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"Dear Jonathan,

Just wanted to let you know how great these plays are. I admit I was at first a bit skeptical as it sort of sounds a bit too good to be true on your web site.....,but once I got the plays and read through everything I was excited.

We had an informal scrimmage by happenstance two weeks ago at one of our practices. And after a bounced interception on the first play, we drove the length of the field 3 times from our own 20 and scored 2 TDs and should have gotten the 3rd except for a poor throw by me and then a dropped pass in the end zone. I had not yet made up play cards, so was just doing your plays from my memory after the first read through the material....

This last week we had our first game of the season and I had made 4x6 play cards for our 8 man team representing just 15 of your plays plus one I designed and threw in....We scored on our 1st 3 possessions and scored the xpt 2x (we rarely ever scored the XPT last season). We should have scored on the 4th possession of the half, but had two dropped passes....in spite of that , we were winning 20-0 at the half!!! The final score was 20-6 as I came out in the 2nd half and the backup QB did not do as well with the plays because it was his first time seeing them...

The defense was completely baffled. I used the basic formation and kept putting either the 1 back or 4 back in motion from different positions and heading either towards strong side or weak side....in the end, they could not defend the strong side (I always had an open receiver) and whenever I went to the weak side on the option I was practically standing by myself. A few times running for 10yards and 2 other times pulling up to throw 2 of the TDs over the unsuspecting defense....I did throw in one pretty cool play on the weak side, where we option to weak side and then I pull up and throw back to the strong side tackle, who then threw to the 1 back who had gone in motion from weak side to strong side and ran a "go" or "streak" pattern. It was such an easy TD! I sold the option and the free safety was totally caught off guard when I threw back to the tackle who lofted a 40 yd TD pass!!!! Needless to say, the defense was looking for Advil at the half and was totally demoralized after 15 minutes of play....

These plays are great and I look like a genius, thanks to you. My entire team is EXCITED because they know we are going to now have a great offense to go with our already great defense (We only have given up 2 TDS in a game 2x in the past 3 seasons)!!!

I can't wait to get back on the field this Saturday and light up the scoreboard again....at age 37, my confidence has never been higher and I have been playing football a very long time...thanks again! I have still not even scratched the surface of all of the stuff I received....

Best regards,

Ken Reimer"

"Oh by the way, we went 15-0 (regular season), 4-0 (playoffs) and won the base Championship. It works..." - Fernando "Nando" Waldron, Captain, USAF

"Last year, I ordered the headache offense and it took my team to the league championship. Thanks." - Mike

"I’m really shocked at your level of service. You really do help people like you claim, that is so refreshing. I can not wait to send you a great reply telling you we went undefeated in our next league." - Evan

"I just wanted to let you know that the kids won out the rest of the season and won the Superbowl championship against a team that slaughtered us 48-0 earlier in the season. I've had several coaches and even some of the referees asking about getting a hold of my playbook. Your system really works, and we didn't even implement the entire system. We had audibles when defenses switched from a zone to man and we killed them on the fly every time. When we get the rest of your system down, we'll be unstoppable. Thanks." - A. Guzman

"Your offensive strategies are working quite well with my 10-12y.o. 7-on-7 flag team! the last two games, we scored on 7 of 8 possessions, and limited the opponents to 1 TD (combined). Only reason for not scoring more? I pull the top 3 players midway through the 2nd half to let the weaker players have some fun." - Peter

"...we have been using your schemes ever since and been successful. The first year we went 12-0" - Ray

"i ordered your headache offense and it [worked] great, i am new to my team and so i didnt think they would want to see it but now after our first game using only 5 plays over and over, and with a few plays we added to the formation my whole team is dedicated to memorizing the playbook. we beat the best team on our military insatllation and the defending 8th army champs 52-8. it was such an swesome game and i wanted to thank you." - Anthony

"Just wanted to let you know that the 4 man offensive information and the info on overloading the zone really helped. We beat one team 29 - 8 and the following week we trounced the only undefeated and first place team 39-8. That's alot of points considering that we only play 2 - 20 minute halves and we are only allowed one timeout a team with no other way to stop the clock. When they played zone - we killed them by running through the [edited]. After a while, they went man to man and then we killed them again by calling audibles for the [edited]. I appreciate all you information - we are definitely the best team in the league right now. Too bad I didn't come across your web site sooner." - Adrian

""Hey John, i love the manual. This thing is awesome... I am the QB, and i love how you break down the plays with the 1st look you should be making on down to the last option...Thanx a ton. You really know your Sh!T. Thanx" - Dave

"The Offense I purchased kicks a**!!!" - Jeremy

"Thanks a lot. [for the defense] Our last game we had 3 interceptions and the team only scored off of us once because someone messed up. thanks again!!" -Brent

"Keep the (extra) 10 dollars, Your 'headache offense' is worth more than your current price, you need to increase your price. Keep up the good work!" - Anonymous

