No Huddle No Mercy Offense - The Passing Game

Clairton's no-huddle attack averaged 510 yards a game and 12.8 yards per play, and the passing game is where the tempo turns into explosives. Coach Shawn Liotta opens with the six keys to a successful passing attack and the coaching rules for protecting the quarterback, because nothing downfield matters if the protection is guessing. From there he installs the quick game, then builds three route series — 4-Verticals, Sail and Shallow — each with the landmarks, formation variations and complementary plays that make them work against the coverage you just identified.

What you'll learn

• An overview of the Clairton passing attack and the 6 keys to a successful passing game
• Coaching rules for protecting the quarterback and the basic pass protection concepts
• Rules for both slide protection and sprint-out protection
• Key facts for identifying defensive coverage before and after the snap
• Quick passing game concepts: hitch, stick and slant
• The 4-Verticals series, including how to identify landmarks
• 4-Vertical plays from one-back, two-back and trips, plus the comeback plays
• The Sail series from one-back, two-back and trips, with the sprint-out flood play
• The Shallow series with early motion, trips, curl, verticals, comeback, zone action and jet action
• Draw plays including the Wrap Draw, plus play-action and bootleg

Who it's for

High school offensive coordinators and quarterback coaches running no-huddle or spread offenses who want a compact route-series passing game their quarterback can run at tempo.

About the coach

Shawn Liotta was the offensive coordinator at Clairton High School in Pennsylvania, where his offense averaged 59.9 points per game — described as the second highest scoring offense in the history of high school football — along with 510 yards per game.

The third session of Coach Liotta's five-part No-Huddle, No Mercy series.