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Simplify Your Run Blocking Approach With Spot Blocking

Offensive coaches around the country are always trying to find an edge in their scheme. Some try installing complex plays that defenses have to react to, others try to add as many different plays into the play book to become versatile. To me the key to finding an edge is keeping everything as simple for your players as possible. Personally, I have fallen into the trap of living in the same box for years with offensive line play. I wanted to have calls made at the line, and each of those calls were based on who was taking their

By Alex Boyer|2026-07-12T02:29:01-05:00February 14th, 2023|Categories: Football Run Game, Offense|0 Comments

How North Dakota State Uses Tight Ends and Fullbacks
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How North Dakota State Uses Tight Ends and Fullbacks

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How North Dakota State Uses Tight Ends and Fullbacks

The traditional pro-style fullback was supposed to have disappeared from college football, just don’t tell North Dakota State. The North Dakota State football program has risen to prominence over the past decade, using heavy personnel sets to establish a wildly effective ground game. In an era where the college game has trended toward a heavy reliance on spread offense, the Bison have continued to feature the tight end football position and the fullback as an integral part of their offensive identity. Many young backs and tight ends tend to focus on developing their skills as pass-catchers, ignoring the value they

By Owen Straley|2026-07-12T02:29:04-05:00February 7th, 2021|Categories: Featured, Football Run Game|0 Comments

You Want Your Team to be More Physical?
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You Want Your Team to be More Physical?

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You Want Your Team to be More Physical?

One of the oldest discussions in football is physicality. It has been criticized recently, adjusted, and being sought out by many coaches this off season. So you are coming off a year where you could not win the tough yards. It just Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus staring down the Green Bay Packers offensive line at Wrigley Field.Chicago, Illinois 12/14/1969(Image # 1160 ) seems your team does not have the mind set to grind it out, and you are frustrated. You feel as if you left a key element out of the game. You are embarrassed at the

By Coach Taylor|2026-07-12T02:29:12-05:00February 20th, 2018|Categories: Air Raid, Coaching, Featured, Football Run Game, Offense, Pro Offense, Spread Offense|Tags: Air Raid, football drills, inside run, Offense, Offensive Line, Run Game, running game|0 Comments

Wide Line Splits: Math Meets Physics
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Wide Line Splits: Math Meets Physics

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Wide Line Splits: Math Meets Physics

I have always been intrigued with Coach Woody Hayes. Although he is most remembered by an incident in a game, everyone said he was a tremendous teacher. I read once that he did a study on the geometry of the force created by the down block, in order to prove his logic. He took the math and applied it to football to make his teams much greater than his opponents. He solved for the "why", or in mathematical terms, the hidden variable "Y." Taking a page from option teams of the past, wide line splits are nothing new to football.