Splits for the Pistol

[durfee4]

Ok,need some advise,what is the best in your opinion for splits in the pistol,utc,and ds?I,ve heard 6-12 inches using,god,bob,sab ect.And if 18-24 inches,use zone concepts?

[ZACH]

Ok,need some advise,what is the best in your opinion for splits in the pistol,utc,and ds?I,ve heard 6-12 inches using,god,bob,sab ect.And if 18-24 inches,use zone concepts?

Ide opp for compromise and go progressive starting at a foot, two feet, two n a half -3 feet

[durfee4]

Ide opp for compromise and go progressive starting at a foot, two feet, two n a half -3 feet

 Ok,blocking? more like 80% run team with running lanes.Base or down block for pass protection?

[ZACH]

Ok,blocking? more like 80% run team with running lanes.Base or down block for pass protection?

If delaware wing t used angle blocking at 2-3 ft splits i would imagine any of the previous would suffice. Whats your base play or series durf? If its option (as you put this in option land) wedge concept is by far the easiest blocking scheme ive ever read

[ZACH]

Pass pro i like slide the best from bigger splits less inviting to to send inside pressure so they blitz from outside which plays into your protection

[durfee4]

For now I,am looking at Fly motion,and working dive and off tackle,mesh.

[ZACH]

What i learned:
Bigger splits = more time to make a read (option)
Bigger splits = pre made holes but also create more space to blitz

If you are running predertimed reads...  Mesh with option fake or option with mesh fake you can narrow the splits
 
1 foot splits would be good to run inside zone as. a base blocking scheme and good enough to have space for jet

Imo

[durfee4]

Zach, I noticed on some pb.s that the A gap splits are about 12 inches closer than the edge?

[ZACH]

Im not understanding, can you ellaborate?

[durfee4]

Gaurds to center,6 inches,b and c gaps 18 inches.

[ZACH]

Preferance... How much space can your line cover, mike lalor does 3 ft A gaps minimun and up wards of 5 foot Bgap. Leech had 4-5 ft splits

Edge players are widened for reason of scheme

So the factors

Athleticism of your lineman
How close you want the edge player to the ball, do you want to run under, over, through all 3? How often will you do each?

[durfee4]

I think I,ll just start at 18 inches and see what transpires.

[ZACH]

When homer rice ran short T his splits were as follows which i think can be conceptualized well by youths

A gap = 1 body width
B gap = 1.5 body width
C gap = 2 body width

Just something to think about

Anither is where are the blitzes comming. from, i had an auto spacing call just called "spacing" where if you have an inside gap player your split was "0"  or mini if not  you are at "1-2 ft" or fingertip to fingertip or maxi, this exposes holes and makes them bigger but always adapts to the defense and intern defense is always wrong. TE was always in nasty split

Again just some thoughts

[durfee4]

Thanks that makes good sense and helps,Oh bs same as ps.

[Coach Big B]

Work one foot and then if you kids can handle more then expand. I was taught that when you work inside you open up your splits more. If you're working outside then you close them down. (This came from my Wing T mentors.) The main purpose of the wider splits for inside attack is so that the back have room to operate. When you're working outside you don't want any inside penertration at all. Now since you're working option this changes things to a degree. If I'm coaching youth I would try 1 foot and then if they can handle that I would open it up some more. The main problem with wider splits is that it's all on if your kids can cover that area. Like one of the coaches said already the bigger the splits the more room for blitzing. I think Terry even mentioned working 1 foot as well 1st. (JMO)