Wing-T mentioned in USA TODAY!!!!!

[Joboots]

Here's a peek!!!!


http://usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2007-08-16-wing-t-football_N.htm?loc=interstitalskip

[GHSalumni]

thanks for the link. Interesting stuff. Garland runs a sort of multiple wing-T offense and executes it very well every year. They tried to switch to a more spread based offense i think it was in like 2001 and 2002, but didn't do very well. Immediately started winning games again once they made the switch back to wing-T. It is a fun offensive game to watch, alot of big plays result and it showcases tons of different players' talents. That is why Garland usually doesn't have a well recognized RB is because they have handfuls of guys who get in on the ball carrying every game.

[GTown02]

Yeah, 2001 was the year Garland tried to run a spread offense. They were 0-6, or so, until they returned to the tried and true Wing-T offense.

[svhorns]

thats what San Marcos runs... they do it pretty darn good too...

[Joboots]

I've heard from someone that the spread/shotgun schemes are more of a
"players & fans offense" & that the wing-t/option are more of a "coaches &
true believers offense" with one thing in common:kids who want their hands
on the ball at the right time!!!!

[GHSalumni]

i would argue that wing-t is a player's offense because alot of guys get to touch the ball.

[chhspantherfan]

awesome post......great interactive tool for teaching. showing to my 10 yr old now.

[elkfbfan]

The Burleson Elks have had great success running the wing-T since 2002, when coach Mel Maxfield brought it with him from Forney. Without a lot of highly recruited players, the Elks have been to the playoffs 3 out of 5 years. They have piled up the rushing yards, while being very effective in the passing game. It is a ball control offense, keeping the other teams' offense off the field. I imagine it is very hard to prepare for also, seeing that most teams are running a spread offense these days.

[OakTreeUp-n-Out]

Watching the Elks take it to Summit last year was quite a treat!

[country club]

Thanks for posting this podner, takes me back to a bygone era. Men were Steel and Ships were Wood. The Single Wing , Wing T and the I formations were a lot of fun to watch and play. You can take the Run and SH_ T, Spread, West Coast and Read and React offenses and shove them up your tailpipe. Sorry, I got carried away. Anyway thanks for the Memories.

[The King]

Funny thing most of the run and shoot stuff I saw didn't include running.

[TheBigPeach]

My school in Georgia runs Wing-T. Most people around here do.

[elkfbfan]

The Burleson Elks followed up a 350+ yard rushing game against Justin Northwest(28-15) with a 55-35 win over Keller Central with 450+ rushing yards. They passed 3 times against Northwest(2-3, 47 yds) and 6 times against Keller Central(3-6, 85 yds) ; both games included a TD pass. It is not that they can't pass out of the wingT, its just that they don't have to. ;)

[Pack Backer]

Yes, this is an "old school" offense that is very effective. I am most familair with it as I was on a coaching staff that was very successful in winning state titles. Buster Gilbreath at Cuero won 33 in a row and this was the offense he ran. When you mix in a pass or two it can be very frustrating to the defense. You can get several people involved as well and this keeps everyone on their toes knowing they are going to get the call pretty often. The offensive line likes it as well as there is quite of bit of pulling and trapping. Colleges like lineman who have experience with those two aspects. One thing they may be lacking is pass blocking, but if you are smart enough to be able to block for this offense, you should be smart enough to work hard on pass protection. Overall, you don't have to be the biggest, etc., it helps of course but at the high school level you can be win pretty consistently with some average, but smart players. If I could pick an offense to run it would be the Wing-T.

[StormingCowboy]

I think its not so much of the system itself, but the balance in it between the pass and run.

Carter runs the Wing-t but doesn't have an effective pass game so when the run is shut down, its an automatic loss.

[nsmustang]

Thanks for posting this podner, takes me back to a bygone era. Men were Steel and Ships were Wood. The Single Wing , Wing T and the I formations were a lot of fun to watch and play. You can take the Run and SH_ T, Spread, West Coast and Read and React offenses and shove them up your tailpipe. Sorry, I got carried away. Anyway thanks for the Memories.

I like your Avatar. That looks like my kinda people standing there holding a terrorist eliminator.

[KC88]

Why the Wing-T is so successful is because it's a combination of fast guards who hit people with the rest of the line getting off the ball quick[at least usually and at our school] and RB's who follow their blockers and cut back at the right time. Trust me, you have to be real quick off the ball to play in a Wing-T offense, lineman, end, or back, or you will not play, it dosen't matter how big you are.

[Wrecking Crew 12]

Pville runs the best wing-t in the state.:notworthy:D

[d-train]

Pville runs the best wing-t in the state.:notworthy:D
Double wing, I-formation and some spread. Toss sweeps and traps all day long! Liberty Hill runs the best wing-t.

[CACoach]

The wing T is so succesful because of the large amount of plays that can be ran off the same look. For example the buck series has the buck sweep, the trap, and buck pass and they all look identical with the motion in the backfield.

The Wing-T is a very hard offense to defend but we have had success against it as of late. Of course I am coaching in california but I believe coaching is all relative, you guys are coaching better athletes but the technique all holds the same.

i know for us going into a game against the wing t the two things we know we have to stop are the trap and buck sweep if we do that we feel we are in good shape. and stopping those have not been a problem lately. To acomplish this out of our base 3-4 look we like to tilt our ends and send them down and tell them there main job in life is to spill the trap. If they run the veer or midline options they are always on fullback. Our nose guard is a two gap nose.

To stop the buck sweep we always have one inside the ball carrier (corner) to turn it back up to our force player our safety off at 8 keying the wing.

What we have really killed wing t teams with of late is steming or gapping our front 5. it really messes with the man blocking schemes of the wing t and it allows our ends to run through open holes vacated by pulling linemen. This defense is a little more complicated and does have some rules but when run properly it stones the wing t. Message me if your interested in hearing about it.

[Wrecking Crew 12]

Double wing, I-formation and some spread. Toss sweeps and traps all say long! Liberty Hill runs the best wing-t.

We could take em'.;)

[d-train]

We could take em'.;)
To big and fast, but they score mucho points and they run options, which yall do not run much and they do not lose yards on sweeps like yall do.

[d-train]

The wing T is so succesful because of the large amount of plays that can be ran off the same look. For example the buck series has the buck sweep, the trap, and buck pass and they all look identical with the motion in the backfield.

The Wing-T is a very hard offense to defend but we have had success against it as of late. Of course I am coaching in california but I believe coaching is all relative, you guys are coaching better athletes but the technique all holds the same.

i know for us going into a game against the wing t the two things we know we have to stop are the trap and buck sweep if we do that we feel we are in good shape. and stopping those have not been a problem lately. To acomplish this out of our base 3-4 look we like to tilt our ends and send them down and tell them there main job in life is to spill the trap. If they run the veer or midline options they are always on fullback. Our nose guard is a two gap nose.

To stop the buck sweep we always have one inside the ball carrier (corner) to turn it back up to our force player our safety off at 8 keying the wing.

What we have really killed wing t teams with of late is steming or gapping our front 5. it really messes with the man blocking schemes of the wing t and it allows our ends to run through open holes vacated by pulling linemen. This defense is a little more complicated and does have some rules but when run properly it stones the wing t. Message me if your interested in hearing about it.
P-ville is fast, with a bunch of D1 athletes. Liberty Hill is a 3A school with a great system. They run a slot-t which is a South Texas offense, with no passing game. It doesn't resemble the Delaware Wing-t of Tuby Raymond.