The ‘Loco’ Punt Formation

I have been the Head Football Coach at Galax High School for the last three years and, like all coaches, I stress the importance of all three phases of the game: offense, defense, and special teams. I believe that one of the most important phases is special teams and, unfortunately, many coaches don’t emphasize its importance until they get bit in the backside. A couple of years ago, while I was an assistant coach, I put some of my own thoughts into a punt scheme that I used while I played at Quincy University, now an NAIA school in Quincy, IL. Like all coaches across America, we are “thieves” when it comes to our ideas and schemes and I devised a fun and effective punt formation that I call the “Loco Punt”. This punt formation has been a very effective tool in the punt game for our football team and blends a solid spread punt scheme with an arsenal of fakes to keep the