IF DEFENSES ARE STARTING to catch on to your scheme, the 43 crossbuck offers an interesting twist to the running game. Running out of the T formation, the fake handoff to the right halfback is the most important feature of the play.
It’s an easy way to introduce misdirection into your youth football team’s playbook. Here’s how it breaks down:
Left tight end: Blocks the right defensive end to the left.
Left tackle: Blocks the right defensive tackle to the left.
Left guard: Blocks the defensive lineman to the right.
Center: Shoots out and blocks the middle linebacker downfield.
Right guard: Blocks the left defensive lineman to the right.
Right tackle: Blocks the left defensive tackle to the right.
Right tight end: Blocks the left defensive end to the right.
Quarterback: Takes the snap and makes one step to the right to a fake a handoff to the left halfback. He then continues his motion and makes the actual handoff to the right halfback. The left halfback gets the defense to bite on the fake, and darts directly to the four hole to take out the defensive tackle.
Left halfback: Making the defensive bite on the fake is paramount to the success of this play. At the snap, the left halfback runs at about a 45-degree angle to the 4 hole, just off the outside foot of the right offensive guard. The pursuing defensive tackle is the left halfback’s assignment.
Fullback: The fullback rolls out to the right flat as if on a pass route. He rolls back a few yards from his spot at the snap, and continues out toward the sideline.
Right halfback: After the left halfback has confused all 11 defenders with the fake handoff, the right halfback is only a step behind. At the snap, he dashes at a 45-degree angle and take the handoff from the quarterback, who is just coming off the fake handoff to the left halfback. With the left offensive tackle blocking the defensive tackle to the outside and the left offensive guard blocking the defensive lineman to the inside, the right halfback should have smooth sailing into the secondary.
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