IntroductionTime is a football coach’s most precious commodity. Most coaches at the high school and youth levels are challenged with limitations (such as player talent and perhaps a limited number of experienced coaches); but all teams are limited by time. Even the best coaches believe there simply isn’t enough time to fully teach, install and rep all phases of the game to all players. The Double Gun offense is unique because it offers such a wide variety of options with one simple, time-efficient system. This article expands upon the introduction of the basic Double Gun offense (Gridiron Strategies Vol. 14 No. 2) which illustrated how teams can run varying formations under one set of unifying blocking rules. The simplicity of using one set of rules to execute both the power-laden double wing, and pass-friendly shotgun formations, requires much less time to install than the process
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