DC's WingT offense is available
By: Dum CoachI can now send out my updated playbook. It's about 90 pages and has over 60 plays, all of which can be run from about 8 calls using seven formations. The update includes the "Jet" series I developed to help my 7-8's run the offense without their having to learn to run trap or option. I think Coach Greg has adopted this series of mine to his offense as well.
Although the DC WingT is based on the Delaware Wing T, it is my own invention (like my defense)and I designed it to accomodate kids of various shapes, sizes, speed, and abilities. Emphasis is on getting the ball to a wide number of players with some chance of success. There is some passing and some power, but mostly deception. This is done to maximize fun, not necessarily scoring (A "no talent" kid running the ball on a great play is still a "no talent" kid - but now he's a no talent kid with a chance). Most any play you see Navy or Air Force run can be duplicated in my offense. The kids, parents, and coaches all enjoy it and I've never had a single complaint about it. I got the idea for this offense eight years ago after overhearing one of my players at the end of a game talking. Up until then, I had been running a power, ball control offense for the last seven years in which we never passed and, basically, the same two kids got the ball every down. I had made the playoffs for six of those seven years and went to our "Super-Bowl" five times. Discipline was heavy, practice was tedious, and there was lots of yelling - but we won. But after this one game I heard and saw my left TE just bursting with excitement and all smiles in a game which, oddly enough, we had just lost. I had never seen one of my players this excited even when we won our league championship. So I listened to what he was saying from a distance. It turns out this kid had caught a pass I'd called in the game (Hey! We were losing. It was time to throw.) for a first down. Why was this so exciting for him? It was the first pass he'd ever caught in a game - And he'd been playing TE for me for FOUR YEARS. I looked at the joy on that kid's face in a losing effort and I realized I had been making a mistake. There were only two kids on my team having fun. The other nine had jobs. Having a kid play TE for me for four years and only catch one pass probably borders on child abuse. I decided to change things after that and make it fun for all the kids. Making it fun was easy. Making it fun and still win was a real challenge. That part took awhile. I think though that I have accomplished that goal. Practice is fun, discipline is not a problem, and there's no yelling - And my kids have three times the fun of my opponents have on game day. Since football is all about the kids having fun, I will share my offense with anyone who is interested. Just give me your E mail address. If I can make some other kid smile on some other team like that one kid smiled for me that day, it's worth it.
