10/30 - I simplified the Choice Route just a little because I felt that having the over route in the read was unnecessary. I also added some samples for Bunch Passing. Check it out! I haven't gotten any feedback in a while, so if you want to drop me a line, please do. The email address is at the bottom of the page.
10/29 - Well, I'm graduated and currently living in Miami while I wait for the red tape on my job with the Defense Department to clear. While a bit frustrating, at least I've gotten a chance to take in some good high school football at my old high school. Nothing new to add right now, but I may make some refinements in the coming weeks.
1/5 - I've been consumed with other things (honors thesis), but I haven't totally forgotten about my hobby here. Anyway, I thought I'd post my research paper from a history class I had this past semester. Its on Mack Brown's tenure as head coach at North Carolina and deals with some of the ins-and-outs of modern college coaching.
10/28 - Added a 10 play package for motioning to trips.
10/21 - I reorganized the site a little bit to clear up some of the clutter. There's a new graphic in RUNNING clarifying some steps for the RB and FB. I also added another sample package utilizing some ideas loosely adapted from the Wing-T.
10/8 - I corrected the Draw Blast (the version posted last week was drawn up wrong) and added a sample of it to the Overload set. Stay tuned for a new sample package some time later this week (probably a package for the Daniel formation).
9/30 - I added a new running play (18/48 Draw Blast). The no-huddle and overload blocking packages are up in the Samples section. Check them out and let me know what you think...
9/28 - I made a couple very minor changes on some of the blocking schemes for Toss, G-Lead, and G-Kick. No big deal. I've put up 4 samples on using receivers to overload block at the point-of-attack. A sample no-huddle package will be up soon too. Any other requests?
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As for me, I'm currently an honors student (political science and history major) at the University of North Carolina specializing in international security issues and scheduled to graduate in 2001.
As for my football background, I played wide receiver at Coral Gables Senior High (Class of 1997) in Miami, FL. I was Dade county's National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete of the Year my senior year. I volunteered as an offensive assistant during my time at home after my senior year of high school and freshman year of college. I was a spring walk on here at Carolina my freshman year but I was struck by a respiratory infection that cost me 20 pounds of muscle and dashed my college football hopes.
Its true that all things work out for the best though as I've been better able to devote myself to my intellectual gifts. Nevertheless, football is an addiction for me and is never far from my mind. So, last year I began to write down all my ideas and try to combine them with what I was learning about strategic thinking in my various political science studies. This web site is the culmination of this little project.
Inspirations
As a national security specialist and military historian I do a great deal of learning about the dynamics of conflict and the principles behind strategy. I've tried to apply these principles to my thoughts on offensive football. For those coaches out there who have not already read them, check out Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Jomini's On War, and Clausewitz's The Art of War, I strongly suggest you check them out.
As for my own football education I'd like to credit a few of the coaches I had at Coral Gables: Frank Ponce, Stu Rodgers, Rodney Hunter, and Chuck Field. I could not have asked for a better high school education in offense.
Aside from that, being a Florida boy, it's a safe bet to say I was strongly influenced by our two in-state football geniuses Bobby Bowden and Steve Spurrier who I grew up watching.
Special Thanks
Last, but certainly NOT least, I want to thank my
HTML tutor and wonderful girlfriend
(one day to be my fiance!),
Maree Piazza,
who lets me watch all the football I want and smiles her sweet smile while I prattle on about the importance of proper route running.
