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Read and Shoot Football:
The Ultimate Coaching Course Library
- Unlock the most comprehensive passing game education available. Whether you’re implementing the Read & Shoot Offense or looking to refine your existing scheme, Dan Gonzalez’s courses provide pro-level insights on quarterback reads, pass protection, game planning, and route concepts.
- From installing a multiple-read passing attack to breaking down defensive coverages, each course delivers detailed whiteboard sessions, film breakdowns, and real-game applications. Learn how to maximize explosive plays, simplify QB progressions, and dictate matchups—all while protecting the passer and evolving with modern defenses.
- Perfect for: High school, college, and youth coaches looking to enhance their passing game strategies and offensive efficiency.
1. Creating Half-Field Drop Back Passing Concepts
The ability to give “packaged sides” is a critical component in supplementing a progression-read passing game. Here, Coach Gonzalez covers philosophy, protections, and both whiteboard and video examination that will allow your team to successfully create half-field pass patterns for your passing attack
2. Expanding the Vertical Package
In the second passing game course by the author of the new book “Read and Shoot: Coaching a Multiple Read Passing Game in the Spread Offense,” Coach Gonzalez discusses the evolving challenge that offensive coaches are confronted with in manufacturing explosive pass plays while still remaining high-percentage in efficiency. The “4 Vertical” pass pattern is not what it used to be, as defenses are simply not going to line up an play vanilla zone coverages against spread formations; here, exciting alternatives are given that will help give the edge back to the offense.
3. Smashing Defenses with the Corner Structure – Section 1
The corner toute is something we consider the best of all routes vs. man coverage. Here, we show specific measures that allow this pass to be high-percentage as well as explosive.
4. Smashing Defenses with the Corner Structure: Section 2 – Advanced Combinations
Picking up where Section 1 leaves off, Coach Gonzalez adds 3 advanced combinations that relate to the Corner Structure
5. Protecting the Passer: A Multi-Layered Approach, Section 1
Too often, protection is seen as the responsibility of the offensive line, or of the line and quarterback. Here, it is revealed that protecting the passer is not only a shared responsibility of all position groups, but it is a key focus of the coaching staff as well. Every facet of the offensive plan, from protection principles to route design to formationing, should have the idea of protection as a key consideration. In Section 1 of this series, we will examine protection schemes, protection adjustment calls, formationing, constructing pass patterns, and auxiliary patterns — all from the standpoint of protecting the passer.
6. Protecting the Passer: A Multi-Layered Approach – Section 2
This course continues where Course 5 left off – going further in depth in multiple aspects related to protection of the quarterback. Chapters include Tempo/ Schematic Adjustments, Half Field Components (to speed the QB’s read), Installtion/ Practice/ RPOs, and Game Planning.
7. Principles of the Read and Shoot Offense
This course is a combination of exerpts from the 6 courses Dan has put out on CoachTube. Striving to keep coaches at the forefront of offensive teaching, these pieces cover the following:
- How to split the field and give the passer 2 complete patterns on either side of Cover 4.
- Why the thinking on traditional “4 Verticals” needs to be adjusted
- An example of “Boundary Verts”
- An explosive compliment to the “Smash” pattern
- How your formations can affect game planning pass protections.
8. Read & Shoot Installation Webinar
Coach Gonzalez gave an webinar for bundle subsctibers and it is now available to you as well. He gives the template for the installation process, and describes an in-depth presentation on play concepts, reads, and teaching in a practice-by-practices sequence.
Moreover, he uses generic football terms so that concepts can be applied to any offense.
9. Dictating Matchups with the Empty Passing Game
As defenses become more wel-versed in adressing the wave of spread offenses, one key piece of the puzzle lies in the ability of the offense to deploy an EMPTY passing attack. Here, Coach Gonzalez takes a deep dive into the Principles, Attacking Defenses and Defenders, Answers to Pressure, and much more!
10. A.C.T.S. Reading System
At the core of the READ AND SHOOT attack is the reading system, known as A.C.T.S (Advantage-Concept-Third Fix-Scramble). This reading system unlocks the potential of any imaginable pass pattern, and gives developing players the ability to execute an amount of offense on par with college and professional football. Despite varied personnel, offensive structures, or philosophies, ACTS creates a standard, well-defined process for the passer to attack pass defenses.
