Wing-Bone: The Counter Game

Coach Ron Aydelott's Wing-Bone is not a formation but a system, using four backs in what he calls the most multiple offense available, and the counter game is its foundation. In this first session of four he details the Option Counters, Jet Series Counters, Rocket Counters and Quarterback Counters, and explains how the counter spreads a defense out and slows down pursuit so it has to play assignment football.

What you'll learn

• Maximizing each series through five components: the inside threat, off-tackle threat, perimeter threat, counter threat and play action pass threat
• Spreading the defense so it cannot run to the ball
• The counter concept itself - widening the defense and slowing pursuit
• The TAG (tackle and guard) counter trey concept
• The TATE (tackle and tight end) counter plays
• Counters off the trap, option, jet series, rocket and quarterback series
• How to build counter plays that fit the offense you already run
• A bonus "what ifs" chapter on the defensive fronts used to stop the counter

Who it's for

High school head coaches and offensive coordinators running the Wing-T, Wing-Bone or any multiple-back run offense that needs misdirection to slow down fast defenses.

About the coach

Ron Aydelott was the head coach at Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Across 13 years as a head coach at Hillsboro High School and Riverdale, he ran the Wing-Bone to a 96-13 record and a state championship.

Extensive game film accompanies each counter. Runtime: about 71 minutes.