This is the most complete and comprehensive book on the wing t that i have found to date. These plays can be installed within a 23 practices. Now we are running the offense just the same, but on the left side. The divisive, bestselling history book france in the. Its packed with 10 simple, fun and effective plays designed for youth and high school football.
Originally called the y formation, it has been made popular by john aldrich, and his book single wing offense with the spinning fullback. The singlewing formation, created by glenn pop warner, was a precursor to the modern spread or shotgun formation. Coach ryan developed his swing offense at uwplatteville. The wingt is designed for consistency and strength and is ball. For the experienced coach, it helps remind why we chose this offense. Start with my interview with my interview with denny creehan. The swing offense is a 4out patterned offense that has continuity. Single wing offensive formation diagrams part 1 single. Perhaps the most wellknown of markhams converts is hugh wyatt, who brought more wingt to the offense and a greater ability to market the offense.
Jul 11, 2017 not much related to the wingt and most of it is only interesting if you care about lsu football history. Unbalanced single wing offense ubsw offensive formation diagram the unbalanced single wing is the standard single wing offensive formation and is what the majority will describe as the main single wing offensive formation. Glenn pop warners double wing, which he popularized at stanford in the 1920s. With chapters covering attacks on immigrants, gay men and lesbians, people of color, environmentalists, artists, and educators, this anthology shows how disparate groups are linked by the overarching antidemocratic objectives of the right wing offensive. The wildcats similarity to the wing t is the focus on series football, where the. The answer for me comes from tubby raymond, the long time delaware coach and wing t innovator. The history of the wingt by dennis creehanus military academy, west point, ny it is an honor to have the opportunity to write this article and especially since the article deals with a topic as dear to my heart as the wingt. But sit in on any long time wingt coach you can find. Mastering the double wing at the youth level a chicago coach breaks down why the double wing is great for young players, and gives his top tips on how to use it. This book is an excellent resource for any football coach that i. The wingt offense has been made famous by university of delaware coach harold tubby raymond, and is a popular misdirection offense that can be hard to stop. The perfect pass is a brief history of footballs passing game and the development of the air raid offense by its iconoclast alchemist coach hal mumme. The modern double wing offense is the pinnacle of power and misdirection football. Jan 07, 2008 many other styles of offense have been incorporated into the wing t over the years including some of the most dynamic offensive philosophies in the history of the game.
The following year a young assistant coach by the name of harold tubby raymond was added to the staff. All explained with player responsibilities, step by step diagrams, and implementation tips for coaches. If imitation is the finest form of flattery, football is rosycheeked. The t formation, described as the regular formation, in fielding yosts 1905 book football for player and spectator. Gregory double wing playbook edition 1 contents chapter 1 the philosophy of the system page 2. The book is far from comprehensive creehans book is much more so. My favorite wingt football books wingt youth football coach. Explanation of the double wing offense with history. The no huddle shotgun wing offense playbook see how coach murphy and his staff took clayton valley hs 2nd largest classification in ca, a school that has been around since 1958, to the schools first cif championship in history in the first year running the offense. Tubby raymond later wrote a book on the innovative formation. Double wing created by pop warner, the double wing offense has been tearing defenses apart for 100 years now thats a lot of touchdowns.
It features more deception, less power, than a conventional single wing attack. May 01, 2016 the answer for me comes from tubby raymond, the long time delaware coach and wingt innovator. Best film of plays in the book 1996, the lawrenceville school. The term usually connotes formations in which the snap is tossed rather than handedformations with one wingback and a handed. An american genius and the reinvention of football.
In american and canadian football, a singlewing formation was a precursor to the modern. Look at the single wing coach hugh wyatts double wing. Singlewing formation american football database fandom. We will use rip and liz for slow motion or rocket and laser for sprint motion. Jul 05, 2016 college and magnolia an auburn tigers. An order of football, coach raymond has a chapter on attacking defenses. Ken keuffel played for the halloffame coach charlie caldwell at princeton and served on the staff of another halloffame single wing coach, george munger, at penn. Since the original videos were published in 2010, over a thousand copies have been sold. One of the concepts he discusses in the chapter is surfaces. At the time nelson was the head coach of the university of maine. This book presents effective plays for footballs double wing offense, including philosophy and offensive game planning against every defensive set. Characterized by a wingback in the slot just behind the tight end, and a split end on the weak side, the offense places all three running backs in prime locations for counters, fakes, and other. All of the others just break this one down into the various sections. Along with the buck sweep the fullback belly is what many wing t coaches have hung their hat on for many years.
Gapair mirror defense for youth football and singlewing offense for youth football, are the two most detailed offense and defense books ever written. Rick darlingtons single wing power series wingt youth. Nfl playbooks are by far the most common files on this page, but there are also playbooks from the usfl, cfl and even arena football. For much of the history of the singlewing formation, players were expected to play on both sides of the ball. History among coaches, singlewing football denotes a formation using a long. Spread wing offense by coach james thurman the wing t has been a staple of high school football for the last 50 years. The system is simple, efficient, and effective while teaching the core. This is part 1 of my single wing offense formation series. And because this chapter is packed with information that i think translates directly to gus malzahns offense, im devoting a whole article to it. For us, everything starts and ends with the buck sweep. My double wing system is a different from the classic wyatt or markham systems. Single wing offense with the spinning fullback by john f. The chapter on coaching psychology applies to coaches of offense, defense, or special teams. Fritz crislers 1947 single wing playbook is an interesting look.