"I'm currently coaching 9 11-14 year olds in a 7 man league and I'm implementing aspects of your gameplans. Our first game is 27 March and I can't wait...I've gone through most of the binder (110 pages)...I particularly like the unbeatable defense and I think it will be really effective. I played the role of QB as I taught it to my kids and man is it gonna suck for opposing QBs." -LTJG Jammal L. Jones

"Words can not express my appreciation for the time you have spent helping our team out. When we do win our Championship I'll be quick to tell people who helped us out. I would look for us to finally take over the league in the fall of 2000. I think that is when we will finally have it all down. Your e-mails have helped a ton! Shoot I've even printed them out and attatched them to the book. Kind of like an extra chapter. heh. When we do finally beat NLS I'll be sure to let them know why. I'll bet they'll be looking for your help after that! hahaha..We're not only playing for ourselves now, we're playing for you too. Thanks again. I just can't say thanks enough. [They scored 60 points in their first two games/scrimmages with the offense, the 2nd game of the regular season they set a record with a 69-0 win!]"
- Daniel (Wolf Pac)

"I suggested some of your plays to my QB when we were not scoring with his plays. To make the long story short, your plays worked. Score was 28-7 :-) Thanks again!!!" -Ramon

"Congratulations with your help we have an unstopable offense" -Rodney

"You system is excellent. Very sound. As a college and high school football player and coach, I truly appreciate the lengths to which you have gone developing and documenting such a great system. Simplistic for the offense, beyond difficult for the defense to comprehend. " - Joseph

"I bought the 7 on 7 playbook and loved it. We averaged over 30 points a game and rolled over almost everyone we played." - Brian

"I purchased your offense package last year and it worked so well that I would like to purchase your defense package this year...I never expected it to work so well. Thanks." - Joe

"Thanks guy I really appreciate this I have alot of plays but these are the best I've seen I know they'll work just by looking at them. I know how these deffences are and they won't stop it. We play 2 of the toughest teams we play this season and I can't wait to try them out." -Jason

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"I just wanted to thank you for all your help. i just got back from our last northern california tournament. We took first place in northing california. our last tournament is this weekend in Fresno (central california) and we are in a race for 1st place in that division." - Brent

"You're a GENIUS!!!! We basically ran one play on them the whole game -- the you gave me below -- and they never DID figure it out. We won 42-7 and they were completely outgunned! Thanks a million, buddy. I can't tell you how great it was to see them stumbling all over trying to stop us. They couldn't get our offense off the field. Our whole team sends their thanks for this victory!. Take care. " - Mark

"20-6 win...and with our league...that is impressive. What is even better is that we could have scored another TD late, but the ref wouldn't let us run up the score. All I used were the plays I sent to you ...I had more waiting in case, but I never had to go to them. It was nice to see all smiles on offense. " - Rodney

"I FIRST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT OFFENSE AND DEFENSE I RECIEVED FROM YOU. I COACH A 4TH-6TH GRADE 8 MAN TEAM AND IN 2 GAME WE HAVE SCORED 7 TOUCHDOWNS AND HAVE ONLY GINEN UP ONE. THANKS AGAIN." - Bob

"Last weekend was soo much fun and it boosted everyone's confidence. they were all beginning to see the beauty of the play. Everytime the QB burned the rusher to a side the ML would leave her zone and open up the middle or leave the HB open. at other times the corner when she thought that the QB was going to run would leave her man deep and come up to make a play. then it was touchdown time like it was sooo easy!!! and everytime the defense played honest either someone was open or the QB could easily run for 10 yards on average!!! i'm impressed with that. The run up the middle does wonders. " - Anonymous

"Hey!!!!!! We played today an beat up on them. The plays worked great. There where times the QB didnt have enough time and he just ran and ran. We never even practiced the plays together we just ran them in the srimmage when we practice them and everybody knows really how to run them the plays will work even better. " - Anonymous

"I received your email and Im PSYCHED!!!!!! Thanks for the help. I have read and reread through all the plays and made the adjustments I think will make it work with 6 players. I'm confident it will work. Thanks so much for your time, I'm glad I found someone with sound football knowledge. " - Anonymous

"May I just say that i'm really really impressed with these plays!! I love them. I spent hours trying to figure out ways to stop it with all the defensive plays i know, modifying them, making up new ones, trying all scenarios and i concluded that if these are executed properly there will always be positive yardage. If this were my college intramural team i would love this!! " - Anonymous

"Wow, as I hoped, your advice is right on. Thanks a lot. I can't wait for our first practice. I've read over your material, and I have to say, wow, I'm seriously impressed! It's very well thought out and clear. I'll be sure to let you know how we do this season, and thanks again for all the help, and phenomenal playbooks!" - Drew

