No Huddle Power Pistol - The Running Game

What happens when you put Nevada's Pistol backfield behind the up-tempo running game Oregon made famous? Robbie Owens's answer is the No-Huddle Power Pistol, the offense he ran at Grand Junction High School in Colorado to average 436 yards of total offense per game. This session is the run game itself: the base formation, the power plays, and the reads that leave a defender in conflict on every snap.

What you'll learn

• How to eliminate tendencies in the read run game
• How to flip plays without flipping your running back
• Using formations, backfield actions, motions and personnel groupings throughout the offense
• Forcing the defense to play option responsibility, respect the power game and defend the pass on any given play
• Running a base two-back offense from the shotgun, and how the Power Pistol combines the advantages of the shotgun and the I-formation
• Why backs hit the line of scrimmage with downhill shoulders square, giving better vision and easier cuts
• The base formation with offensive line splits and individual alignments
• Specific power run plays with player responsibilities, plus the Zone Veer, the Gator with a guard iso concept, the Dart play and other variations
• How blocking schemes adjust to formation and motion, and the mesh point read with the quarterback in charge

Who it's for

High school head coaches and offensive coordinators who want a physical, two-back run game but do not want to give up tempo or shotgun spacing to get it.

About the coach

Robbie Owens was head coach at Grand Junction High School in Colorado, where the No-Huddle Power Pistol produced an average of 436 yards of total offense per game.

Owens closes with the identity of the offense: multiple formations, multiple personnel groups, a conflict-assignment running game, a vertical passing game and up-tempo, no-huddle football.