The Diamond Offense: Tailback Play and Blocking Assignments, with Coach Leo Hand, provides an overview of the nine playside and three backside blocking rules (assignments) in the diamond offense.
Coach Hand also reviews various blocking schemes that can be employed from a diamond formation that can destroy defensive reads by double-binding, doublecrossing, and double-teaming defenders.
In addition, Coach Hand provides a comprehensive discussion of blocking assignments that are appropriate against today's most popular defensive schemes, including the 4-3, 3-4, 4-4, 3-3-5, and 6-2.
Coach Hand also examines tailback play in the diamond offense.
Among the topics covered:
- Blocking rules
- 1 call blocking rules
- 2 call blocking rules
- 3 call blocking rules
- 4 call blocking rules
- 5 call blocking rules
- 6 call blocking rules
- 7 call blocking rules
- 8 call blocking rules
- Backside calls
- Tailback play
- Red 30 X
- Red 31 cross
- Red 30 blast
- Red 44
- Chute drill