FLOW SCREEN

Rules – Techniques – Coaching Points - Drills

Andrew Coverdale – Head Coach – Castle High School
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Andrew Coverdale – Head Coach – Castle High School, Newburgh, IN
I. Background – stealing from good people!
• Off-season thought process
A. 4 major questions:
Does it fit our philosophy? Does it fit our kids?
Can we coach it and fix the problems? Does it help us beat the key teams on our schedule?
B. Making it fit
1. Situation sheet 2. Needs chart 3. Breakdown grid
4. Pre-season rep allotment 5. Installation calendar 6. Skills sheet
• Pre-season: Teaching & Installing
A. CD Playbook
Philosophy – Instructional – You Draw it - Video
B. Installation day
Walk through – Practice schedule – Installation drill (phases)
• In-season: Putting it to work game week
*The big question: What JOBS do we hav to get done this week, & how are our Flow Screens going to
help us get them done?
WEEKLY IMPROVEMENT – PERSONNEL – SITUATIONS – FORMATIONS
A. Scouting report: Bring focus to the work to be done in practice, present a plan to win!
B .Scout tape: Time efficiency – Coach from ‘remote’ – Reinforce points f/Scout rept
C. Practice rep allotment: Make every rep count, organize thought process
D. Screen weekly practice progression: M time-up / W TTO/Screen period / Th Review / Importance of
W-T!
E. Formation considerations/goals
1. Know who your best screener is! 2. Marry with formations/actions from week previous, early in
game!
3. Who is the spy? LB? DL? 4. Get a hat assigned for rolled down safety support
5. Get the fast flow guy on the screen’s FRONTSIDE 6. Try to avoid on the line overhangs to screen side
7. TE to screen’s BACKSIDE helps! 8. LB contortion/slide
9. Movement via EYES (motion)
F. Situations *1st down: RUN ACTION *2 XL & 3 M-L: PASS ACTION
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

OVERVIEW / PHILOSOPHY

FLOW SCREEN INSTRUCTIONAL

VIDEO

YOU DRAW IT

ILLUSTRATIONS

INSTALLATION DRILLS

SCREEN SUMMARY TABLE

Flow Screen Philosophy

FLOW
Screen Concept
•The Flow Screen is a big play tool that gives us a chance to rip off big
chunks of yardage when defenses overreact! They are known as “Flow
Screens” because we work hard to create defensive ‘flow’ in one
direction by creating the look of a particular play (run, pass, screen, or
bootleg), then “throwing back” behind a wall of blockers in the opposite
direction!
•The goal is to SEPARATE the frontside of the defense from the backside…MOVE as many defenders
in one direction as possible, then SEAL them off with our receiver and Center, then SEPARATE them
with our guard’s kick-out block, giving our screener a lane to run through!
•We can literally screen to any eligible receiver we have, and we can bring him from anywhere as
long as he gets to the 4 x 4 “screen spot.” We can also give our flow screens different looks by
“marrying”
KEYS tothem to different run
a successful and pass actions, making them good compliments to our best
play:
plays!
•QB SELLS the play with eyes, tempo, and patience, moving FS
•Situationally,
LB, safety, &Flow
BSLB! Screens can be used on all down & distances, all the way through the Red Zone!
•SCREENER does what needs to be done to get lost! Low pad
level!
•SCREENER doesn’t pop out until his blockers do, presses his
guard’s block! CALLS/VARIATIO
•TACKLE does a great sell job opening the window and makes
necessary adjustments to protect it! NS
•FRONTSIDE LINEMEN eliminate penetration & buy QB time to •Rollout actions
sell the play! •Boot actions
•BACKS & RECEIVERS FS/Not in play SELL the play being faked in •Run actions
every detail! •Screen actions: Bubble,
•PULLING G & C take convincing sets, allow penetration, and run Alley
full-speed courses to the “HALFWAY RENDEZVOUS” with their
EYES!
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TRUST BS WR: Run the play indicated by the

TEMPO
DISCIPLINE
FLOW 2nd number, either running the
appropriate route or blocking. SELL
IT!
PREPARATION
SHARED
RESPONSIBILITY
SCREEN BS TE: FIRM 60-70 protection. Block
the man on you.
BS T: FIRM 60-70 protection. Must not give ground!
BS G: FIRM 60-70 protection. Must not give ground!
*Possible 2 ct AMBUSH by game plan

C C CENTER: PSL #3 man (M/FSLB), plot “rendezvous

point.” 60-70 set to tightest tech. for :02, then release full
speed to the rendezvous point, let no wrong colored jersey
cross your face. Drive block any DL over you that cops

