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Originally posted by Warrenkicker
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Originally posted by Forksref
We see the swinging gate from one school that uses it on the try. Most of the time they shift the line over to the snapper and go ahead with the kick. Once, last year, they snapped to a back and they ran it. It caused problems since we had the LJ under the uprights which caused us to not have good coverage of the goal line.
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I don't want my guys moving under the goalposts until the team gets into a kicking formation. When they shift from the swinging gate into a normal formation then I tell LJ to move. I think we have to maintain coverage of the line until a kicking play is obvious.
Another thought I have had on this swinging gate formation is about what U does on this. If it is on a try then we don't have much downfield coverage. Does anybody keep U inside the hash with 2/3 of the field to his back? If A runs a play away from the linemen then U has his back to the play. If A throws a pass U knows where the linemen are but has no idea what is happening on the rest of the field. I think that on this special play that L or LJ should take over for watching ineligibles and let U watch the play. What do you guys think? [/B]
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On the swinging gate, we now have the R face the holder as before and the wing on his side goes under the upright. The R is responsible for any play going to his sideline. Therefore, we have both sides covered and the uprights covered. We keep our U in his regular spot for ineligible coverage. There is no perfect way for a 5-man crew to cover this but this works fairly well.