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Happy Halloween from CoachesClinic! We put together Some Tricks and a Treat to celebrate this day.

The Tricks

Masks for your Offense

Arizona State Tight Ends Coach Jason Mohns has always worked to stay simple but look complex in his offensive schematics. Motions and formations can act as masks for any offense. 

Coach Mohns likes to use motion to ignite the offense. Motion can mask intentions. The different ways he uses motion to compliment his base run game are through fly sweep, orbit, trade, and backfield motions to create the "illusion of complexity" in his offense. He explains the main thing they are trying to do and how it sets up the entire offense in this video:

Video: Motion to Ignite Your Offense

Utilizing Unbalanced Formations in the multiple spread offense is another way to dress up your favorite plays. In this course, Coach Mohns describes how he uses unbalanced formations to add the "illusion of complexity" to his base run game. Coach diagrams and explains his tackle over calls, "Up" tags, and WR "Ghost" tags to add unbalanced elements to his base offense. Coach creates three and four man surfaces in the run game, and creates numbers advantages on the perimeter to create advantages over the defense.

Here is a video of his Split Zone RPO from Unbalanced:

Video: Unbalanced Spit Zone RPO

Football’s version of Frankenstein - the Thorterback

The Saints Taysom Hill delivered another part QB, part RB, part WR performance this past Sunday.

From SaintsWire:

Taysom Hill joined rare company with his do-it-all performance against the Indianapolis Colts. The Saints’ Swiss army knife is closing in on NFL history — he’s one of a select few players who have gained 40-plus yards as a passer and runner with 10 or more receiving yards in multiple games….Hill is one more game away from tying them (Walter Payton and John David Crowe did this 5x), and two from making the record his own.

Hill’s abilities to be a QB/WR/RB started in his college days at BYU under Coach Jason Beck. CoachBeck has continued to look for this type of player throughout his career. He explains the birth of the “Thorterback” here:

Video: Birth of the Thorterback

Video: Pull-Out Run End - Get in Alley

Trick Play - Fight Song

This is a play that Coach Brandon Bailey learned at a clinic from Bill Blankenship. It involved hiding a tackle on the outside making him look like a receiver but still being eligible, and hiding the tight end in the tackle spot. Often times this play ends up with the tight end being uncovered because the defense thinks he is the offensive tackle.

Video: Fight Song

The Treat

The treat on this Halloween is SPEED.  There is nothing better than a fast football team full of dynamic skill players and explosive linemen.  

That’s where Track Football Consortium comes in, This is the premier event each year held in multiple locations throughout the country and the first is TFC-Chicago.

There are two ways to participate in this event - in person and via on demand video. The inperson option is December 8-9 at Elmhurst University in Chicago. Your ticket gets you access to the event with year long access to the recordings from the clinic. That ticket is available here:

In Person + On Demand Ticket (save now with early bird special)

If you are unable to attend, the next best option is the on-demand video library membership. The second option is available here:

On Demand Ticket

Here’s just a few of the speakers (entire list can be seen with the links above)

Tony Holler - Feed the Cats - Tony Holler is the track coach at Plainfield North High School. Tony retired from teaching chemistry after 38 years in the classroom and has 43 years of coaching experience (football, basketball, and track). Tony Holler is a member of Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and Co-director of Track Football Consortium along with Chris Korfist. Holler created the revolutionary "Feed the Cats" in 1999.

Chris Korfist is an international speed guru who works championship caliber athletes on a daily basis. Consultant for multiple NFL teams including Jaguars, Bengals, Jets, 49ers, and Eagles. Consultant for NCAA football programs Texas, Ohio St., and Clemson.

Brian Kula has worked with thousands of athletes in his career as a track & field, sport performance and football coach. He has coached multiple National Champions, All-Americans, Gatorade Players of the Year and State Champions in a variety of sports including Christian McCaffery.

Bobby Stroupe - is the Founder and President of ATHLETE Performance Enhancement Center (APEC). Coach Stroupe has directed human performance systems for over 20 years while expanding his influence as a consultant, speaker, author and educator. Among many accomplishments by his athletes, Bobby has been credited with supporting arguably some of the best in the game of baseball and football including NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes and was recently featured on “Quarterback” (Netflix)

Dr. Ken Clark - the Speed Doctor - In addition to teaching and conducting research, Ken has nearly two decades of speed and performance coaching experience. He has coached in the private sector (Lightning Fast Training Systems, Summit Sports Training Center, and CES Performance), the high school level (Jesuit Prep in Dallas TX), and in the college setting (Dickinson College and Haverford College).

Year-in-and-year out this is the premier clinic for developing speed in football treat yourself to this clinic in-person and on-demand and develop freak speed in your team for next season.

Happy Halloween!

Coach Grabowski