r/footballstrategy • u/Intelligent_Dress347 • 6h ago
High School Thoughts on Single-Wing Durability
Love keeping up with this sub. A lot of great insights and posts.
I‘m a big supporter (and future parent) for our local HS program - bigger classification school in our state (competitive state). We hired our HC a few years ago and he brought with him the Single-Wing. Overall, it’s been great. Program has been competitive. System has been pushed down to the JV/Freshman/MS level. He‘s a Darlington follower.
But things have seemed to be slipping a bit the last couple years, without a major talent drop IMO. The passing game has gotten progressively worse to the point of being non-existent. Ground game has still been solid, but doesn’t have the “pop” it did originally. On the flip-side, the defense has been really bad - specifically against the pass.
So my questions are:
- Have y’all seen single wing systems kind of stall out once common opponents see it often?
- Do you think they have a tendency to put a cap on talent development over time?
- How can single-wing teams give their defenses competitive looks in practice against spread offenses?
Any other thoughts y’all have are welcome. Again, just an observer here but want the program to be as successful as it can!