2011
SINGLE WING CONCLAVE
WILKES BARRE, PA
THE SCOTT’S BRANCH HAMMER SYSTEM
“CHANGING THE CONVERSATION ON THE OTHER SIDELINE”
SCOTT’S BRANCH EAGLES
2010 FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS
2010 HIGHLIGHTS
THE HAMMER PHILOSOPHY
• HAS TO BE AN ATTITUDE OF UNSELFISHNESS
• THERE’S COMPLEXITY IN THE SIMPLICITY
• WE EXECUTE AN OFFENSE THAT HAS BEEN
DEVELOPED OVER 6 YEARS . TEAMS TRY TO
PREPARE FOR IT IN A WEEK.
• EXECUTION OVER ATHLETICISM. (WE ARE
SYSTEM DRIVEN AND NOT ATHLETE DRIVEN).
• WE HAVE THE SURPRISE ELEMENT
THE HAMMER PHILOSOPHY (CONT)
• GAME SHAPE IS VERY IMPORTANT
• WEIGHT TRAINING WINS BALLGAMES
• FEW, BUT PERFECT PLAYS (GOAL IS TO BECOME A
ONE PLAY OFFENSE)
• GAMES WE WOULD HAVE NORMALLY LOST
BECOME S COMPETITIVE AND OR VICTORIOUS
• EXCLUSIVENESS (MOST PEOPLE DON’T HAVE THE
BALLS TO DO WHAT WE DO)
• BALL POSSESSION
EVERYTHING IN OUR FOOTBALL
PROGRAM BEGINS WITH THIS
FORMATION AND……..
WEDGE
HAMMER HAMMER
NOT MUCH COUNTERS
NOT MUCH PASSING
WANT TO BECOME A 1 PLAY OFFENSE
EAGLE
OUR PRIMARY POA
75% OF ALL OUR PRODUCTION & SUCCESS
COME FROM THIS ONE STUPID PLAY.
“THE HAMMER”
HAMMER RT
WHY THE HAMMER OFFENSE
6 YEAR RECORD
• 2005 0 – 10
• 2006 6 - 5 PLAYOFFS – 1ST ROUND
• 2007 10 - 2 PLAYOFFS – 2ND ROUND
• 2008 11 - 3 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
• 2009 8 - 6 STATE RUNNER - UP
• 2010 12 - 2 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
• LAST 4 SEASONS 1ST OR 2ND IN OUR REGION
• LAST 3 YEARS # 1 SEED IN OUR PLAYOFF DIVISION
• 15 KIDS IN COLLEGE ON SCHOLARSHIPS
• 30 PLAYERS ON VARIOUS ALL – STATE TEAMS
• 3 STATE BACK OF THE YEARS AWARDS
• 3 STATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
• THE # 4 ALL TIME RUSHER IN THE STATE OF SC
• 3 2000 YARDS RUSHERS
• 2 NORTH/SOUTH ALL STAR BOWL PLAYERS
• 1 SHRINE BOWL PLAYER
5 YEAR PRODUCTION
RUSHING
YR ATT YARDS AVE LONG TDS 2PT CONV 2PT ATT PER
2006 571 2876 5.04 88 25 22 28 79%
2007 565 3853 6.82 85 48 38 52 73%
2008 757 4756 6.28 67 50 38 58 66%
2009 676 4006 5.93 84 42 26 49 53%
2010 692 4589 6.63 75 60 49 71 69%
3261 20080 6.16 88 225 173 258 67%
PASSING
• YR COMP ATT PCT INT YDS TDS LONG YPC
• 2006 11 31 35.5 5 250 3 70 22.73
• 2007 18 32 56.3 1 381 4 66 21.20
• 2008 19 43 44.2 7 394 8 65 20.70
• 2009 21 65 32.3 3 475 7 65 22.60
• 2010 26 51 51.0 2 504 11 56 19.40
TOTAL 95 222 42.8 18 2004 33 70 21.10
TOTAL OFFENSE
• YR # PLAYS YDS TDS AVE YDS PER PLAY
• 2006 602 3126 28 5.19
• 2007 597 4234 52 7.09
• 2008 800 5150 58 6.44
• 2009 741 4481 49 6.04
• 2010 743 5093 71 6.85
• TOTAL 3483 22084 258 6.34
CONDITIONING (22, 23, 28)
• CAMP JOHNSON (13 PRACTICES IN 4 DAYS)
• WE USE THE BFS SYSTEM
• WE LIFT 3 TIMES DURING THE SEASON
(MTW)BEFORE PRACTICE
• WE WANT STRENGTH INCREASE BECAUSE WE
PREPARE FOR A 14 GAME SEASON
• WE WANT TO FINISH STONGER THAN OUR
OPPONET EACH GAME.
