FootballScoop.com's 2021 NAIA Coordinator of the Year;
2021 NAIA National Champion;
2017 Mid-States Football Association's Assistant Coach of the Year in 2017 (Concordia University);RPOs offer a great answer to the multiplicity of defensive looks seen in today’s complex system of defenses. What makes RPOs so difficult to defend, is that they provide answers to most coverages that defenses show, while remaining extremely effective in manipulating defensive box counts to create favorable matchups and angles in the running game.
In this highly effective offensive video, Andrew Rode, Morningside’s Offensive Coordinator, pulls back the curtain on his approach to using RPOs and offers tactical information, with game film examples and detailed Xs and Os diagrams, that helps you learn how to keep opposing defenses guessing and on their heels.
Building Practice Plans Around RPOs
Coach Rode begins this video by showing off his approach to building a system of RPOs into his practices. Viewers will learn how to build a practice plan around RPO’s in order to increase their effectiveness and watch how Morningside uses their practice time to teach and implement drills that reinforce RPO concepts to their players, including points of emphasis on:
- The drills that are most effective in teaching and perfecting RPOs.
- Structuring repetitions in practice to maximize time and player learning, while reinforcing proper RPO techniques.
- How to sequence your RPO play calling to confuse defenders and force them into uncomfortable situations.
Strategies For Building An Unstoppable RPO System
Coach Rode goes to great lengths in this video to teach the basic RPO routes based upon how defenses align and how to take advantage of their weaknesses. Receivers are allowed some freedom in their routes, to put themselves in the best position to get open, but overall, as Rode points out, the offense is designed to find creative ways to get your best players in position to stress the defense by running out of 2x2 or 3x1 formations.
Rode shows that by aligning certain players on the inside or outside, it creates positive matchups against certain defenders. This freedom within your offense provides receivers the opportunity to find open areas and gives them the confidence to play more quickly, which stresses the defense even more.
Throughout this highly valuable video, Rode uses extensive game footage examples that help to illustrate and explain the intricacies built within the Mustang RPO package. Using a philosophy of doing whatever is needed to keep a defense honest, provides this offense with advantages that rely upon: 1) Attacking the ‘conflict defenders,’ 2) Using leverage and numbers (either open grass or specific matchups), 3) Utilizing multiple formations, 4) Utilizing pre-snap motions and shifts, 5) Varying the run schemes to keep defenders guessing.
Coach Rode provides you with simple, yet highly effective methods for using RPOs to put defenses in conflict and keep them off-balance. By following Rode’s simple rules, your QB will be given the opportunity to dictate which play provides the best chance for success on each snap.
This video is a must-watch for coaches looking to turbo-charge their offense by implementing an explosive system of RPOs!
66 minutes. 2022.