"I received the package and I LOVE IT!!!" - Bob

"i implemented your idea where the HB could throw. THATS AWESOME!!! this forces the rushers to rush narrow lining up on the sides of the center. this results in the QB having the chance to roll out to one side. now when the rushers are jumping the gun or lining up wide we just fake the hike and the HB just throws a short 5-8 yard pass to the SE (when uncovered) or to the center for a quick lob pass. the defense can't react fast enough and the rushers are taken out of the play!!! we were surprised to find out that when the QB was able to beat the rushers to the outside she could easily run for 5-10 yards and could make the streak pass because she had time to set up to throw. later the boys and I tried the wildcat hike that you mentioned. when done properly its much faster than the regular hike!!! now i just have to practice this with the girls. i'm excited because now we have a chance at making this play work with the talent we have open to us. " - Anonymous

"Thanks for allowing me to view the Headache Offense. It appears to be easily adaptable to 11-man tackle. I'll study it over this next week. " - J. Jenkins

"i'm just glancing thru the stuff and i love it! it's easy! thanks and i look forward to using these ideas. thanks for compiling it all!" - craig

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"at the halfway point in a 8 game season the Queen of Apostles Eagles, 5th and 6th grade team, comprised of Six 6th graders and eleven 5th graders are 3-1. By the excited looks on their faces after the last game, where we beat St. Martins 42-20, the boys confidence factor is very high. Thanks for the support!" -Kevin (Eagles)

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"Mr Grant, you have inspired me. Your e mails have given me new ideas to the balance of flag football. All of the coaches in my league probably slap a few plays together. Your generosity and kindness is unmatched. Obviously you are one of this sports greatest men. Thank you for all you've done. I can't thank you enough!" - Kane

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Football is composed of an offense and a defense playing against each other opposite the line of scrimmage. There are the same amount of players on offense as their are on defense (7man). There are two ways a defender can cover, man and zone. Man coverage is where a defender is responsible for covering a single offensive player. Zone coverage is where a defender is responsible for covering a specific area of the field and any offensive player that comes into it. The advantage of covering a zone is that you don't have to move much so you can watch the quarterback who is trying to throw the ball and try to catch it (interception). The disadvantage of playing zone coverage is that almost every one of the defensive players have to play zone because there is a lot of field to cover. Zone defense is hard to play and usually mistakes are made. The advantage of man coverage is that there is little chance for a mistake because a receiver will not be left uncovered, it is also easier for a defense to play. The disadvantage is that it is very difficult for a defender to cover a receiver for very long and if he misses, there is no one to stop him from making a touchdown.

The way a defense plays safe is to take one or two defenders and place them back deep in case a defender makes a mistake and he keeps it from being a TD. These defenders are called safety's. But because you use these two safeties, that means 2 offensive players are left uncovered. One of the extra safeties takes the place of the QB's defender. It is normally pretty safe to leave the QB uncovered because he is doing the passing and really doesn't require much covering. He is also usually not very athletic so he is not much of a threat running the football. The second safety comes from leaving an offensive lineman open. Since the QB needs time to throw the football and find an open reciever, and since any receiver can get open if he has enough time, the defense must do something to hurry the QB into throwing early. This is done by sending 2 or 3 defenders at the QB to pull his flag before he can throw the football. Therefore the Offense must have 3 players designated to block any "rushers" to give the QB the time he needs. These players are called the Offensive linemen, and they must be strong enough to block the rushers. Since they are strong they are usually not very fast or athletic, they leave one open so they can add a second safety. That way you have 3 OL blocking 2 rushers. What the defense does is place the 2 rushers in between the 3 OL so they are both lined up inbetween 2 OL. This makes it harder for only 2 blockers to block 2 rushers and usually ties up all 3 making it safe enough to add a second safety.

The rest of the defenders cover the rest of the offensive players man to man. The way the defense uses both of those safeties is one of two ways:

1) both safeties split the deep zone.
2) have one safety cover the deep zone, and the other one play closer to the line of scrimmage (about 5 yards deep) and in the middle of the field covering the middle zone taking away inside pass routes (pass routes inside are the hardest for a man to man defender to cover) and defending any kind of a running play or any OL that go out for a pass. This kind of safety is called a linebacker.

Sometimes a defense will try to rush more guys than you can block, this is called blitzing. The safest way is to blitz a LB since all the other players are covered. But, sometimes they blitz another defender. This is dangerous because it leaves a player open, but if he can get to the QB before he can find and throw to the open receiver then it can be successful.

Offenses are usually composed of 3 OL to block the rush and give the QB time, one QB, and 3 receivers. Offenses will usually use at least one receiver behind the QB as a running back. A RB can block if there is a blitz, run out on a pattern, or be handed the ball to run.

Since the QB and OL are left open to use safeties, you can use the extra OL to block the RBs man. The ball is handed off to the RB who is a better athelete than the QB and he runs. A run is safer than a pass and is mainly used to pick up medium yardage, and can turn into a long gain if the RB makes the safety miss his flag.

Your should read some books and learn the different pass routes receivers can run. A receiver can run specific routes to create space between his defender and himself so the QB can pass to him. If there is man defense, the receivers should be spaced out so that they have room enough to get open. Against a zone defense, the receivers should be close together so there are more receivers than defenders in a specific zone.