Motion To Unbalanced Formation Edge


By FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 26, 2022
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The use of unbalanced formations is becoming so popular in football that it is almost the norm. Offenses understand that lining up in these oddball formations force a defense to know the rules of football. An unbalanced formation can also force a defense to communicate. Especially when you motion to an unbalanced formation edge like we are going to show you today.

This communication can’t always just be with the teammate next to you either. Often times what is an alert on one side of a formation is a tip that the other side of the formation has  something weird about it too.

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For these reasons and several more, the offense can’t always predict how the defense is going to adjust to an unbalanced formation. If the unbalanced formation you line up in creates as much confusion for your offense as it does the defense then it’s a bad plan. Today we detail one youth football unbalanced formation play for you complete with coaching points. This play motions to an unbalanced formation edge which makes it even harder to defend.

THIS PLAY MOTIONS TO AN UNBALANCED FORMATION EDGE AND IS RUN OUT OF AN UNBALANCED OR HEAVY FORMATION. CLICK ON IT TO WATCH THE VIDEO.

1. THE WEAK SIDE TACKLE CAN LINE UP ON THE STRONG SIDE BETWEEN THE NORMAL TACKLE & TIGHT END.

THE BACKSIDE F IS ELIGIBLE FOR A PASS.

2. THE F TIGHT END CAN LINE UP ON THE STRONG SIDE BETWEEN THE NORMAL TACKLE & TIGHT END.

THE BACKSIDE TACKLE IS ELIGIBLE FOR A PASS.

THIS PLAY IS DESIGNED TO FORCE A DEFENSE TO ADJUST TO THE UNBALANCED FORMATION EDGE

IF THE DEFENSE ADJUSTS TO THE UNBALANCED FORMATION THIS IS STILL A GOOD PLAY.

IF THE DEFENSE DOES NOT ADJUST THIS UNBALANCED FORMATION EDGE IT WILL GIVE THE OFFENSE CONSIDERABLE LEVERAGE ON THE PLAY.

UNBALANCED FORMATION OFFENSIVE LINE:

LINEMAN WHO ARE NOT PULLING.
BLOCK THE MAN ON TO BACKSIDE OF YOU.
PROTECT THE PULL OF THE PLAY SIDE TACKLE AND BACK SIDE GUARD.

UNBALANCED FORMATION PLAYSIDE TACKLE:

PULL AROUND THE DOUBLE TEAM BLOCK OF THE TIGHT END AND Z.
TURN UPFIELD TO BLOCK THE FORCE DEFENDER INSIDE OF THE 4 BACK’S BLOCK.
VS A 6-2 COMMUNICATE WITH THE EXTRA TACKLE. THE EXTRA TACKLE WILL PULL.

BACKSIDE PULLING GUARD:

PULL DEEP ENOUGH TO TURN UP INTO THE FIRST HOLE YOU FIND PLAYSIDE.
BLOCK THE FIRST INSIDE LB INSIDE OF THE FORCE DEFENDER.

QUARTERBACK

OPEN WEAK SIDE AT 6:00 AND DELIVER A SOFT ACCURATE TOSS TO THE 2 BACK.
BOOT OUT TO THE WEAK SIDE TO HOLD THE END.

Y:

BLOCK HEAD UP TO INSIDE.
EXPECT DOUBLE TEAM HELP FROM THE Z AS HE MOTIONS ACROSS THE FORMATION.
GET THE PLAY STARTED WITH A SECURE DOUBLE TEAM BLOCK.
VS A 6-2 FRONT BLOCK BACK SO THE EXTRA TACKLE CAN PULL.

Z:

MOTION ACROSS THE FORMATION AND GET TO A POINT OUTSIDE OF THE Y TIGHT END.
BE IN POSITION TO EXECUTE A SECURE DOUBLE TEAM BLOCK WITH THE Y.
GET THE PLAY STARTED AND DO NOT ALLOW THE DEFENDER TO WIN OUTSIDE.

F:

CUTOFF BACKSIDE

4 BACK:

ON THE SNAP RUN A WIDE SWEEP COURSE.
STAY OUTSIDE OF THE PULLING TACKLE’S BLOCK.
BLOCK THE CORNER WITH OUTSIDE LEVERAGE.

2 BACK:

OPEN PLAYSIDE ON THE SNAP AND KEEP SHOULDERS SQUARE TO THE LOS INITIALLY.
SECURE THE TOSS FROM THE QB AND THEN GET YOUR EYES ON THE BLOCK OF THE 4 BACK.
PUSH THE EDGE OF THE 4 BACKS BLOCK.
IF THE 4 BACK GAINS OUTSIDE LEVERAGE STAY WIDE FOR YARDAGE.
IF THE CORNER JUMPS OUTSIDE PLANT THE OUTSIDE FOOT AND GET UP FIELD INSIDE OF THE 4 BACK.

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