THE ‘PISTOL’

Run Game – Zone & Gap Schemes

Kyle Hockman

Head Football Coach

Campbell High School, Smyrna, GA

QB 4yd RB 6yd

ALIGNMENT

Must adjust dept according to your scheme, speed of TB, snap speed

Overview all from Pistol

• Inside Zone – Read

• Middle Zone – Slant

• Outside Zone – Stretch (Speed Option)

• Gap – Power O

• Gap – Counter Trey (Read?)

• Inside Trap – Trap

• Veer - Wedge

Read Backfield Action

Aiming point• Inside leg of Guard

QB steps - 1 step• foot away from RB steps forward• Reach and ride • Transfer weight to front foot and accelerate of mesh

Mesh point• Reach and ride• Give = slide belly hand out pressing with other• Keep = pull everything

READ OPTION

Aiming point• Inside leg of TE

QB steps – 2 steps• lateral and crossover• Push back off crossover

Mesh point • Reach and stick• Pull naked hand quick to belly

Slant Backfield Action

SLANT

Aiming point• 2yd outside of outside leg of TE

QB steps - 3 steps • Crossover, lateral, crossover• Push back off crossover

Mesh point • Reach and stick• Pull naked hand quick to belly

Stretch Backfield Action

Stretch

STRETCH OPTION

Aiming point 2 yds outside of TE’s outside foot. Lead step and GO! This is an outside play, make vertical cut off TE or FB block at the butt of the blocker.

B or any lead blocker inside out = chip through DE if you see wrong color as you go up to support.

W M S

E T T E

Cut backside

SlipSlip Slip

Stretch (TE)

Stretch (TE)

T

W M R E T E S

W M S E N E BB

N

W S E T T EN R

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M S E T E RW

‘Power Slip’‘slip’ ‘Zoom’?

‘Slip’ ‘M’

‘Power Slip’

‘Slip’‘slip’‘Slip’

‘Slip’

Zoom=zone w/ RB & TE

Cut backside

Aiming point 2 yds outside of TE’s outside foot. Lead step and GO! This is an outside play, make vertical cut off OT or FB block at the butt of the blocker.

B or any lead blocker inside out = chip through DE if you see wrong color as you go up to support.

S M W

E T T E

Slip‘Power Slip’

‘M’

Stretch (SE)

T

M W S T T E

S M W T N T EE

N

S W E T T ENR

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M S E T E WR

WRWR

‘zip’‘power combo’

Stretch (SE)

STRETCH OPTION

Read (SE side)

S M W

E T T E

SS

Read

Pitch

T

M W S T T E

S M W T N TB

N

S W E T T ENR

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M S E T E WR

WRWR

Read (SE side)

T

W M R E T E S

W M S T N T EE

N

W S E T T EN R

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M S E T E RW

Read (SE side)

Power O Backfield Action

Aiming point• Step, Shuffle• Butt of the Guard• Attack vertical A/B gap• Bounce, if needed, following Puller

QB steps• Spin –’Reverse out’• Fake Set up

Mesh point• Reach and hand deep

POWER O

Counter Trey Backfield Action

Aiming point• Step, Shuffle opposite• Butt of the Guard• Attack vertical A/B gap• Bounce, if needed, following Puller

QB steps • Spin –’Reverse out’• Fake Naked Boot

Mesh point• Reach and hand deep

Power O (TE side)

Aiming point – Butt of G, stay A/B gap if possible, bounce following 2nd puller if need to.

B or any lead blocker kick out =

Step with inside foot on bananna course. Use outsie shoulder, run through EOL.

W M S

E T T E

T

W M R E T E S

W M S T N T EE

N

W S E T T EN R

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M S E T E RW

Counter Trey (TE side)

Could ‘out’ call TE

Counter Gap(SE side)

W M S

E T T E

Step, Shuffle opposite. Aiming point is Butt of the play side G. If clogged, bounce following 2nd puller.

B or any BS blocker,

Cut-off EOL.

QB must make hand-off in BS A gap.

T

W M R E T E S

W M S T N T EE

N

W S E T T EN R

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M S E T E RW

Counter Gap(SE side)

One removed by formation

Trap

Veer