Run Game

The FirstDown PlayBook Coaches Community would not be complete without a category devoted to the run game. When you look across the levels of football it is hard to argue that the most complicated part of the game is how to block the run game.
FirstDown PlayBook devotes so much time to this on our PlayBook site. It just makes sense to highlight it here as well. FirstDown PlayBook blocks up every run play vs multiple defenses. If you are a high school coach or older, we block up the defenses you are likely to see.
If you coach youth football and your 8 year old quarterback cannot throw the ball well yet, we take that into consideration too. We block our youth football runs up against heavy run stop youth football defenses. This is what you are going to see at the youth level.
So the run game category is a place where you can get a run play pointer or two. You can also keep up they the latest run game installs on FirstDown PlayBook!

Gun Wing T Buck Sweep From Empty
It's the holiday season but that has not stopped us from adding another way to run your Gun Wing T Buck Sweep....

Spread Wing T Installation Update
There are a lot of good coaches who are finding creative ways to expand on the traditional Wing T offense. It's a fun study for us....

Michigan Fake Bubble Screen Around TD
Let's look at this fake bubble screen around touchdown Michigan executed perfectly for their first touchdown of the day vs Ohio State....

This Is Job One For Offensive Line Coaches
Good offensive line coaches use the available technology. If you're using a pencil and paper to draw your stuff, you are not efficient. ...

Baylor Zone Read Presents OU Problems
The Baylor Bears used a variety of formations to wear out the Oklahoma defense yesterday with their zone read scheme. ...

Oregon’s Unbalanced Run Game Touchdown
Let's take a look at one example of Oregon's unbalanced run game. This resulted in a 43 yard game difference touchdown vs UCLA yesterday...

8 Man Football Toss Sweep
We want to use this 8 man football toss sweep today to prove that a blocking scheme does not need to be complicated to be good....

UT Chattanooga Zone Read Touchdown
There was more to this 49 yard UT Chattanooga zone read touchdown than meets the eye. There was some good coaching involved....

Bills Red Zone QB Gun Counter
This QB gun counter is a well designed play that saw Josh Allen trot into the end zone vs the Chiefs last night. It can be run at any level....

Youth Football Trick Play From A Trick Formation
Today's youth football trick play is a chance to look crazy complicated to the defense but stay simple for your players....

Browns Turn Over Into Under For Power Run
The Cleveland Browns turned an over front onto an under front vs the Vikings yesterday to get this power play run....

It’s Not A Power Run Unless It Has This
We saw a Facebook post this weekend and it got us thinking that we should slow down and explain what makes a power a power run in football....