• WE RUN GASSER DAILY (SKILL 35 – 50); (LINE
25 – 30 PLUS THE SLED) TIMED.
1. WE FLIP OUR LINE
THE HUDDLE
A. BEST BLOCKERS TO THE POWER SIDE.
B. BEST PULLERS TO THE QUICK SIDE.
C. WE SET THIS TENDENCY ON PURPOSE.
2. THE NUMBER 2 OR 1 TELL OUR OL WHETHER TO GO RT
OR LT.
A. BY DEFAULT WE ARE IN FORMATION 2
3. QB MUST HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE HUDDLE
4. EVERYONE MUST LISTEN SO THEY HEAR THE PLAY CALL
5. PLAY IS ONLY CALLED ONCE. EX. “2 EAGLE, HAMMER RT
ON 3”
6. EVERYONE IS IN A 2 PT STANCE READY TO RUN A PLAY
BECAUSE WE DO SNAP ON THE FIRST SOUND.
QB
LT LG RGRT
X LW FBRW Y
BASIC ALIGNMENT
• FOOT TO FOOT (NO VARIATIONS)
• FB SNIFFER
• WBs IN POSITION TO CARRY OUT
ASSIGNMENTS
BASIC BLOCKING PHILOSOPHY
“IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE BALL YOU
ARE BLOCKING”
1. SAB FOR ALL PLAYS
2. WANT TO GET AS MANY BODIES WE POSSIBLY CAN TO THE POA.
3. WE USE THE RED ZONE PHILOSOPHY OF JIM AHERN
4. BITE THE CROTCH; PRESS THE HIPS
5. WANT TO DRIVE THE PERSON THEY ARE BLOCKING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD.
6. 4 OF OUR STARTING OL WERE NAMED ALL – STATE IN OUR CLASSIFICATION.
7. WE USE THE SLED TO INSTILL IN BLOCKERS THE IMPORTANCE OF DRIVING THEIR MAN
8. WE USE SHOULDERS TO BLOCK. LESS THAN 25 HOLDING PENALTIES OVER 6 YEARS.
THE SHIFT
• Some years ago while viewing a video, the
presenter stated that “it is commonly said
that an offense has two distinct pre-snap
advantages over any particular defense: one,
they know the snap count and two, they
know where the ball is going. Once the ball is
snapped those advantages disappear, but
there are other factors post-snap, such as
movement and deception, to help leverage
defenses.”
• When doing the research and understanding how this
offense worked and listening to other coaches talk
about the pitfalls they ran into, we thought the if we
could add another element to the offense without
abandoning the true concepts of the offense we
would be on to something.
• Remembering a highlight tape I saw of Colton High
School in California I dug the tape viewed it and
discovered that was the missing ingredient we
needed. The main reason I embraced this method
was that it involved movement of all 11 offensive
players, which I believe is very important if you are
going to integrate movement into your offense.
• The use of the Cowboy shift and the ability to
move to any formation by the backs and
receivers (and linemen) answered a major
question for our staff and more importantly
the players. The question being what do we
do when they start loading up the off tackle
area to stop Hammer.
The reasons we use the shift at Scott’s
Branch are:
• Gives us an Identity and Uniqueness (Fun for the
players)
• Maximum movement on all downs (Move our
personnel around to take advantage of their skills)
• Confuse the defense (Get the defense out of position)
• Multiple formations (requires our opponents to
spend more time game planning our formations and
less time game planning how to stop our offense)
• Improve OL Play (create better blocking angles for our
linemen to block)
BASIC RULES OF SHIFTING
Contrary to popular belief, we do not shift to cause the defense to jump
offside. (Cutups of teams jumping)To us that is a bonus when it does happen.
But there are certain rules, I believe, you must employ if you are going to use
shifting as a part of your offensive scheme.
• Must be done on every offensive play. This keeps the defense
back on their heels and not be able to pin their ears back.
• Must have a default formation. (Formation you will line up in
when you break the huddle, such as Beast, Stack I, Wishbone, etc.)
• You must be able to run Wedge or Hammer (Power) from your
default formation. (We snap the ball on the first sound at least 5 -
7 times a ball game just to keep the defense honest).
• Change your default formation every week. (Self Scout yourself
and give your opponent a lot to prepare for)
• Be crisp and sharp when you shift but don’t be in a hurry.
(Remember the philosophy of the offense, you want to
methodically wear them down and beat them into submission)
SPANN
I - BONE
CARTER
HOG
SUPER HOG
CONWAY
SWING
CADENCE
We use a simple rhythmic cadence to get things rolling and to shift. We want to keep
things simple in order to keep our players as aggressive as possible. The cadence is
Down, Go, Go, Go.
