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HuRRiCaNe
10-17-2010, 09:39 PM
stick is a staple of the air raid offense it is a short-mid rang pass play designed to get your WRs in open space.

the 1st read is always ALWAYS! the flat defender on the side of the hitch and flare route.
the flat defender has a choice here does he cover the TE or WR running the hitch or does he follow the RB running the flare? he cant cover both so if he covers 1 you hit the other.

the 2nd read is the double slants thats what your gonna hit if you read man cov. you read it from the inside out means your first look is the slot running the inside then the outside WR running the slant over the top which ever one has more space is the one you hit.

and thats all the reads its very simple play.

here it is in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzsyPxTdQD0

in this video the QB read that the flat defender followed the RB leaving the WR on the hitch in open space the QB makes the correct descion and hits the WR on the hitch for a 9 or 10 yard gain.

xGRIDIRONxGURUx
01-01-2011, 09:28 PM
good explanation but the video is Cover 1 Free... not Zone... you can tell that by the inside blitz by both Ike's and the guy you call "flat" is the DE taking the RB... rule is whatever way the RB flares that DE will take him... but good explanation...

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Oneback
01-01-2011, 11:51 PM
Here is how I have always taught the stick or Two-Man Game Concept:

Tagged receiver will execute a stick route at the 8- to 10-yard depth. The free-release inside receiver will execute a flat route, this player could be a slot receiver, tight end, or running back. The frontside #1 receiver will align with a maximum split and execute a takeoff route with a mandatory outside release. the backside #1 receiver will execute a glance route, which equates to a seven-step slant. The protection receiver, most often a running back, will execute the called protection assignment and then run a stop route at an angle of three yards outside and three yards deep outside the end man on the line of scrimmage.

The quarterback's first priority is to either confirm or eliminate the backside glance based on the alignment of the free safety. Versus any two-high safety defense, the glance is automatically eliminated. If the alignment of the free safety indicates using the backside, the play will progress from the glance to the stop route by the back. The drop back of the quarterback from the shotgun is a quick three steps when throwing the glance; a hitch step would result in checking the ball down to the back.

Once the glance is eliminated as an option, the stage is set to work the frontside. The quarterback will once again take a quick three-step drop, and his focus is to throw the ball to the flat route until it is taken away. Once the flat route is taken away, the passer will hitch up, moving his back foot and eyes to a position to throw to the tagged receiver on the stick route.

The following logic applies: because of the player who is picked to execute the stick route and the adjustments available to him, the offense will win this match-up every time unless the backside linebacker overcommits from the backside. In this event, the passer will take a second hitch step and drop the ball off to the stop route.

We've used the angle tag with this concept which takes advantage of a inside linebacker who ignores his zone responsibility to undercut the stick route. The receiver running the Stick turns to the outside instead of the inside and the quarterback drops the ball off on the angle to the area vacated by the inside linebacker.

We've also tagged the backside with Spot or Texas tags giving the quarterback backside options versus two-safety defenses, where the basic glance combination would have been eliminated. Both Spot and Texas tags are designed to attack the Mike linebacker's drop, resulting in a 2-on-1 advantage for the offense. If the middle linebacker drops strong, the weakside linebacker is outnumbered. If the middle linebacker drops weak, the strong linebacker will be outnumbered by the traditional stick combination.

xGRIDIRONxGURUx
01-02-2011, 02:09 AM
@ the HS level i always have my flat route inside of my stick... this way the traditional cover 3 teams will have the SS play alley for 2-3 steps on my stick releasing 8-10 as you do, but his eyes will see the crossing flat route immediately forcing him to obey his rules and cover the flat... if at the snap he can widen and slow play a better alley and force your QB into a sack by delaying... like to run my stick from trips with my inside guy in a slot position really 1x2/1x3 from OT... he runs the ______ (insert terminology for flat route here) route, middle guy as i said runs stick, and my outside guy i dont usually do the traditional vertical route, i like to do a (for lack of a better term... i have a name for it but wouldnt make sense to you guys) flat post... half dig... half post... what i label a "Squash" route... where i can have two concepts in one... and all i am really doing is fliiping smash, and reading the flat defender... the "sit n' dig" or whatever name anyone else calls it...

but i just wanted to comment on the video thats all i was doing, didnt want to get too technical... but its man free cover 1if the safeties would have rolled down and that DE rushed then it would have been "casino" or a "zero blitz" again insert name of heavy blitz here _______...

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Oneback
01-02-2011, 07:00 AM
We play the frontside just like you: #1 over the top (just use a takeoff), #2 stick, and #3 to the flat. The "squash route" that you mention we use on the back side on the Texas tag: The tight end from the front side runs a drag and gets underneath the weakside linebacker. The X aligns on top of the numbers and speeds in to the hash at a depth of 12- to 14-yards and either sits or digs.