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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.

Why the Wing T is the Perfect Youth Offense All 22 eyes of a youth defense are glued to the backfield, making the deception of the Wing-T the perfect offense for youth football.  This podcast talks about the benefits of being both under center and in pistol. He covers Jet Sweep, Weakside Iso, Guard Trap, Off-Tackle Power, Counters, and Sprint Out Passing. The differences of every play is broken down for 4th, 6th, and finally 8th grade levels.  He talks about how he would block it differently at each level. He offers great buzzwords to help youngsters remember the play easier. Rick Stewart has been a high school head coach for 18 years but he started as a youth football coach for 4 years before becoming an 8th grade head coach for another 4.  He also served as league president and started two youth programs from the ground up. As a high school head coach, the youth teams in the 4th, 6th, and 8th grades ran the offense described in this podcast.  

TEX-BONE is Marriage of Triple Option With Spread Concepts Out of Pistol Formation Joe Austin is 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 covers Power Option, which is the foundational play of the TEXBONE offense.  This is the first option system to use power as its base scheme. The benefits are horizontal and vertical defensive displacement.  It can be ran against every front, is good against blitz, and requires no checks, ever because it is a rule based play. Easily paired with play action and other run plays The TEXBONE uniqueness makes it difficult to prepare for and the spread formations mean you get to play against base defenses.  The TEXBONE is for coaches needing a change, looking to be unique, wanting to maximize specific players, desiring to diversify, and knowing that they still need to be modern

TEX-BONE is Marriage of Triple Option With Spread Concepts Out of Pistol Formation Joe Austin is 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 explains what the TEXBONE is and how it works.  He gives a great summary of the history of triple option before giving a summary of the entire offense with all of its run and pass concepts. The TEXBONE uniqueness makes it difficult to prepare for and the spread formations mean you get to play against base defenses.  The TEXBONE is for coaches needing a change, looking to be unique, wanting to maximize specific players, desiring to diversify, and knowing that they still need to be modern

Easy QB Reads Making Your Jet Sweep an RRO  The RRO - “Run Run Option”.  Rick Stewart has two easy reads that his Quarterback makes on Jet Sweep that gives him the option to keep the ball on Jet Sweep and run the ball in the playside C-gap, playside A-gap, and backside A-gap. Rick Stewart has taken over 4 losing programs and led all of them to the playoffs. His latest Worst to First turnaround occurred in Pennsylvania, going 21-3 with a team who won 7 games in previous 8 seasons.  His Quarterback has ran for 3,100 yards and passed for 3,200 during this 2-year run. His 9-2 Pennsylvania team ran for 4,500 yards and passed for 1,500 yards with two 1,000 yd rushers. They topped this in 2019 with a 12-1 record with the #2 rushing attack in the entire state, running for 6,300 yards and passing for 1,600

SSX - Speed Strength Xposion.  An Easy to Follow Strength & Conditioning Program for High School The challenges of high school weight training is trying to get alot of reps, hit all the muscle groups, and keep everyone moving on the 60-min high school bell schedule. Rick Stewart has taken over 4 losing programs and led all of them to the playoffs.  One school was forced to lift outside, another school lifted in a converted shower, the 3rd school lifted at 6am, and he is delegating the strength training to his Pennsylvania teams since he still lives in California  In this podcast, Stewart covers the sets-reps & all the exercises he does with his athletes during the spring in his weight training class on Mon, Tue, Thur, and Fri.  He also talks about his nutrition, leadership, & study skills curriculum on Wednesdays. After Easter he transitions to speed, agility, and plyometrics.

Need Some Great Team Building Ideas? Rick Stewart is passionate about team building, which has been the key to him taking FOUR losing programs to playoffs, including increasing his roster size from 92 to 220 players in California and 27 to 55 players in Pennsylvania. In this podcast, Stewart goes into great detail describing the 6 team building activities he does every Saturday during the spring.  Then he talks about what his team does on their camping trips in May, July, & August...including the powerful, life changing camp fire activities.  He wraps it up with is SENIOR LEGACY CANDLE CEREMONY that happens during Week 10 of the season. 

How to Keep Your Players Eligible. Should you be worried about grades in February?  Are you collecting grade checks like every coach in America does?  That should be enough right? WRONG! Keeping players eligible has to be a year-round process and has to be so much more than just grade checks.  Do your players know how to study? What does their binder look like? Do they fill out an assignment calendar?  If you preach that your program is about life lessons, then walk your talk and give your players the tools to succeed. Find out how Rick Stewart only lost one player to grades in 5 years in a program of 220 players on this podcast..

What Are The Two Things A Football Coach Must Do After Christmas Break? Christmas Break is Over.  Equipment collected, awards have been handed out, so now it is finally time to fix your playbook.  Right? WRONG! If a coach is not focused on the things listed in this podcast in January, February, & March, then the playbook doesn’t matter.   Coach Stewart has turned around 5 losing programs, taking all of them to the playoffs in Year 2.   0-24 to 8-2;   1-19 to 6-4;   0-27 to undefeated league champs.   First playoff win in 110-year school history.   And this was all in California without ever coaching a scholarship player.  Stewart went to Pennsylvania and has a 21-3 record after only 20 wins in the 7 seasons prior. These turnarounds were NOT because of Pistol Wing T or 425 defense.  They were because of taking care of the Weight Room, Leadership, and Team Building during the spring.  Coach Stewart lays it all out, step-by-step on this podcast, which is one of a two part series.