Let me explain how we do it. Play ex. 2 Eagle Ray Hammer Rt on 3
• Down – Nothing happens during this command except when we will snap
on the first sound. Down is the first sound. All players are in a two point
stance and in the default formation.
• Go – This is the command to shift to the formation called in the huddle
(Eagle). The Linemen will do the Cowboy Shift and the Backs and the
Receivers will go to their respective alignments. Let me also say that
Linemen will also shift if the formation dictates it. QB will be very
animated on this command.
• Go – This command is our motion (Ray). Again the QB will be very
animated on this call.
• Go – The ball will be snapped on this command. This what we do every
week. This is the reason that we don’t have illegal procedure penalties.
The snap count stays the same from the 1st day of practice to the last.
• All of the shifting and movement may look good, but the only reason we
do it is to be able to run the core with more bang and keep the defense
on their heels.
PRACTICE PLAN
WE DO NOTHAVE ELABORATE PRACTICE SCHEDULES
• WE ARE HAVE CONTACT EVERYDAY. (CONTROL) CAN’T TEACH AGGRESSIVENESS VS AIR. INJURY IS NOT
AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF CONDITIONING.
• WE PRACTICE THE SCRIPT.
• MONDAY - INTRO DEFAULT FORMATION FOR THE WEEK, NEW FORMATIONS AND SETS, AND NEW RUN
PLAYS.
• TUESDAY - ALL RUN PLAYS, INTRO SCREENS
• WEDNESDAY - INTRO PASS GAME, RUN SCREEN PLAYS
• THURSDAY - RED ZONE PLAYS , PASSING GAMES, SELECTED PLAYS
• FRIDAY - OFFENSE WILL RUN THROUGH EACH PLAY ON THE SCRIPT.
• DURING PRE – GAME WE WILL RUN HAMMER RT AND LT FOR TEN MINUTES BEFORE WE GO BACK TO
THE LOCKER ROOM. USUALLY AT 6:45.
PRACTICE PLAN THOUGHT FOR THE DAY WATER
SBHS FOOTBALL M/8/
TEAM
Monday Practice Schedule PADS STRETCH MEET SPEC
SPECIALTIES
PRIDE, DISCIPLINE, CLASS,
• Time
EXECUTION
DATE: MONDAY’S PRACTICE: OFFENSE/DEFENSE OPPONENT
3:05 BACKS - STUDY HALL/WEIGHT LINEMEN –STUDY HALL/ WEIGHT ROOM
ROOM
4:20 STRETCHING PERIOD
4:30
HAMMER PERIOD
OFFENSIVE LINE RECEIVERS QB’S RUNNING BACKS
4:40 BLOCKING PERIOD BLOCKING BLOCKING PERIOD BLOCKING PERIOD
PERIOD
4:50 GROUP WORK GROUP WORK GROUP WORK GROUP WORK
5:10 FRONTS AND STUNTS BACKFIELD ACTIONS
5:35 OFFENSIVE TEAM
T/ NT DE’S ILB’S OSLB’S DB’S
5:40 TACKLING CIRCUIT
5:50 GROUP WORK GROUP WORK GROUP WORK GROUP WORK GROUP WORK
6:05 INSIDE RUN OUTSIDE RUN/OPTION/PASS SKELETON
6:15 TEAM DEFENSE VS SCOUT OFFENSE
6:40 PRIDE PERIOD
OFFENSIVE LINE DEFENSIVE LINE 7 ON 7
OFFENSE TEAMWORK DEFENSE
RUN PASS FORMATIONS FRONT BLITZ COVERAGE
GAME PLAN
TAKE THE SAME GIRL TO THE DANCE BUT PUT A DIFFERENT
DRESS ON HER
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
• FIRST LEVEL IS OF NO CONCERN TO US.
• WANT TO SEE HOW TOUGH THE DE IS .
• HOW ARE THEY USING THE SECONDARY FOR RUN SUPPORT
• HOW THEY COVER PUNTS. (FAKE PUNTS)
• USE MULTIPLE FORMATIONS
• GOAL IS TO BECOME A 1 PLAY OFFENSE
• WE WILL PRESS THE OFF TACKLE AREA
SCRIPT PLAYS
DRIVE PLAYS PASS PLAYS GOAL LINE IN GOAL LINE OUT
2 PT CONVERSION 1. # 3 – HAMMER RT
1. # 17 – CB RT 0. FLOOD PASS RT
2. # 23 – CROSS RT JKR X. FLOOD PASS RT WEAK 1. # A – 56 HAMMER RT
3. # 7 – X RT FOLLOW Y. X PASS RT G RT 2. # B – 58 SUPR HAMMER RT
4. # 1 – 41 WEDGE SPR HAM Z. HAMMER RT PASS 3. # C – SCISSORS RT JOKER
5. # 18 – FB CB RT CAT E. FLOOD PASS RT 4. # D – 40 WEDGE SCISSORS
6. # 22 – X RT JOKER KICK 5.