In this course, Coach Gonzalez gives almost two and a half hours of detailed instruction, from general coaching points to specific details on not only how the pure progression system works, but how the Advantage Principles further propel the offense’s assault on the defense as well. Each progression and advantage principle segment features whiteboard and video review.
11. Read & Shoot Passing Game Basics
This course offers an overview of:
1. Seam Read/Benders
Place in the Offense
Route Traits
Film Analysis
2. A.C.T.S Pure Progression Reads
3. Corners/Verticals Film Study
4. Examples of Motion Used to Dislodge the Defense
12. Game Planning and Scripting
Coach Gonzalez goes over how he has learned to assemble the various pieces of the offense that are brought into each game.
13. Scoring Zone Passing Game
Coach Gonzalez takes a deep dive into an approach to throwing the football in each field zone from the 25 and in. Time-tested staples as well as new ideas are covered with whiteboard, practice, and game video. He even shares some portions of his quarterback manual in the presentation.
14. Third Down Passing
Coach Gonzalez takes a deep dive into an approach to throwing the football and game planning his Third Down attack. Time-tested staples as well as new ideas are covered with whiteboard, practice, and game video. He even shares some portions of his quarterback manual in the presentation.
15. Building the Toolbox
Coach Gonzalez takes a deep dive into the process for assembling a passing system that can hold up year in and year out and adjust according to personnel. The key to being able to execute is to be able to have just a few structures (7) and even fewer actual reads (3). Dan covers everything you need to build a passing toolbox from terminology to philosophy to the foundations that all complete systems must have.
16. Featuring Your Playmakers
A comprehensive look into one of the most sought-after questions in offensive football – “How do I make sure the defense can’t take away a special player?” From start to finish, Coach Gonzalez covers everything from playbook setup to game planning, to calling a game.
17. Attacking Defenses
Dan goes beyond simply listing pass concepts vs. certain coverages — he sets up the principles that will allow your offense to attack whatever defense is encountered.
Table of Contents:
– Inflating Pass Defenses
– Breaking Down a Pass Coverage
– Attack Scenarios
– Creating “Hit Lists”
– Game Plan Study: Formation Cores
– RPO’s
– Tempo Packages
18. Read & Shoot – 2021 Pass Install #1 and #2
Coach Gonzalez shares this season’s edition of his READ AND SHOOT installation teaching videos, which had only previously been made available to his consulting clients. He gives the explanation of not only each play concept and coaching point, but how each piece fits into the rest of the puzzle and how the teaching principles will allow for carry over between concepts.
This year, there is a ton of new pass combinations, derived from study of defensive trends and responses from the last couple years. Further, Coach Gonzalez offers the terminology in two different language versions that he has created.
19. Read & Shoot – 2021 Pass Install #3 and #4
Coach Gonzalez shares this season’s edition of his READ AND SHOOT installation teaching videos, which had only previously been made available to his consulting clients. He gives the explanation of not only each play concept and coaching point, but how each piece fits into the rest of the puzzle and how the teaching principles will allow for carry over between concepts.
This year, there is a ton of new pass combinations, derived from study of defensive trends and responses from the last couple years. Further, Coach Gonzalez offers the terminology in two different language versions that he has created.
20. Read & Shoot – 2021 Pass Install #5 and #6
Coach Gonzalez shares this season’s edition of his READ AND SHOOT installation teaching videos, which had only previously been made available to his consulting clients. He gives the explanation of not only each play concept and coaching point, but how each piece fits into the rest of the puzzle and how the teaching principles will allow for carry over between concepts.
This year, there is a ton of new pass combinations, derived from study of defensive trends and responses from the last couple years. Further, Coach Gonzalez offers the terminology in two different language versions that he has created.
21. Read & Shoot – 2021 Pass Install #7 and #8
Coach Gonzalez shares this season’s edition of his READ AND SHOOT installation teaching videos, which had only previously been made available to his consulting clients. He gives the explanation of not only each play concept and coaching point, but how each piece fits into the rest of the puzzle and how the teaching principles will allow for carry over between concepts.
This year, there is a ton of new pass combinations, derived from study of defensive trends and responses from the last couple years. Further, