cleanly, go HARD up the field vertically Dig, Corner or Go

ARROW. Attack defenders outside shoulder, break downhill off 2d/3d step, gain depth. Look for ball quickly! ARROW. depth.
GO. Accelerate vertically along the bottom of the numbers, get deep, stay on your landmark! GO. deep, SHALLOW DRAG. Replace heels of Defensive Linemen. Beat Linebackers across formation to a depth of 4 yards.

Z ARROW- DRAG. Arrow release, sell LB on arrow,then break sharply, dissect the angle between Y and R, look for ball on the break. QB: Second Drag to First Drag as an outlet. Work hard with your eyes to try and move the indside Linebackers to chase the first drag so that you can throw the second drag.

Husky
The basic premise of this play is to create a hi-low on a corner on one side while bringing in an intermediate cross from the other side of the formation. On the other side of the formation we are putting the opposite corner in a quandry by running a streak down the hash and bringing a corner route underneath him We can run this vs. a 2 deep zone or 3 deep zone

Alignment and precise routes by the receivers are critical on the trips side. Outside runs a skinny post or seam, not crossing the hash on his side. The corner is run by the inside receiver UNDERNEATH the seam/skinny post. Finally, the over route by the middle receiver is run under the corner route. Generally, we will tell the QB to work one side of the pattern or the other

KEYS to a successful play:

Inside receivers avoid contact underneath & get vertical! Receivers take good splits and attack along their landmark! QB does a great job with his eyes, is decisive, and makes his throw on time and with authority!
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TAGS/VARIATIONS
Play Action

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BS OUTS: Corner route. route. BS INS: FS INS: INS: FS OUTS: FS MID: flat//Arrow Corner. OT +5 alignment, release cleanly, go HARD up the field vertically . BREAK UNDER THE POST Skinny Post Inside release, accelerate vertically, break at 12 Yards. DONT CROSS THE HASH! OVER ROUTE vertical release, accelerate vertically, break at 7-8Yards, UNDERNEATH CORNER ROUTE

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Diamond Verticals

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BS OUTS: Corner route. route. Point man Post Release cleanly upfield; break at 12 yards INSIDE MAN: SHALLOW DRAG OT +5 alignment, release cleanly, go HARD across formation UNDER the LBs MAN: OUTSIDE MAN: OVER ROUTE; CLEAN vertical release, accelerate vertically, break at 12 Yards. R FADE: outside vertical release, accelerateto bottom of numbers

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Husky Variation

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Top #s Square up Hash

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6 Route:
Choice Philosophy

CHOICE

The Choice Route is one of the primary ways we have to isolate an outside receiver! He runs a great Man-beater route, a Out, or whatever tagged route we give him by game plan! The route provides an excellent counter attack vs. defenses that overload to three receiver sides!

Backside receivers are critical to this playthey are very much in the QBs thought process and must use good splits and make good decisions to make themselves available The combination of the In and Seam Read creates a high-low on the LBs! Play action is a tremendous way to vary this play, causing hesitation by the frontside linebacker(s) were attacking and opening up throwing lanes for the frontside Out and the backside Drag! This is one of our top ways to convert 3rd and long situations with easy throws! The backside routes also make it a viable Red Zone option! TAGS/VARIATIONS KEYS to a successful play: Individual: Post, Fade, CBk, etc.
1. 2. 3. Smart pre-snap work and splits by the frontside receiver. The BS Drag must release, beat LB coverage, and get in the QBs vision! The QB must have his hips ready to throw the Out on time, & then Rice John see the BS receivers clearly as they come to him Zacoach102@aol.cN D I R E C T O R Y - t o M A I
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Dagger, Peg, Peg/Dagger Wrap, Over

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Naked Boot

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X: DEEP COMEBACK; DRIVE UPFIELD 16 YARDS, BREAK IT BACK TO 14 TO BOTTOM OF NUMBERS INSIDE MAN IN BUNCH: FLAT ARROW Sprint across set under contain rusher and whip head around for ball POINT MAN: OVER ROUTE; clean release inside, avoid LBs, get depth to between 14-16 yards MAN: OUTSIDE MAN IN BUNCH: POST vertical release, accelerate vertically, break at 7-812Yrds QB: OPEN FOR ZONE; BOOT OUT; READ FLAT DEFENDER, HIT ARROW IF OPEN TO OVER ROUTE AS 2ND OPTION John Rice zacoach102@aol.com

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Vs. 2 deep, Run## go pocket

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Pass pro: 90, big on big, or slide

BS OUTS: Game Plan Route: Speed Out, Slant, Hitch, or some other quick route pre-planned during game week

POINT MAN: CORNER ROUTE; clean release upfield, head nod inside at 12, break to corner, look for ball outside MAN: OUTSIDE MAN IN BUNCH: SIT ROUTE; push upfield, lower hips and sit at 5 yards off butt of point mans vert release INSIDE MAN IN BUNCH: Flare: Push off inside foot, slight bow backwards, look for ball on the run, cut upfield QB: 3 step drop from gun, read flat defender, if goes to flare, hit sit; if retreats , hit flare; corner 3rd option John Rice zacoach102@aol.com

DIAMOND BUBBLE SCREEN

3 deep zone Shown

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90 PASS PRO

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DIAMOND X OVER BUBBLE SCREEN

3 deep zone Shown

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90 PASS PRO

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DIAMOND Spacing
3 deep zone Shown

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3d step: Drill the Arrow through the shoulder pad if he pops open at all all

ANOTHER VOID CREATED

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VOID CREATED

SPRINT to 4

3 yd Speed break to 7

Backside

Frontside

BS OUTS: Game Plan Route: Speed Out, Slant, Hitch, or some other quick route pre-planned during game week BS INS: SIT. Find a void between defenders and sit down at 5-6 yards SIT. FS INS: ARROW. Attack defenders outside shoulder, break downhill off 2d/3d step, gain depth. Look for ball quickly! INS: ARROW. depth. FS MID: SIT. Push hard INSIDE to a depth of 6, sit down in area vacated by inside linebacker. SIT. FS OUTS: Mini CURL. 1 yard middle receiver. Sprint to 3, make a 4 yard speed break to the void left by the flat defender & drumroll CURL. your feet and sit down at 7 yards. QB: 3-step progression to the Arrow on time. Rip it through his outside shoulder if he gets any clean air at all. If the short defender runs with him, a void should open up for the Post Curl. Be alert of the LB in front of the Post Curl! Backside Seam Read is your 3rd option. By call or game plan, can throw the Corner off 5th step if CB is getting nosy on the Post Curl.

Using Motion to Get to Bunch Formations

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Motion from Backfield

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Short Motion from the Outside to Complete The Bunch Rice John Zacoach102@aol.c

Motion from A Doubles 2 by 2 To Complete the Bunch

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