Harrison's Double Wing

Coach Larry Harrison's Double wing offense - Football - Explosive in its execution. Harrison's Pound the Ball philosophy served him well 3 years, at the tiny under dog school in Georgia, Nathanael Greene Academy

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• Double
• Wing
• Offense

[conrad306]

hey coach...dont listen to these folks, just give me the go head and i will round up tre', zeke, pearl, adam, dowdy, rhodes, the dawg, and everyone else and we will show them how to really run and stop the double wing

[larrylharrison]

You get that group up and we'll take on all challenges. Boy that would be great to see all those guys suit up again. We did run a heck of a double wing!!!

[myths4]

i ran the double wing t. with this form of the wing t if your defence of line is weak your better of quiting.

[larrylharrison]

I'm not sure what you are saying here. this offense make most defensive lines look bad, and its usually the linebackers that do the damage unless your O-line is just missing assignments. Please clarify!

[rapiddominace]

It's a great offense if you are playing against defensive tackles that are that bad, check out my vid if you want to see it stopped cold.

[larrylharrison]

That's reall good, but you weren't playing me now were you??? Of course it can be stopped with much better athletes, but, you'll have a much harder time beating the same team if its a well coached double wing.

[tecumseh22]

The DW is the greatest offense of all time if you want to pound the ball, get into the D-linemens faces and make defenses look ridiculous in general. Its a great ball control offense too!

[tensecLT1]

This DW looks awesome!!!! Love the speed and misdirection.

[kbuchanan44]

@norsemustang I think I remember reading about Ellison's offense on Wikipedia's run and shoot page. Thanks for the recommendation-I'm sure that the offense described in the book is pretty much what I was trying to come up with on my own. I'll try to find a copy of that book somewhere.

[norsemustang]

@kbuchanan44 The original Tiger Ellison version of the run and shoot is something I have become a fan of. It merges a wing-t/wishbone running game with a wide open passing game that would eventually evolve into the Mouse Davis version of the run and shoot. If you can find Tiger Ellison's run and shoot book online at a good price then I would recommend buying it. It's a very good read.

[kbuchanan44]

@norsemustang Also, I am working to become a coach(i'm in college), and I'm actually trying to develop an offensive style similar to the one you described. I've been watching a lot of single and double wing spin series videos so that I can incorporate those types of plays into a more conventional, spread-based offense.

[kbuchanan44]

@norsemustang I also research football history and strategy, and I have wondered the same thing, not only concerning the lack of single- and double- wing offenses, but also concerning the triple option and other successful offensive philosophies. The only reason I can think of is that those offensive styles aren't "sexy." By that I mean that they aren't perceived as good all-around offenses, but more like gimmick offensive styles like the Wildcat.

[norsemustang]

I'm not a coach, but one of my hobbies since I was a kid has always been studying football strategy, and I'm shocked that more teams don't run offenses like this. It looks easy to teach and hard to defend. It doesn't look like it needs great athletes, so it evens the odds against teams with superior athletes. I wonder if those plays could be run out of the double slot (with the tight ends split out as receivers) if you wanted to merge it with a run and shoot passing game.

[misterdirtyharry]

@whb1965 it works great and lower levels when defenses arent as good, thats why you never see it past highschool

[whb1965]

hey coach, why dont college teams run this??? it works. it works great...