1. THE ‘PISTOL’ Run Game – Zone & Gap Schemes
Kyle Hockman
Head Football Coach
Campbell High School, Smyrna, GA

2. ALIGNMENT
QB 4yd RB 6yd
Must adjust dept according to your scheme, speed of TB, snap speed

3. Overview all from Pistol
Inside Zone – Read
Middle Zone – Slant
Outside Zone – Stretch (Speed Option)
Gap – Power O
Gap – Counter Trey (Read?)
Inside Trap – Trap
Veer - Wedge

4. Read Backfield Action Aiming point Inside leg of Guard
QB steps - 1 step
foot away from RB steps forward
Reach and ride
Transfer weight to front foot and accelerate of mesh
Mesh point
Give = slide belly hand out pressing with other
Keep = pull everything

5. READ OPTION

6. Slant Backfield Action
Aiming point
Inside leg of TE
QB steps – 2 steps
lateral and crossover
Push back off crossover
Mesh point
Reach and stick
Pull naked hand quick to belly

7. SLANT

8. Stretch Backfield Action
Aiming point
2yd outside of outside leg of TE
QB steps - 3 steps
Crossover, lateral, crossover
Push back off crossover
Mesh point
Reach and stick
Pull naked hand quick to belly

9. Stretch

10. STRETCH OPTION

11. Stretch (TE) Slip Slip Slip W M S E E T T
Cut backside
Slip
Slip
Slip
W M S
B or any lead blocker inside out = chip through DE if you see wrong color as you go up to support. E E T T
Aiming point 2 yds outside of TE’s outside foot. Lead step and GO! This is an outside play, make vertical cut off TE or FB block at the butt of the blocker.

12. Stretch (TE) ‘Zoom’? M S W M S R W E T T E B E N E B 44 33 Bear
‘Power Slip’
‘Zoom’?
‘slip’
M S
W M S R
‘Slip’ W E T T E B E N E B
‘Slip’ ‘M’
Zoom=zone w/ RB & TE 44 33
Bear
Wk eagle
W S
‘Power Slip’
W M R R E T N T E E T N E S
‘Slip’
‘Slip’
‘slip’

13. Stretch (SE) Slip S M W E E T T
‘Power Slip’
S M W
B or any lead blocker inside out = chip through DE if you see wrong color as you go up to support. E E T T
‘M’
Cut backside
Aiming point 2 yds outside of TE’s outside foot. Lead step and GO! This is an outside play, make vertical cut off OT or FB block at the butt of the blocker.

14. Stretch (SE) M S S M W W R E T T E E T N T E 44 33 Bear Wk eagle S W
‘power combo’
‘zip’

15. STRETCH OPTION

16. Read (SE side)
Pitch SS
S M W
Read E E T T

17. Read (SE side) M S S M W W R E T T E B T N T 44 33 Bear Wk eagle S W

18. Read (SE side) M S W M S R W E T T E E T N T E 44 33 Bear Wk eagle W S
W M R R E T N T E E T N E S

19. Power O Backfield Action
Aiming point
Step, Shuffle
Butt of the Guard
Attack vertical A/B gap
Bounce, if needed, following Puller
QB steps
Spin –’Reverse out’
Fake Set up
Mesh point
Reach and hand deep

20. POWER O

21. Counter Trey Backfield Action
Aiming point
Step, Shuffle opposite
Butt of the Guard
Attack vertical A/B gap
Bounce, if needed, following Puller
QB steps
Spin –’Reverse out’
Fake Naked Boot
Mesh point
Reach and hand deep

22. Power O (TE side) W M S E E T T
B or any lead blocker kick out =
Step with inside foot on bananna course. Use outsie shoulder, run through EOL.
W M S E E T T
Aiming point – Butt of G, stay A/B gap if possible, bounce following 2nd puller if need to.

23. Counter Trey (TE side) M S W M S R W E T T E E T N T E 44 33 Bear
Could ‘out’ call TE 44 33
Bear
Wk eagle
W S
W M R R E T N T E E T N E S

24. Counter Gap(SE side) W M S E E T T
B or any BS blocker,
Cut-off EOL. E E T T
QB must make hand-off in BS A gap.
Step, Shuffle opposite. Aiming point is Butt of the play side G. If clogged, bounce following 2nd puller.

25. Counter Gap(SE side) M S W M S R W E T T E E T N T E 44 53 Bear
One removed by formation 44 53
Bear
Wk eagle
W S
W M R R E T N T E E T N E S

26. Trap

27. Veer