Spread Punt

Philosophy

• To slow down the opponents rush

• To better your efforts in coverage

Personnel and Alignments

P

DB’s DB’s LB/RB

LB/DE/TE

Gunner’s Discipline

Wall QB

LB/RB

2 yds. 2 yds. 3 yds.

5-6 yds deep

14-15 yds deep

Responsibilities

P

4 3 2

1

Ball/#’s Hash

#’s-H Ball

1

#’s/Ball Ball

2

43 5

Squeeze and build Wall

1-2 Step/1.8-1.9 Operation

X1 X2 X3

X

X4

Protection and Direction

• Ringo/Lucky

• White – Kick away– Up Backs set to the right (base is to the right)

• Red – Right– Up Backs set to the right

• Blue – Left– Up Backs set to the left

• Brown – Rugby– Up Backs set to the right– 5-7 steps on Rugby

Tempos and Cadence

• Jet – speed tempo– Cadence: “Set”, 1 second ball snapped

• Indy – base tempo– Cadence: “Shift (if necessary)”, “Ready (prot/dir if needed)”,

“Set”, 1 second ball snapped

• Glide – base tempo– Cadence: “Shift (if necessary)”, “Ready (prot/dir if needed)”,

“Set”, 3 seconds ball snapped

• Nike – check tempo– Cadence: “Shift (if necessary)”, “Ready (prot/dir if needed)”,

“Set”, 1 second and check sideline, “Ready”, “Set”, 1 second ball snapped

Formations/Shifts

• Spread– Base way to line up

• Split– Outside guys split out to 6 yards

• Trips Lt./Rt.– One side shifts out 6-8 yards from LS– Backside guy can also split out

• Over Lt./Rt.– Outside guy goes over to other side

Spread Punt

Gunners Over

Trips

Notes• Communication is the most important key to the

Spread Punt• Overload calls are only vs. 7/3 sets or 6/3 sets• Count only the players on the LOS• Understand if the return team is in a block mode or

return mode• Work on only 2 fakes for the week• Use the Rugby if possible to take the

aggressiveness out of the return team• Drills – Protection, Get off blocks, and Covering