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Originally posted by Forksref
What signal do you use for an onside kick? And...is it really necesary and are you possibly signalling the R team? I think we get ready for the obvious on-side kicking situations and are always alert for one in a non-obvious situation.
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Obvious onside kick plays are easy, move guys up.
To cover the nonobvious ones better, we have our BJ tell the kicker the first time he kicks it "if at any point you are going to do an onside kick, tell me and we will be able to do a better job of covering it." Then my BJ will simply raise his hand earlier, "as he is running off the field" and we all know. This is unnoticable to anyone but us, so R will not be tipped off. Now you cannot shift your coverage, but on the kick you will be busting up, and if you can slowly move up a extra yard or two just before the kick we will be in better position when the ball gets to the 50. We do NOT tell them we have a signal we use cuz they could use that in their favor if the other team does it, we just say we will be able to cover it better. It has worked well for us.
On obvious onside kick plays, we will leave the BJ on K's line, leave the LJ on K's line, move the L up to K's line, and the U at R's 40. Some put 2 on K's and 2 on R's line, but most of the stuff happens after 10 yards, so we double R's line and have our 4th official 10 more yards back. I, the R cover everything deep, and we can move back to cover the pooch as well as me coming up.