AIR RAID INSTALL

Installation of this offense can be quick and efficient if divided into 5 separate
concepts.
Attack, Attack, Attack! That is our philosophy and strategy with the Air Raid offense.
Our offense has been built around the concept that less is better and that through
simplicity and repetition players will be successful. The ability to keep our offense
simple enables us to install most of all its parts in just three days. This has always
been a key ingredient of our accomplishments since my father, Hal Mumme, began
running this offense at Copperas Cove High School (TX) in the mid 80s. The
success of our offense revolves around this quick installation which, in turn, allows
our players to have a great understanding of it in a relatively short amount of time.
This coupled with our fast break mentality makes for a potent offense.
Rotation
Most coaches and players are amazed at how fast we can actually install the
offense and the most important aspect is the small arsenal that we use. So, in
order to do this, we break down the entire offense into five major areas. These
areas are Run Game, Quick Game, Screen/Play Action, Mesh and Last Route of
the Day. On each day of the threeday rotation, a key concept from the offense is
introduced into each one of these areas. Then, as we take the field, every concept
receives a lot of repetition, ensuring that our players will become extremely
effective at their jobs.
By utilizing this three-day rotation, it helps with how the rules of the game allocate
time to prepare our players. With 15 practices in the spring, we can technically go
five times through the three-day rotation. Of course, this depends on how we break
up our scrimmage schedule. In fall camp, we roughly go about 21- 24 practices
before game week so that would allow us to get at least 6-7 times through the
rotation. Again, the key ingredient for our offense is solely placed on repetition. To
dissect these further, lets take a look at how this should break down on the board:

Air Raid 3-Day Rotation

This simple design not only is great for our installation, but also enables us to be
productive on our game planning. One of the most successful proponents of the air
raid offense, Mike Leach, has a very limited game plan on Saturday and, if you
didnt know any better, you would swear it was written on a cocktail napkin. Most of
the air raid disciples all function this way and have been highly successful with this
small arsenal of plays.
Practice
In the way we practice, we are trying to achieve the best possible production. Our
practices are going to take two hours at the very most. Each part of our offensive
practice is dedicated to these concepts in the 3-day rotation. This enables us to
make sure that every play we have in our arsenal has been worked on in any given
week and then can be used in the game without any worry of execution. Below you
will see how we allocate our time in practice. Our pre-practice drill work is included
in our overall time allotment.
Pre-Practice:
Run Tape We do have run plays for the air raid offense and we dedicate the first
five minutes of practice to covering the run of the day.
Noose This is a drill we do with QBs, WRs, RBs and centers so we work on
throwing and catching and QB-center exchange. (10 minutes)
Practice:
Pat-n-Go Warm up drill for offensive skill (five minutes).
Quick Game (seven minutes).
Mesh Time dedicated to one of our best plays in the air raid offense (eight
minutes).
Screen/Play-Action Extremely up tempo period that includes the entire offense
going through our screens and play-action passes (10 minutes).
Routes on Air Another up-tempo period in which we are working with the
offensive skill players on the route of the day. (10 minutes).
One-on-One Receivers and quarterbacks go against defensive backs. Offensive
line and running backs practice an Inside drill. (10 minutes).

Special Teams Each day has a different concept (10 minutes).

Skelly Against the defense or in season we go against the scout team (10-15
minutes).
Team Typical team period where we work the game plan script (25 minutes).
One of the best things we do with this offense is that we are constantly talking to
our players about scoring no matter where they are on the field. So in each of
these drills, when an offensive skill player touches the ball, he will sprint to the end
zone. If you practice scoring in practice, you will score on Saturday.
At the end of the day, we all have a system that we implement. The most important
aspect is giving players the ability to be great at it. By keeping it simple with high
repetition, we have achieved this.