Roger VanDeZande – Fayette HS, MO: Turning It Around With The Double Wing

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CoachRaz on April 15, 2019 at 6:57 pm

First, thank you coach for taking the time to film this. I have two questions for you. First, do you have your lineman up on the ball or back off with helmets even with the center’s hips? Second, how would you approach the offense if you were to go into a school where the majority of your athlete’s were soccer (small/quick) and basketball (tall/lean) type players? Thank you again for your time. Love the double wing!!!

VanDeZande on June 24, 2019 at 12:20 pm

Hi Coach:

Sorry . . . didn’t see your questions until now. 1) I try to crowd the LOS (neutral zone) with our OL. Normally, defenses do, too. Once the ball is snapped, the DL and OL will meet; I want that to be as soon as possible, and in the direction we are going. I do not want to “catch” the DL, but go at them, and move the LOS closer to the 1st down marker. 2) several schools I’ve been to have smaller athletes – at least at the start. Based on what we do in the weight room, and with the proper diet and instruction, I expect that between May and August, a 135 lb. kid can become 140 lbs. A 155 lb. kid can get to 165, and a 190 lb. kid can get to 200 lbs. and more. I do not feel like we’ve done our job adequately until some opponent says “they must be doing steroids.” Of course, we aren’t but the difference in our athletes should be that shocking, or we haven’t worked hard enough. Among the linemen we have, we put our largest, slowest lineman at center. Our next slowest, but big as we can get them, at tackles, and our best runners at guard. Our fullback is like a guard but can run a little better, and has decent hands. Feel free to contact me at my new school, Russellville (MO) High School, rvandezande@coler1indians.org
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VanDeZande on June 24, 2019 at 12:22 pm

I have what I call a “Five Wide” offensive system. I find the five widest guys I can, and put them on the OL, in between the two tight ends. I also have an RPO offense. That means Run People Over. Finally, we use “tempo.” That means, our backs need to run as fast as they can, and our linemen walk to the line of scrimmage, and run fast for a short distance once the ball is snapped. They can get up off the pile at whatever tempo suits them. Have fun with it!

michael.odonnell on May 8, 2020 at 12:29 pm

Do you run wedge to the fullback? That seems to be a solid play for teams that run the double tight/double wing. Also, how much wing on the LOS do you run? Thanks in advance. Excellent presentation!