A freeflowing lb is important in defending against the run. Illustrated history of this type of football formation which has led the university of. The offensive backs played defensive backs, just as the offensive linemen played defensive linemen. The early wing t was a hybrid of the old single wing formation and t formation. Pistol wing t offense playbook 1 history and philosophy. There is a certain devilmaycare boldness in the choice. This game experienec is the perfect illustration of how the detail in thoes books helps you windetails that took me years to experiment with and work out. In american and canadian football, a singlewing formation was a precursor to the modern spread or shotgun formation. Fnf coaches is putting out a ton of great content for football coaches. The book covers the history and evolution of the offense. Teach your players what options to look for in the basketball plays listed below, many of them have multiple scoring opportunities throughout the play.
Coach cisar published a book winning youth football a step by step plan in 2006 to help youth coaches install this. It doesnt really matter if youre right wing or left wing as long youre delicious. He was a successful head coach of single wing teams for 37 years at lawrenceville school and wabash college. This plan of attack is geared for a team using the delaware wing t offense, but can be modified. If youre interested in learning more about wing t offense, make sure you check out our wing t playbook. The book features the singlewing offense and 101 defense, but discusses. My favorite wingt football books wingt youth football. After writing about the history of the wingt and giving psychological tips for coaching, chapter 3 is is where tubby raymond finally gets into the wingt itself. However, as the forward pass was legalized, the original t became obsolete in favor of formations such as the single wing. One possible precursor to the wildcat formation was named the wing t, and is widely credited to being first implemented by coach tubby raymond and delaware fightin blue hens football team. He played guard in a single wingoffense in high school in walthill, neb. If you want to know what the wingt is and how to use it.
At this point in the book, tubby raymond has already given the history of the wingt. Double wing offense play calling the first part of the play call is the formation, we will primarily use tight, over tight, and loose. Steelers 5920, scoring the most offensive points in the history of the league. What good is having a lucky horseshoe up your butt when the horse is still attached. Job linboom, who just won a state championship at deer creekmackinaw high school in illinois states, i look at history. The fullback belly or the 8387 xb crossblock in the delaware wing t terminology has made many fullbacks one thousand yard rushers over its history. This first article is on ricks power series which would be very easy to incorporate into a wingt offense. There have been many teams that have combined the wishbone and the wing t, the runandshoot and the wing t and the west coast offense and the wing t. Explanation of the double wing offense with history and. Even if you chose not to run it, theres going to be something you get from this book. In this book, you wont read about any play or idea coach keuffel hasnt tested on. Although pettigrew has my singlewing offense for youth football book, he started using the single wing after reading the coaching youth football book but before reading my singlewing book. Almost every offense being run in football today is a derivative of the wingt offense in some way. But the father of the offense, the man who nurtured it, helped it grow into what it has become today, is don markham, who set the national high school scoring.
Pop warner is credited with inventing the ubsw in the early 1900s. While id like to think that the wing t for youth football is the endall for learning this offense, i. Its weird, and if you arent a student of football history, you may have thought it was just. After leaving maine, nelson joined the university of delaware where he perfected the wing t from being used primarily as formation into a complete offense in the early 1950s. Apr 06, 2015 i can tell you how to defend a wingt offense, but you can learn an awful lot from a wingt football coach, too. This book describes the single wing offense in detail with full chapters. The second key cog in defending the wing t is the lbs.
Glenn pop warners doublewing, which he popularized at stanford in the 1920s. There is a lot great material on the bucksweep and the wing t on the web. Diagram g shows the pass from the top to the wing, and you can begin to see the continuity. I have worked on tailoring this offense for kids and feel that the system itself is pretty easy for kids to not only understand but to execute as well. Elements of the offense new, 1 comment gus is going back to being a football coach instead of a ceo, so were going back to the book he turned to when he first became a. All five players are interchangeable, and spacing, screening, cutting and good passing are paramount. At one time, a direct snap to one formation or another was the most popular offensive. This formation features double tes and three running backs lined up in the backfield. Also, winning 2 out of 2 undefeated in league championships. An order of football, tubby raymonds original book on the offense he ran at delaware for many years.
When stewart makes a change, you will see it next time you log on. The formation is a variation of the singlewing formation, and focuses. Coach raymond says there are four surfaces in the wingt offense. Consequently, offensive players often turned around to play a corresponding location on defense. Ill write one more article about his spinner series, then another about how he has incorporated the runpass option rpo into the single wing. My favorite wing t football books note links to amazon products in this article are affiliate links and ill get a small commission if you purchase any after clicking through. Countless football coaches have been influenced by this book. Professional football has seen many different styles of offense throughout its storied history. Every wing t coach knows and runs the belly, buck sweep, power, trap, counter, and waggle series. Steve logan dug into his history book this week to give us a lesson on the origins of the modern offense the single wing. Jerry valloton also marketed the offense well when he wrote the first book on the offense. T formation plays for youth football playbook series.
