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Every base play has an owner: a coach or an offensive lineman who is in the best position to make a call to vary the blocking scheme or even the point of attack. Rick has an interesting concept heвЂ™s integrated into his series-based play calling system. Quick Diversion: RickвЂ™s Concept of Play Ownership If he wants to call power sweep to the right, the call would be вЂњDarter 8вЂќ followed by a tag that indicates the blocking scheme or even a play variation like a naked boot. In RickвЂ™s offense he uses вЂњDarterвЂќ for right, вЂњBlueвЂќ for left.

TB вЂ“ the primary running back in this offense.

BB вЂ“ the blocking back is a power-I FB type player, usually blocking and often a kickout.

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WB вЂ“ the wing back is like a Wing-T wing back in that he must be a good blocker in space plus be able to carry the ball in the counter game.

OT вЂ“ the outside tackle must be able to down, on, and reach block.

IT вЂ“ the inside tackle can be the weakest OL player.

PG вЂ“ the power guard is the strong-side guard.

C вЂ“ the center must be adept at the short, knuckle-ball snap to either the FB or TB, though in most cases the snap will be directly backward with the back responsible for getting himself in position to receive it.

QG вЂ“ the quick guard is the weak-side guard.

TE вЂ“ the tight end will normally line up tight on the weak side.

Rick flips his line and he believes this leads to better player specialization. The Basics of RickвЂ™s Single Wing Power SeriesДЄbove you can see the basic strong right formation. Interesting - that list of bullets could almost substitute as a вЂњwhy run the Wing-TвЂќ list.

He has developed a feeder program with the youth and middle school programs.

It is difficult for opponents to simulate and prepare for.

He gets more numbers at the point of attack than there are defenders.

He does not like seeing the OL in a 2-point stance, backing up at the snap, and playing patty-cake with the defense. He likes having offensive linemen that are in a 3-point stance and fire off to hit people.

No QB means he has an extra blocker on every play.

The opposing defensive scheme doesnвЂ™t matter вЂ“ he always has an answer.

He doesnвЂ™t have to have a QB-type player.

IвЂ™ll write one more article about his spinner series, then another about how he has incorporated the run-pass option (RPO) into the single wing.

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This first article is on RickвЂ™s power series which would be very easy to incorporate into a Wing-T offense.

He has extensive videos along with voiceovers showing more details of the play diagrams and line calls. If you like what you see here, make sure you head over to RickвЂ™s site and consider purchasing his materials. Rick said he adopted the single wing as he entered a season without a QB вЂ“ someone said вЂњyou should run the single wing!вЂќ I guess he had to Google it to find out what it was. IвЂ™ve never coached in Florida, but I suspect the talent gaps can be huge there between different programs so having this level of consistency reflects well on the quality of coaching. Rick Darlington is the head coach at Apopka High School in Florida, and his record there as 151вЂ“39. Hey, just allow direct snap to either the QB or TB and you are now running a single wing! IвЂ™m sureВ single wing coaches chuckle at wing-t coaches who decide to run вЂњshotgun Wing-T with an unbalanced lineвЂќ. ThereвЂ™s certainly a shared heritage between the Wing-T and single wing. I first learned the ins and outs of the single wing when I read Dave CisarвЂ™s Winning Youth Football which features a modified version appropriate for youth football bobble heads. Hmmm, a single wing talk at the National Wing-T Clinic? I was intrigued for sure. Rick DarlingtonвЂ™s Single Wing Power Series