Got Unbalanced Formations In Your Offense?
FirstDown PlayBook knows you are out there. There a select few of you offensive coordinators who are venturing outside of your comfort zone and including unbalanced formations in your training camp installs. Smart. Very smart.
It is harder to do than you think. It often requires that you cut back on the number of plays you can call. Why? Well, when you line up in unbalanced formations it can change a base play enough to where you need extra reps just to run it correctly.
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The benefits normally far outweigh the burden of using unbalanced formations though. Here at FirstDown PlayBook we saw it often early and often in 2022. We are talking about major college football and in the NFL too. The results were touchdowns in many cases.
What you end up seeing is poor fitting defenses with a gap left completely open. We also saw NFL defenses completely uncover an eligible receiver or two. The other hidden advantage of using unbalanced formations in your offense is that when you do line back up normally, the defense is playing slower as they make sure to diagnose your formations. Your offensive line coach will like that as he is drawing up the run game.
FirstDown PlayBook Has A Ton Of Youth Football Unbalanced Formations Too
So if you are one of those offensive coordinators who is including unbalanced formations in your offense, good job. Stay at it. The rewards are coming in September. if you are a defensive coordinator, you better work on formation recognition and covering all of those eligibles. Here is a free sample of what we might see in 2023. Of course, FirstDown PlayBook has a ton of unbalanced formation help on the website.
3X1 UNBALANCED QB POWER
DESCRIPTION:
-ONE BACK POWER OUT OF AN UNBALANCED FORMATION. (EXTRA TACKLE OVER)
-DESIGNED TO CREATE LEVERAGE AND EXTRA GAPS TO BE DEFENDED.
-THE QB IS THE BALL CARRIER AND THE H IS THE LEAD BLOCKER.
-TYPICALLY RUN OUT OF 11 PERSONNEL WITH AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN SUBSTITUTING FOR A WR.
-THE EXTRA LINEMAN WILL PLAY TO THE STRONG SIDE BETWEEN THE TE AND NORMAL TACKLE.
-THE WEAK SIDE TACKLE IS ELIGIBLE AND THIS COULD BE PLAYED BY A TE. (12 PERSONNEL)
3X1 UNBALANCED QB POWER STRONG GENERAL RULES:
More Offensive Help Like This Unbalanced QB Power
-THE OFFENSIVE LINE WILL BLOCK WITH NORMAL POWER SCHEME BLOCKING RULES.
-THE OFFENSIVE LINE WILL LEAVE TWO PLAY SIDE DEFENDERS UNBLOCKED FOR THE PULLING GUARD & FULLBACK… FirstDown Playbook members head over to the website to get the complete coaching points for this play.
