7on7 Vertical Stretch With Answers
This time of year when 7on7 coaches are throwing the ball all over the field, without a pass rush, four verticals is popular. There isn’t anything necessarily wrong with that as long as you are dialing up a 7on7 vertical stretch with underneath answers.
There is a school of thought out there that the first route you should teach your receivers is a “Go” route. The coaches who believe this, also believe that the first concept taught should be four verticals. Why? Because when you stretch the field first, it opens up the rest of your passing game. You build your passing game deep to shallow as opposed to shallow to deep.
So today we detail this 7on7 vertical stretch pass play that can carry over to the fall. This concept can obviously be called out of a 2×2 formation as well. Your protection back is just a free release underneath juke or similar route. Here are the player assignments. Click on the 7on7 vertical stretch football play drawing below for quarterback reads. Want more 7on7 help? Here it is.
X: GO ROUTE
-BASE SPLIT
-BEST RELEASE TO VERTICAL STEM.
-WIN WITH SPEED AND BE AWARE OF A SHOT OVER THE TOP.
-MAINTAIN A 4 YARD CUSHION FROM THE SIDELINE AT THE TOP OF THE ROUTE.
-FORCE THE HALF SAFETY TO COVER YOU OR THE H.
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Y: SEAM ROUTE
-OUTSIDE RELEASE FOR WIDTH FIRST.
-GET VERTICAL WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY TO STRESS THE SAFETY.
-STAY WIDE VS MOF CLOSED TO STRESS THE MIDDLE SAFETY.
-BEND INSIDE OF THE NEAR SAFETY VS MOF OPEN.
CLICK ON THE DRAWING TO GET THE QUARTERBACK READ FOR THIS FOOTBALL PLAY
Z: GO ROUTE
-BASE SPLIT
-BEST RELEASE TO VERTICAL STEM.
-WIN WITH SPEED AND BE AWARE OF A SHOT OVER THE TOP.
-MAINTAIN A 4 YARD CUSHION FROM THE SIDELINE AT THE TOP OF THE ROUTE.
-FORCE THE NEAR SAFETY TO COVER YOU OR THE Y.
F: JUKE ROUTE
-START ACROSS THE MIDDLE AS IF RUNNING A SHALLOW CROSS.
-PUT FOOT IN THE GROUND AND STOP ABRUPTLY IN THE HOOK AREA.
-AFTER DEFENDER BITES ON THE PAUSE SNAP BACK TO THE DIRECTION YOU WERE HEADING.
-VS MAN COVERAGE STAY ON THE MOVE IF YOU HAVE YOUR MAN BEAT.
-VS A HOLE IN THE UNDERNEATH ZONE STOP AND CLAP HANDS ASKING FOR THE BALL.
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H: GO ROUTE
-BEST RELEASE TO VERTICAL STEM.
-WIN WITH SPEED AND BE AWARE OF A SHOT OVER THE TOP.
-MAINTAIN WIDTH VS ALL COVERAGES.
-FORCE THE NEAR SAFETY TO COVER YOU OR THE X.
