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Originally Posted by OldSchool
Different factors contribute to running the football:
1.) Are you playing any touch or FOB?
2.) What size board are you playing on?
3.) Does the board have a strong side and weak side?
4.) Who has the stronger team?
5.) Can the QB be used as an additional blocker?
6.) Are line splits mandatory or can you line up tight?
7.) How many backs are allowed in the backfield?
8.) Can the defense stack?
9.) Is it worth pulling lineman when the defense can see what you’re doing?
10.) Does your opponent play mirror defense? (Meaning he plays his linebackers in the same position as your backs)
11.) How often (if at all) does your opponent change up his defensive alignment, and disguise his coverage?
12.) Does your opponent change personnel according to down and distance? If so, how often?
These are just some of the things that go through my mind before and during the course of a game that help me determine how I’m going to run the ball.
Running the ball requires these simple rules…
1.) Know your team!
2.) Make linemen who can do more than just straight ahead blocking.
3.) Choose figures (stock or custom) that accentuate your style of running.
4.) Have enough running backs that run different routes to keep your opponent guessing.
5.) It also helps to have some of your backs running at different speeds (fast, faster, and super-fast) as a change of pace to disrupt the timing of the defensive pursuit.
6.) Learn to develop your ability to pre-snap read. I use two methods during my pre-snap reads.
a.) By watching the defensive formation and getting a good feel where my opponent likes to set up; I pre-turn some of my O-linemen to help widen any creases across the formation. Basically I’m just paying attention to my opponent’s tendencies, and then taking what the defense gives me.
b.) I use my center as a fixed point and divide the field into two sections. Then it’s just a matter of simple mathematics… Count the defenders in each section and then run to the area where it’s easier to put a hat on each of the defenders.
7.) Use plays that you’re comfortable with, but be flexible enough to change up on-the-fly if what you’re doing isn’t working.
8.) Stay patient. Don’t get discouraged from a few negative running plays. You have to stay with it if you want to build some consistency in your ground attack, and to keep the defense honest.
Lock… these are some of the things that enable me to have a decent ground game.
Peace,
Don
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I don't think you missed much on this one. Just add a couple more
9) edge spacing to chip/pin/block the OLB (looper) to the side you run to or cut off the backside help.
10) Be willing to run on passing downs
11) run both inside and outside and to both sides of the field. keeps the defense honest.....