The t formation is a balanced formation that makes the defense defend both sides of the formation. The popular french history book, newly translated to english, is drawing controversy over its approach to telling the stories of france. Introducing the ultimate wing t playbook one of the most explosive and widely used offenses in modern football history, the wing t is a multiple formation, fourback running attack that. Reader success stories about singlewing offense for youth. In real time, this wing backscreen does not always look like a true flexcut, as sometimes the backscreen is high on the wing, and the cutter may cut high. Elements of the offense new, 1 comment gus is going back to being a football coach instead of a ceo, so were going back to the book. Make sure that youre pointing out which scoring opportunities will most likely be open so that your players look for them. Characterized by a wingback in the slot just behind the tight end, and a split end on the weak side, the offense places all three running backs in prime locations for counters, fakes, and other misdirection plays. Below are the various single wing offensive formations that i have researched for the single wing offense along with some of my sw formation variations that i use. Tells the story of lsus 1958 season, which got started in part with paul dietzel switching to the wing t offense. There are at least a few variations of the single wing, containing two tight ends and four backs.
Discover 10 gametested wing t football plays for an unstoppable offensive attack. The wingt has been made famous by university of delaware coach harold tubby raymond, and is a popular misdirection offense that can be hard to stop. This book covers how to implement it, coach it, and utilize it with a variety of youth football teams. The term usually connotes formations in which the snap is tossed rather than handedformations with one wingback and a handed snap are commonly called wing t or winged t. The system as been field tested for over ten years by not only the author but from coaches around the country who sing its praise. And because this chapter is packed with information that i think translates directly to gus malzahns offense, im devoting a. Not much related to the wing t and most of it is only interesting if you care about lsu football history. Even if a guard is able to pull, the mass of humanity that is created in the middle of the formation hinders the ability of the offensive line to climb to the next level. Pop warner included it in his 1927 book football for coaches and players albeit from his formation b, the direct snap doublewing. Steve logan dug into his history book this week to give us a lesson on the origins of the modern offense the singlewing. The weakside power play was an early mainstay of the singlewing offense and many coaching legends espoused its usage. Dave nelson, tubby raymond and the rise of the wing t offense. But i love reading about his thoughts, philosophy, and how to approach play calling.
Jan 11, 20 any wing ter worth his salt loves the fullback belly play. These t formation plays for youth football are very easy to install. The wingt offense has been made famous by university of delaware coach harold tubby raymond, and is a popular misdirection offense that can be hard to stop characterized by a wingback in the slot just behind the tight end, and a split end on the weak side, the offense places all three running backs in prime locations for counters, fakes, and other misdirecti. Choosing the right offense is one of the most important aspects in building a successful youth football program. You can get what you need to know by just studying any inside. And when i look at whats been done and who has won state championships, i see the wing t as a championship offense. Thats a great book and a piece of history when it comes to the evolution of the spread offense.
An order of football by tubby raymond and ted kempski. Pat fox, chuck apap and roger holmes have been some of my favorite clinic speakers on the subject of the wingt offense. Nov 11, 2016 even if a guard is able to pull, the mass of humanity that is created in the middle of the formation hinders the ability of the offensive line to climb to the next level. For the rookie, it fills you with the basics of this offense.
Wing t offense the wing t offense is proven and can be executed successfully on any level of football. Single wing offense with the spinning fullback book. Make it part of your game plan this season and see your side of the scoreboard light up. With markhams success came many converts to his offense and many variations of the offense over the years. This site is devoted to spreading the word about the double wing offense. In the summer of 1950, university of maine coaches dave nelson, mike lude, and harold westerman hashed out the new offense. The double wing is simply the most powerful offense in the history of football. Single wing offensive formation diagrams part 1 single wing. Singlewing formation similar to pop warners playbook. In american and canadian football, a singlewing formation is any offensive formation having exactly one wingback and one tight end aligned together. Coaching youth football has 272 pages covering offense, defense, and special teams. These playbooks range from the run heavy offensive playbooks of vince lombardi to the pass happy playbooks from the greatest show on turf and everything in between. Offensive play double wing wedge vector graphic diagram.
Tells the story of lsus 1958 season, which got started in part with paul dietzel switching to the wingt offense. Sep 11, 2018 to purchase the book visit, winning single wing football. The t formation is often said to be the oldest offensive formation in american football and is claimed to have been invented by walter camp in 1882. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Dec 16, 2010 the wingt has been made famous by university of delaware coach harold tubby raymond, and is a popular misdirection offense that can be hard to stop. A single wing is known to be an archaic formation which was very popular for most of the first 50 years of american football, although not as much today. Lastly, you might be able to get your hands on a copy of the delaware wingt. Much of this post is based on concepts from the book the delaware wingt. This book describes the double wing offense in detail with full chapters explaining the base plays along with expansion into i, ace, and stacki formations. There are many forms of the wing t which makes it new school, not old school. This recent article by kenny simpson at southside high sch.