Air Raid Notes

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Air Raid Notes

• Throwtherock_at_cox.net

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Mesh (Franklin Video)

• Corner route to wide side of field
• Z condenses split 4-5 yards from Y. 6 step
  corner route.
• Aiming point is the front pylon unless inside the
  25 then the back pylon.

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Mesh Franklin cont.

• Tag post when safety is down, grass deep.
• Y 6 yards. Never deeper. Sets the depth.
• If walled go over the top.
• Y always aligns on right.
• Underneath route(X) responsible for making the
  mesh happen.

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Mesh Franklin cont.

• Dont look for anything until the mesh happens.
• Once the mesh occurs, Determine
• Man Slightly bend the route.
• Zone Find the best grass, show the QB your
  numbers. QB throw to the opposite shoulder
  (Noose Drill).

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Mesh Franklin cont.

• Rules
• 1. If you thinks its zone, it is
• 2. Look _at_ the other guy.
• Flats must bust their butts to get to the
  numbers. Width fast.
• QB Z to playside mesh to playside RB.

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Mesh Franklin cont.

• 5 minutes a day everyday. 10 15 Reps
• Every look you can.
• Practice from 15 yardline in.

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Mesh (Hatcher Video)

• 1st Play installed
• Good in Red Zone
• Simple to Run
• A lot of variations

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Mesh Hatcher (cont)

• Condense WRs
• SE 6 to 8 yards from tackle
• Z 10 yard corner route
• Inside 20 back pylon
• Outside 20 front pylon
• TE 6 yards over the ball set the depth of the
  mesh.
• SE make the mesh happen. Y is never wrong.

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Mesh Hatcher (cont)

• Settle vs. Zone (After the Mesh)
• Vs. Man bend slightly upfield after mesh.
• Look across at other mesh to determine man or
  zone.
• RBs must get width. Like stealing 2nd.
• Read Deep to middle to RB.
• Never pass up an open WR whether 1st or last
  part of read.

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Mesh Hatcher (cont)
Flip Formation

• TE always sets the depth.
• Flip-Z inside
• Flop-Z outside

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Mesh Hatcher (cont)

• Swap tag Z and X swap routes.

Swap
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Mesh Hatcher (cont)

• Post Tag
• Read deep to middle to flat.
• The closer you get to the goalline, the post
  might have to condense route.

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Mesh Hatcher (cont)

• Wheel Tag
• Need a big play/close to goal line
• Throwing to the RB in the flat often
• Post must be tagged

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Shallow Hatcher

• 2nd Play installed
• Like a 2 x 2 balanced set.
• Tag shallow to anyone.
• RB always to the side of the shallow.
• Vs. Zone like to work shallow to IWR.
• Vs. Man like to work shallow to OWR.

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Shallow Hatcher cont.

• Shallow route Replace the legs of the DL.
  Always go underneath.
• BSIWR Hunt route _at_ 10 yards. Hunt out a place
  to sit down.
• Settle vs. Zone, Run vs. Man
• Try to widen flat player.
• If he expands too much, dont worry about it.
• Ideal to hit hunt between 1st two LBs.
• Remaining WRs run veritcal
• RB shoot or arrow away from shallow, width is the
  key.

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Shallow Hatcher cont.

• QB Shallow, Hunt, RB
• Shallow catch the ball and get to the numbers.
• Shallow can never settle.
• Try to throw shallow outside the box.
• Like motioning the shallow guy.

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Shallow Hatcher cont.

• Shallow Curl
• QB Read Shallow, Curl, Flat
• Forget the hunt.

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Shallow Hatcher cont.

• Shallow comeback
• Comeback on side that shallow is heading.
• QB Shallow, Comeback. 1, 2 Read.

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Y Stick Franklin

• Teach with Y Corner
• Z Must outside Release
• T Cheat up, fast as possible to the flat

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Stick (Hatcher Video)

• Will throw hot to RB off any strong side blitz.
• Y-Best release, 5 yards.
• F Cheat up and over, 0 3 yards.
• Like vs. Cover 2

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Stick Hatcher cont.

• QB Peek deep outside 1st, Y 2nd, RB 3rd.
• Vs. Blitz RB.
• Dont read defense, key defenders.
• Read our WRs not defense.
• Y turn inside work to sideline.
• Hole routes vs. cover 2 throw fade in the hole.

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Y Corner Franklin

• Y Angle to the front pylon unless 20 and in
  then go to the back pylon.
• Z Foot fire, let Y clear, find grass. High vs.
  wall off.

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Y Corner Hatcher

• Vary Formations
• Y- Outside Release if possible
• Short Corner _at_ 5 fake stick
• Z- Stutter run scissors route off butt of Y.
• Run to grass.
• F- Swing
• AKA smash without Z
• 1 Step Drop. Y, Z, F. Key safety over Y.

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Y Corner Hatcher
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All Curl Hatcher

• Y- 8yd. Curl, 1st Read, work up, inside or out.
  Stay in tackle box.
• Z- 15yd. Curl, comeback 1st, if ball isnt in the
  air, work back inside.
• X- 15yd. Curl, comeback 1st, if ball isnt in the
  air, work back inside.
• QB- 3 step from gun, Y 1st, X 2nd, H 3rd.

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All Curl Hatcher cont
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Y Cross Hatcher

• 2 RB 99 of the time.
• X Think TD! Draw safety off the hash.
• Z 15 yd curl post. Post _at_ 10, Curl at 15.
• Y Under Sam over Mike, run out of bounds _at_ 22
  yards.
• Vs. Man 12-13 yard straight across
• Vs. 4-4 C3 under 1st ILB over 2nd ILB
• If Mike get too much depth Y run a curl or call
  all curl
• QB- 3 steps, Fade, Y Cross, H. Key WLB
• H- 5 yard option. Get open.

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Y Cross Hatcher cont.