O'Brien

BLOG

Basic Drills - O'Brien Part 7

I will not spend time on basic blocking drills. Instead, this will focus on the drills we run to perfect the blocking, snapping and...

Blocking - The O'Brien Part 5

The key element to the O’Brien is understanding it is a run first offense. This is not to say you can’t have balance; however, the pass...

Base Plays - The O'Brien Part 6

Each coach will have their own methodology for names of plays. For this blog, the backfield players are provided numbers based upon...

Offensive Line - The O'Brien Part 4

The key to any offense being successful is the offensive line. What makes the O'Brien so unique is its ability to be successful with...

Running Backs - The O'Brien Part 3

The Running Back (RB) and Full Back (FB) are are the two backs in the O'Brien who have an opportunity to run the ball past the line of...

The QB - O'Brien Part 2

The best place to start with the QB is to understand this athlete needs to have great hands and love to block (aka hit people). We are...

The O'Brien - Overview

This series of blogs will go over how we coach the O'Brien Offense. What is advantageous in this offense is the ability to run the...

It Starts with the Snap - O'Brien Part 1

We have come across several programs who have run some form of the O'Brien and they all become vulnerable to an aggressive defense...

Sample Videos (Spread Run Defense Part 4 of 4)

The basic drill that we run for coaching the finer points of defensing the spread run is called the "3 Man Rabbit". The following videos...

Closing the gap (Spread Run Defense Part 3 of 4)

The last element to stopping the run out of the spread is what we call "close the gap". As the defensive end (DE) on the play side is...

1/2