All Access Coaching with Rick Stewart

How the Wing T Puts Defenders In Conflict and Calling Plays Off If-Then Statements The Wing-T offense has withstood the test of time.  It is not just a formation or a collection of plays.  It is a system that uses Look-A-Like backfield actions and blocking techniques to put defenders in conflict.  When run correctly, the defense is never right because the Wing-T uses the defender’s techniques against them. This podcast explains how the defenders are put in conflict by using a sequence of plays.  Every play in the sequence attacks different parts of the defense on every single play. Rick Stewart goes through all 5 families of the Wing-T to also show that play calls are based on defensive reactions instead of down and distance. Rick Stewart has been a high school head coach for 18 years and has used the Wing-T to take four losing programs to the playoffs.  His 2019 team rushed for over 6,300 yards in Pennsylvania.

Alignments, Reads, & Techniques of Front 6 in the 425 Defense One of the beauties of the 425 defense is the divorced front concept.  The 4 D-linemen and 2 Linebackers are completely independent or divorced from the back 5 defensive backs.  This podcast talks about the unique alignments of Rick Stewart’s READ & REACT 425 Defense. The four down linemen in the READ & REACT  line up head up in 4, 0, 4 technique alignments.  Although they initially are lined up the same as a 3-4 defense, their reactions, and techniques are the same as a traditional even front once the ball is snapped. Rick Stewart has been a high school head coach for 18 years and has used this defense to take four losing programs to the playoffs.

PLAY ACTION PASS OFF THE TEXBONE POWER OPTION This 2020 Podcast features Joe Austin, a college head coach at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.  He is the inventor of the TEXBONE, triple option for the 21st century.  It is a marriage of triple option and spread using traditional option schemes out of non-traditional option formations.  The spread formations force the defense into predictable alignments but the TEXBONE is unpredictable to defend because every play could be spread or option-based. This podcast Coach Austin goes over the Play Action Passing game of the TEXBONE offense.  He gives a 15min summary of the entire offense, then covers the full and half slide pass protections.  The four playside pass concepts are FLOOD (using Waggle blocking); QUIK FLOOD (reading the CB), DIG, QUIK DIG;  Austin then moves on to downfield shots: DOUBLE POST, and wraps up with backside isolation routes.

Overview, Personnel, & Alignments of Rick Stewart’s Read & React 425 Defense Listen to this webinar that Rick Stewart did for Glazier Clinic in spring 2019.  He gives an overview of his READ & REACT 425 Defense. Starting with Personnel, Stewart talks about to pros and cons of flopping your defense.  Then he covers divorced fronts and split field alignments. He explains all of his defensive fronts & movements followed by his blitz package.  None of these affect coverages because of the divorced front concept. He wraps up with how his 5 spoke secondary lines up using the split field concepts.

MACATTACK 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Level RPOs Jason McManus is a 4-time state champion in South Carolina and inventor of the MACATTACK Air Raid RPO system. It is a no huddle, fast tempo based offense with heavy emphasis on the QB run game. This podcast will break down his three types of RPOs.  The 1st and 2nd Level RPOs are post snap run-throw concepts using an out of the pocket QB who is running the ball while reading a 2nd level defender for the routes.  This can also be applied to the zone read or counter runs, basically applying triple option principles of reading a down lineman while controlling a secondary player with a route. There are also RPOs ran inside the pocket.  There are 2nd Level post-snap reads that have the linemen blocking the run game up front with the QB throwing an RPO route off a 2nd level defender. McManus’ 3rd level in-pocket RPOs are throwing the ball down the field off corners or safeties.