RANGER FREEZE – Quick Pass #4

RANGER FREEZE – Quick Pass #4

The last pass in the Quick Pass Series is another combination route. This is another one of those things you want the ‘eye in the sky’ or coach on the field to be scouting out. When the defensive safety starts playing the inside receiver to the inside, we want to throw the ball up and over to that receiver running a quick corner or flag route.

Again: If that defender is aligned to the inside and takes those patented ‘read steps,’ that action will put him on the back of the receiver running that quick corner route. That route is run as follows: the receiver breaks off the LOS, on his third step at around 5 yards, he breaks it deep and to the corner of the end zone.

The QB puts the ball up and over everyone making the receiver extend himself to catch the ball. The defense cannot get to the ball unless they go threw the receiver which would be defensive interference and a penalty.

The defense is really caught in a bind here with the RANGER FREEZE QUICK PASS OFFENSE. They still have to defend the run which will keep at least 6 people (usually) in the box. Then we have 4 receivers spread across the field which have to be covered at the snap. That makes 10 defenders tied up at the snap.

At the snap, the defenders are taking read steps and the receivers are running their routes into the seams and holes in the defense. Practice the Quick Pass Offensive enough and you will be able to advance the ball.

I now work full time for Bigger Faster Strong. BFS is the best strength development program for high school athletics because we have a group of clinicians with over 600 years of practical experience that have taken those experiences and built a program. It is a system developed by high school coaches for high school coaches – not some watered down college program.

Take the BFS stretching program. Are there better ways to stretch? Of course. Just go to the gymnasts; they know how to stretch. They spend two hours a day stretching. In a 55 minute class period, does the strength coach have that kind of time for stretching? Of course not. The genius of the program is to draw on those 600 years, determining what works – what gives you the best results that transfers to the field or court - in the time you have available and structure a program that produces results. The program is designed to grant the most results in the time you have available.

So . . . this is the same philosophy that we are talking about with the EQualizer. Just how much time do you have with the kids to get ready for Friday night Lights? Once the season starts, you only have so much time during the week. Offensively, you will get only around 4-5 hours at best to work with the kids on offense. Remember, you have defense, special teams, FUNdaMENTAL blocking and tackling drills, scouting reports, and more that also have to be included in the practice plan.

What can you get done in the time available, that will be more easily mastered, produce results and be able to match the skill set of the athletes you get year in, year out?

The first option off quick pass #4 is one of the easiest passes in football to complete. It is a short pass, the receiver is coming in toward the QB and you do not need a huge amount of pass protection to get the job done.

The outside receiver has to run a disciplined route, just as he did on quick pass #2. Only this time he is running a ‘Loop In.’ Running a proper Loop In route gives the inside receiver to run his route and clear out the defenders creating a huge hole to the inside to run your route. At the snap, the receiver drives off the LOS. On step four the receiver plants his left foot (if he is on the right side of the formation) and takes a step to the sideline with his right foot. He follows that with another sideline step with his left leg which acts as a plant step off of which he drives back to the inside of the formation. Get your head up and catch the ball in your hands out in front of your body.

Once you catch the ball, break upfield into the seam and get as many yards as you can, advancing the ball far enough for another Ranger First Down, or maybe more. You can view quick pass 4 online at www.maxcast.com/EQUALIZER. Just scroll down the play list till you get to quick pass 4.