Spreading the Double Wing

The double wing is an offense that allows undersized personnel to compete with larger opponents. The base package of the offense is very physical and often leads to large amounts of yardage and points when run correctly. We have long been proponents of the Tim Murphy (Clovis, CA) style of double wing football, but as defenses devise a myriad of looks to prevent the double wing from rolling down the field continuously and controlling the clock, we have chosen to add to our package. We have felt that a double wing team needs to have a “curveball” to throw at defenses so that they do not become too comfortable facing the traditional under-center power game of the double wing. The answer that we have devised is a shotgun version of the double wing. This package includes almost all of the base plays from the double wing but runs them with different formational packages and blocking