FIELD GOALS LIKE WOLFS ROUTE RUNNING IDEA

[mantaraydre]

COACHES,

I have been experimenting running in field goals like wolfs route running idea for the convention.

Place the field goal (two plastic or woods yellow strips) on the back wall of the end zone. The normal width apart as the standard mf field goal.

develop the straightest base you can find to run the ball in from the line of scrim if you are held to a field goal. Try from the 20, 33, 38 45 just like you would kick a normal field goal.

like the mpfl, weight the base a little and place the floating football on top of the base. when the board is turned on the ball is in the air.

believe it or not this is much harder than kicking the standard field goal with a kicker. THAT BASE CAN VEER OF COARSE AT ANY GIVEN SECOND.

THE KEY IS TO GET BETWEEN THE TWO STRIPS BEFORE IT VEER'S (LIKE THE BILL'S SCOTT NOR-WIDE)

Ofcoarse, the shorter the attempt (from the 10 yard line or 15 or so) the better your chances. Try to run that base from the 40 yard line (deep trouble) BUT THAT'S THE FUN PART OF IT


TO BLOCK THE FIELD GOAL- The defense sets up 2 gunners to run side by side with the BASE/FOOTBALL ATTEMPT. If any of those gunners beat the base/FOOTBALL to the 5 yard line, the board stops and the gunner can be turned and angled at the base/football to knock it off coarse for the block.

it's fun to see and works well


MANTARAYDRE

[Orleanian In Exile]

Another possible experiment is to set up your teams for FG attempt, lined up as standard, but with a gap in the middle to run the floating football through. The ball starts from the point at which you have a stationary kicker set up, of course. Any defensive player contacting the base of the floating football blocks the kick.

You'd want a straight, fast base for this, but even with a base that tends to curve slightly, this could work —a soccer-style kick.

The floating football could also be mounted on a wire slightly higher than the crossbar height and also bent slightly forward, so as to "thread" it through actual goalposts. If it hits the uprights, the kick is no good.

Perhaps this could also be adapted as an alternate passing method as well...

[Orleanian In Exile]

Another idea —a one-stop FG attempt: set your teams up on the LOS as usual and turn the board on for 5 seconds. If a defensive player breaks through to contact the stationary kicker or is completely blocking his line-of-sight, or the offensive line is pushed back into contact with the kicker and holder (as with the push rule for QBs on the option), the kick is blocked. If not, place the floating football on the field on or just ahead of the line (in the clear) and turn the board back on. Play runs until the ball either threads the uprights or veers off for a no-good kick.

I may try this myself.

[mantaraydre]

EXILE,


EXCELLENT IDEAS YOU HAVE BROUGHT FORTH. I WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THESE


THANX
MANTARAYDRE

[Orleanian In Exile]

This could revolutionise the onsides kick as well —a ball mounted flush on a free-running weighted base and placed on field on a slant-angle for the kick and you just let the play run.

[mantaraydre]

EXILE,

That will be an interesting on sider once it is all ironed.


trying to also figure a punting scenarios.

**It is actually pretty cool seing the ball mounted on a base without a player

The football can be bigger than the norm since it is mounted. I found these nice fooballs from a toy game

I like what im seeing

Mantaraydre