Coaching Wing T Football: A Football Coach Staple
Jan 30th, 2008 by Coach DeLorm
So I was browsing the internet and I was trying to think of some topics to write about and thought I would write about the Wing T formation. This formation has been the foundation of the spread option attacks of todays game and allows for a better balance of run and pass. Learning about this formation will give your football team a great knowledge base to incorporate option and spread option offensive packages.
I found a great blog that talks all about the Wing T and how to coach it. The blog is called Wing-T Football: An Offensive System. I would highly recommend it any coach looking to learn about this offensive scheme. There was also another site that I found which provides a nice basic package of Wing T plays for your team. The site is called FBforYouth.com.
I also found some nice videos about wing t plays and highlights. Enjoy!
Wing T plays:
Dive Play
Counter Play
Belly Play
Sweep Play
Here are some highlights of the Wing T:
Coach,
I was just looking for other football coaching sites on the internet. I found yours. I just wanted to thank you for saying nice things about my blog. I was wondering if anyone was reading it or not. I was beginning to doubt my blog infact. I was pondering if I should quit blogging even. Thanks for the postive feedback.
Coach D
Great collection of Wing-T highlights, just too bad that there are no Wing-T passing highlights… because, as you said, the Wing-T is a great example of a balanced Run-Pass attack, setting up the pass with the run.
The Spread offense, on the opposite is setting up the run with the pass…
But if you know the Wing-T (and I myself played the Wing-T many years) you will recognize the concepts of the Wing-T everywhere… even in the NFL!!
In my opinion the Wing-T is a lot more than just one style of an offense, it’s a philosophy, a concept: balancing misdirection and power runs (multiple POA concept) and play-action passes…
My advice to every offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator (”you can’t stop what you don’t understand”) is to study the Wing-T, every offensive coordiantor should find some ideas to incorporate into his offense…