W M S R out.
FS G: PSL the CB, plot “rendezvous point.” 60-70 set to
best shoulder for 2 seconds, be alert to “eye the spy.” If no
spy or cop out, release full speed to rendezvous point, lead
E T T E with EYES. Let no wrong-colored jersey cross your face. If
you get to the numbers, turn up full speed & hit what shows.
1001 1001
4x4 1002 1002 FS T: “OPEN THE WINDOW.” You do this by retreating in
your demeanor as fast as you can, showing hands, selling
“Hinge,” avoiding engagement as long as your man will
rush upfield. Keep inside leverage as you do this. If he
Open this stops or crosses your face, redirect off your outside foot
and drive him into the pile! YOU ARE THE GUY THAT
“window” MAKES THIS PLAY GO!
FS Inside: SEAM. Get out of Dodge.
FS Outside: LEVELS CRACK. Crack the first short
Screen Man: Hide yourself in the traffic of the frontside linemen defender inside you. Work 9 technique to 1st LB to safety
by keeping your pads low, and “time it” so that you’re arriving in level. Push upfield as long and as deep as the alignment of
the window at a spot 4 yards deep, 4 yards outside the tackle, the potential crack victims allow. THIS IS A CRITICAL
just as the linemen begin pulling. Turn and show numbers to BLOCK. Time it and don’t engage too soon! Push upfield
QB as you arrive at the spot, being careful not to drift to the until at your man’s depth, cross face v. a man CB.
sideline. Catch the ball, tuck it, and turn to find the kick-out R: Fake the play call of the 1st number. If no one else is
block of the G. The running lane should occur in a crease indicated, you become the “Screen Man,” follow Screen man
between the kick out block of the G and the crack block of the rules after your initial faking. If someone else is the
WR. Get North and South, get the sideline if possible.
Screener, help build a solid wall on the backside of the
screen by executing normal 60-70 protection responsibilities.
QB: SELL the play indicated by the 1st number by your eyes and your body language. Sell should last 5 steps under center,
3 from Gun. After the sell, set your feet distinctly, then drift for depth, get up on toes, find an open “window” to the
screener. Throw through an open window,
window, avoid throwing over people. Snap your wrist to make the ball come down “on”
the screener.
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Flow Screen You
YouDraw
DrawItIt

TE Screen away from roll v. EvenFB Screen off Jet v. Split

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C W M S C W M S
C R R
E T T E E T T E

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R J C
C
N M Z C M Z R
C
D
E N E W T N T S

Y Screen off Stretch v. 3-3 HB Screen away from roll v. Odd

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Flow Screen You
YouDraw
DrawItIt

TE Screen away from roll v. EvenFB Screen off Jet v. Split

J J
1 2 3
“Eye the Spy”
C W M S C W M S C
C R E T T E E T T E R

“Cross face”
“Best shoulderPossible
bump” run-off v. press

J
R J 1 C
3 1 3
C
N M Z 2 C 2 M Z R
C
D
E N E W T N T S

“Levels”

Y Screen off Stretch v. 3-3 HB Screen away from roll v. Odd

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PHASE I : Air

OC/ WR
RB Coach

QB
Coach

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•C/FSG: Bodies, live rush,
FLOW SCREEN INSTALLATION
PHASE II: Bags

cop-out, spy, blitzers (Also

FSG gauntlet)
FLOW SCREEN INSTALLATION
•FST: Variable rush, 2-man PHASE II : Bags
rule, cop-out
•Receiver: Basic CB, press CB,
man CB, LB on the line
(“Levels”)

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RB Coach
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B Coach A G
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SUMMARY
PLAY FST FSG Cent BSG BST Y R H
BASIC P.A. Play Action er
Play Play Play /TE
In Pre-rd 9
tech
In route
Reach to Reach to # Action Action Action route
BOOT the # side side Reach to Reach to Reach to threat…
BASE if 2 Alert BASE #s side #s side #s side Fake run
called,
on/outside call
pick up
BOOT P.A. Play Action Seal BS A Sickle pull 3-step In Pre-rdoff
trash 9 In route
Reach to Reach to # gap to 1st LOG FS PUNCH route tech
edge
“G” the # side side DL EMOL threat…
BASE if 2 Alert BASE backside (away f/#) Fake run
called,
on/outside call (toward
pick up
2 Vertical 1 Count set #)
1 Count 1 Count Vertical Receiv Swing BS
trash off Kick CB
set open to best set to inside set set open er or run
edge if offset
Receiver the shoulder best Sprint to the rules fake; to call
ALLEY window Kick #2 out shoulder bottom window “KICK” by align
of funnel Seal #3 f/ front of tells you
funnel or funnel & to Kick CB
3 Vertical 1 Count set 1 Count 1 Count Vertical Receiv SwingFS BS Block
run him AMBUSH
set open to best set to inside set set open er or run LB over
Receiver the shoulder
past it
best Sprint to the rules fake; If ins rec
ALLEY window Kick #3 out shoulder bottom window told to if offset
of funnel Seal #4 f/ front of offset to to call
funnel or funnel & call, blk
FLOW Vertical 2 count 2 count
run him Block
AMBUSH 60- Block 60- Block Screener
LB over Rec.
set open set, pull set, seal 70 70 60-70 unless
Ins rec rules
SCREEN the Kick #1 or
past
#3 or
it
protection protectio pro to called unless
window 1st wrong FSLB to to the n to the the # otherwis called as
color safety number number call e screener
STRETCH P.A. P.A. Reach P.A. P.A. Reach P.A. P.A. Sell 16- Sell 16-
level 17, flatten
Reach to to #s side Reach to to #s side Reach to Reach 17 if in
PASS #s side #s side Hinge if #s side if FS; behind backfiel
Hinge if not Hinge if not Hinge LOS, d
engaged absorb
not engaged if BS
on 3d step blitz
engaged on 3d step outside
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