Core Run Plays: Choosing Families, Simplifying Teaching, and Maximizing Execution

Daniel Chamberlain and Kenny Simpson discuss spring football scheduling, summer team camps, and a quote on maintaining standards through adversity, then focus on selecting and teaching core run plays. They emphasize first deciding team identity (run-heavy, balanced, or pass-heavy), then choosing a small number of run concepts that attack the perimeter, interior, and a change-of-direction element (counter/reverse), while majoring in either gap or zone and pairing runs with RPO/play-action. They argue coaches should prioritize schemes they can problem-solve, use tags and window dressing (formations, motions) to expand without overloading linemen, and build clear, rule-based teaching that answers defensive looks. They also introduce Simpson’s “Field House” community with courses, recorded Zoom calls, and Q&A, including an upcoming session on attacking man-zero. 00:00 Podcast Intro 00:36 Spring Ball Check In 02:10 Summer Camp Schedule 04:04 Quote Of The Week 05:59 Adversity In Youth Sports 07:05 Sponsor Shoutouts 09:56 Core Run Plays Overview 12:04 Building Your Run Identity 15:04 Gap Vs Zone Decisions 21:43 How Many Runs To Carry 24:19 Tags Families And Playbook Size 27:01 Run Concept Families 27:46 Major In Core Plays 28:32 Play Count Reality Check 30:24 Tags Over New Schemes 30:54 Minimize Upfront Learning 32:17 Three Play Run Menu 33:09 Maximize Game Night Execution 33:36 Trojan Rules For Everyone 35:37 Rule Based Blocking Counts 38:28 Window Dressing And Motion 39:38 Quarterback Run Cheat Code 40:57 RPO And Play Action Answers 42:25 Move Numbers Not Rules 46:12 Field House Community Launch 46:31 How Field House Works 49:12 Upcoming Topics And Man Zero 51:31 Sponsors And Sign Off Daniel Chamberlain: @CoachChamboOK ChamberlainFootballConsulting@gmail.com chamberlainfootballconsulting.com Kenny Simpson: @FBCoachSimpson fbcoachsimpson@gmail.com FBCoachSimpson.com