What is a good offense to run if you have a weak o-line?

Question

I bantam football and for the past year my o-line has not been that solid. What blocking techniques would you recomend and what offence can i utilize to help deal with the problem? let me know guru's and coaches!!

Answer 1

Veer option for running

Run-and-shoot for passing

Answer 2

use a decoy play like aggressive pass block,

at the snap, crash the defensive line hard then fall back and pass block,  gets them guessing rush and gives you that extra moment to get the ball off,

and get those guys in the weightroom, build up their explosive strength,

Answer 3

id be surprised if the Celtics DIDNT win the championship

Answer 4

The option is a good offense if you have a fast QB.  If not I would try the spread and run a lot of short outs and slant plays, no long passes, so the O-line doesn't have to block long.  When you run the spread do it with a good blocker in the backfield as a RB to pick up blitzers or D linemen that get through.

Answer 5

I am going to give you a response from a US perspective.

Lack of quality offensive linemen has driven the development of most offensive innovations that are based on in play adjustments to take what is available (ie. the option for running teams, the run and shoot for passing teams) and formation changes (ie. returning to adding more blockers like the wishbone or spreading the feild like the Ace formation brought into vogue by the redskins's joe Gibbs or more receivers like Mouse Davis's refinement of the run and shoot.)

In your shoes, I would likely pick from all of the above.  What I would ask is how many game breakers do you have?  Are they RB types?  Do they have decent hands?  How many people do you have who can catch the ball and have at least decent speed?   How many good run blocking lineman and how many survivable pass blocking linemen?  Do you have a kid with a good arm, some toughness, and a survivable mind?

If you don't have a potential passing QB, I would say the idea of a wishbone team could be quite effective.   You can be heavily right or left handed and still be effective because on every option play the ball could go to the FB, QB, or HB.  Most teams simply do not see it enough to control it all game long.  

If you lack any size at all but have kids who are pretty advanced at catching the ball you could toy with elements of the run and shoot, but that is presumeably a pretty young crowd from the sounds of it.  It takes a certain amount of mental maturity to deal with passing a lot.  The run and shoot is a good offense though as far as passing offenses go because it is predicated on simple reads.  The run and shoot that mouse Davis ran with Jim Kelly in the USFL really only ran a handful of plays with each receiver having 1-4 route options depending on what the CB did.  This made playcalling actually a ton easier than traditional passing offenses and as such made the offensive thought process very easy while the defensive thought process was brutally hard.

The run and shoot is a great offense as it spreads out the feild and forces your opponent to deviate from their defensive comfort zone.  It forces LBs off the field and forces inexperienced and less talented DBs on to the field, which increases the chances of blown coverages or missed tackles and turns a defense from a 3 tier defense (linemen, LBs, Safeties) to almost a 2 tier defense (linemen, safeties).  That normally can add almost a full yard on to your lead rusher's rushing average.   If the DL (and MLB) miss your back and he has pretty good explosion, he can be 7-8 yards down the feild before a safety gets him, rather than 3-4 yards before a LB gets him.

Answer 6

throw in some shotgun draws play-action zone blocking scheme use FB's or RB's as extra blockers on passing plays TE blockers spread it out throw some screens both HB and WR you can figure it out just work on it teach them technique the ydont have to be super strong if they have top notch technique they can always be fineese blockers

Answer 7

You can go with a hole push run attack. This type of style is using a powerful fullback or halfback to bust through the line; use speed to go around in the run game; and use the three second pass attack. This type of style is good in a I series or X series. Your line will not have to hold the blocks for long.

The second can be a three second pass attack where screens and short cross patterns are great. This type of offence again only needs the line to hold for two seconds. The quarterback takes three steps back then passes in front of the reciever timing route, which means that the reciever has to make it to the ball in time. This can work with a single back formation or either of the two that I mentioned before.

As for blocking tricks, using versions of anchor blocks are good tricks as you can control the defender,  but you might get a ref that will call holding every time he sees this block.

Hope this helps.