Tom Yashinsky, the Head Coach of Onalaska High School (WI), has had massive success in the passing game with his multiple power spread offense…

This offense has been so effective throwing the football that they’ve thrown 238 touchdown passes in the last 8 seasons with nearly a 5:1 touchdown to interception ratio!

That’s why today we’re going to talk about one of the simple passing game concepts that Coach Yashinsky has used over the years that’s easy to teach to the players and produces big results for their program!

Coach Yashinsky covers each of his other multiple but simple passing game concepts in our latest release: Building a Multiple Power Spread Offense – The Complete Series

Onalaska’s Boss Concept (3 Verts)

Above is Onalaska’s Boss diagram which is essentially just a variation of 3 Verts. Boss is 1 of 5 basic concepts that they throw and have major success using. 

#1 has a Fin read which means “five and in”. If the CB bails and there’s nobody around when the receiver gets to five yards, then the WR will hitch up. If someone is there, the WR will turn inside and keep going.

#2 has a slot fade. This receiver’s aiming point is getting to the numbers which isn’t shown perfectly in this drawing. 

#3 has a middle read. They will release to the middle at the snap. If going against a split safety look, the receiver will go between them and the QB will throw the ball on a line so that it arrives quickly and doesn’t allow either safety to bail and recover. If the middle of the field is closed, the receiver will cut his route flat.

An important note for this concept and any other play you’re calling, is adjust routes and build in options so that you’re not running into coverage just for the sake of following a play diagram. This will give your QB more choices for where the football goes even if you don’t throw every route in a concept very often.

Finally, #4 has a fade unless something else is tagged. This is a spot that Coach Yashinsky often times will tag a comeback because they like that route against single coverage. 

This is just one of Onalaska’s basic passing concepts that Coach Yashinsky covers in much more detail in our newest release Building a Multiple Power Spread Offense – The Complete Series

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