7. # 13 – HAM RT KICK READ
8. # 2 – 41 WEDGE
9. # 19 – X RT JOKER SCREENS 3RD & LONG (7 - 10) SPECIAL PLAYS
10. # 23 – CROSS RT JOKER F.
11. # 8 – X RT FOLLOW JOKR 0. FLOOD PASS RT
12. # 3 – HAMMER RT X. FLOOD PASS RT WEAK
13. # 20 – FB X RT JOKER Y. X PASS RT G RT
14. # 22 – X RT JOKER KICK SPECIAL PASS Z. HAMMER RT PASS
15. # 14 – HAMER RT JK READ
16. # 4 – SUPER HAMMER RT 3RD & MED (4 – 6) RAMBO
17. # 21 – BLAST RT JOKER
18. # 23 – CROSS RT JOKER 0. FLOOD PASS RT 1. 1 – STOP
19. # 9 – X RT FOLLOW JKR X. FLOOD PASS RT WEAK
20. # 5 – HAMMER RT GHOST Y. X PASS RT G RT 2. 5- CURL/SMASH/FLT
21. # 17 – CB RT Z. HAMMER RT PASS
22. # 22 – X RT JOKER KICK 3. HAMMER RT/LT
23. # 15 – HAM RT KICK READ MAN NAME – RT
24. # 6 – QB WEDGE 3RD & SHORT ( 1 –3) LADY NAME – LT
25. # 10 – X RT FOL JOK KICK 1. # A – 56 HAMMER RT
26. #16 – HAM LT KCK OPT 2. # B – 58 SUPR HAMMER RT 4. FOLLOW
27. # 11 – X RT FOLLOW JOKR 3. # C – SCISSORS RT JOKER # MAN NAME – RT
28. # 12 – X RT FOLLOW JOKR 4. # D – 40 WEDGE SCISSORS 5. # LADY NAME - LT
# 3 – HAMMER RT
PLAYS
BEAST
A. 2 BEAST 56 HAMMER RT
B. 2 BEAST 58 SUPER HAMMER RT
C. 1 BEAST SCISSORS RT JOKER
D. 2 BEAST 40 WEDGE SCISSORS
E. 2 BEAST FLOOD PASS RT WHIRLY
HAMMER
1. 2 DIAMOND SOUND 31/20 WEDGE SUPER HAM RT
2. 2 EAGLE RAY 41 WEDGE SCISSORS
3. 2 EAGLE HAMMER RT
4. 2 EAGLE SOUND SUPER HAMMER RT
5. 2 SPECIAL STACK RT HAMMER RT
6. 2 EAGLE PRO RT RW YOYO HAMMER RT
7. 2 EAGLE PRO RT LW YOYO HAMMER RT DOG
8. 2 DIAMOND SOUND DOG RT
GUN
9. 2 GUN WAKE X RT FOLLOW JOKER KICK
10. 2 GUN WAKE WG LT RAZOR X RT FOLLOW JOKER
11. 2 GUN WAKE YOYO X RT FOLLOW JOKER
12. 1 GUN WAKE X RT FOLLOW JOKER KICK
13. 1 GUN WAKE RAZOR X RT FOLLOW JOKER
14. 1 GUN WAKE WG RT YOYO X RT FOLLOW JOKER
15. 2 DBL PRO SET LT HAMMER RT KICK READ
CUTBACK
16. 2 CARTER CUTBACK RT
17. 2 CARTER WG LT SET LT FB CUTBACK RT CAT
18. 2 CARTER X RT JOKER
19. 2 CARTER SET LT FB X RT JOKER
20. 2 CARTER BLAST RT JOKER
PASSES/DROPBACK
21. 2 EAGLE PRO RT 1 STOP PASS
22. 2 EAGLE PRO RT 0 FADE PASS
PASSES
0. 2 CARTER SWITCH FLOOD PASS RT
X. 1 CARTER SET RT FLOOD PASS RT WEAK
Y. 2 CARTER WG LT SET LT X LT WAGGLE PASS RT G RT
Z. 2 EAGLE PRO RT RW YOYO HAMMER RT PASS
LEONARD JOHNSON
SCOTT’S BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL
9253 ALEX HARVIN HIGHWAY
SUMMERTON, SC 29148
[email protected]
843-834-5870 – CELL
803-478-7818 - SCHOOL
