| Darren McFadden | | | | were able to run nearly all of our base football |
| With Tim Tebow winning the Heisman, not many | | | | plays not only out of our base set, but out of a |
| people seem to be talking about Darren | | | | spread set and using Jet Motion. By doing it that |
| McFadden. This talented Arkansas running back | | | | way it was much easier to put in and very easy |
| finished second in Heisman voting this year and in | | | | for the kids to remember. The only thing that |
| 2006 as well, the first time that has ever | | | | changed was the formation and the motion for |
| happened. Arkansas Coach Houston Nutt, like | | | | the most part. What Jet Motion meant to us was |
| Urban Meyer at Florida incorporated the Single | | | | fewer "players in the box" and the ability for our |
| Wing into his offense. This Arkansas "Wildcat" | | | | offense to run what we have been running for 8 |
| series was designed to put the defense in conflict | | | | seasons with a different look. Unlike Arkansas, our |
| horizontally with McFadden in the "Quarterback" | | | | biggest plays off the Jet motion was not the |
| role. | | | | "Quarterback" keeper, it was the complementary |
| Arkansas Runs Single Wing Jet Series | | | | plays off the Jet motion to our other backs. |
| Below you see the Offensive Coordinator for | | | | These football plays to our other backs averaged |
| Arkansas detailing the base series. These football | | | | over 10 yards per carry this season. |
| plays sure look like a lot of the stuff we and | | | | Be Careful, Youth Football is Not College Football |
| other Single Wing teams have been running for | | | | While we have to be careful not to let the College |
| decades. Later in the year Arkansas would run | | | | game cloud the youth football coaches thinking, it |
| additional football plays off of this formation | | | | is interesting to see some innovative college |
| uncluding some using full spinner action. This base | | | | teams like Florida and Arkansas turning to |
| 3 play series using jet motion put lots of | | | | offensive concepts that are being run by High |
| horizontal pressure on the defense and is nearly | | | | School and youth football teams. They use simple |
| identical to our base Jet series. Of course unlike | | | | misdirection, overwhelming at the point of attack |
| Arkansas and its zone blocking, we use an easier | | | | and putting the defense in conflict and they do it |
| and more effective system specifically designed | | | | without having to throw the ball 50 times a game |
| for youth football. Arkansas ran their | | | | or run the option which are both tough to put in |
| "Quarterback", Darren McFadden very heavily out | | | | with youth football teams. When coaching youth |
| of this series, whereas most Single Wing teams | | | | football, you don't want to get caught up in trying |
| typically spread the ball around quite a bit more. | | | | to be like the college teams. You often end up |
| Applied to Youth Football | | | | asking kids to do things they aren't able to do |
| My youth football offense has featured the | | | | with limited practice time and younger bodies. If |
| spinner series in 7 of the 8 seasons I've used it. | | | | you copy the college guys to the letter you can |
| We added Jet motion to our base with great | | | | end up with a scheme that often times does not |
| results. Like Arkansas, we wanted to stretch the | | | | give your kids the best chance to compete. But |
| defense horizontally as well as give us another | | | | when it's the other way around and the |
| way to run our base plays along with the ability to | | | | innovators start running the stuff you are running |
| get to the edge a bit quicker. Unlike Arkansas, we | | | | and doing real well with, it's fun to watch. |
