Razzle Dazzle From the Double Wing??!!

Double Wing Gets Tricky

You can play around a hec of a lot with formations and still keep the Double Wing base stuff intact.  I love flexing the DW as it puts defenses in all kinds of mind-bending and rule-breaking dillemas.  One formation we love is "Spread".  We simply flex our TE's into 12-14 yard splits.  We still can run with terrific power from this formation and we also make cover 2 a very bad choice.  Teams often will play a cover three with a soft corner once we start going downtown.  When we see this, we start "hitting them where they aint" which creates some big plays.

Our "hook-and ladder" play is money and though it looks complicated, it is a pretty high percentage play.  Here is a brief description of how it works:

We block-up the pass same as always and use PAP same as always.
Play-side wing-back reverses out of his stance gaining depth and a pitch-relationship for the ladder portion of the play.

The split TE runs a 6 yard hook, catches ball and spins underneath to side-line.  He has the green light to keep ball if pitch is going to be impeded or interfered with.

QB throws ball in rhythm before TE is even turned.

Celebrate

See an example of this play here: click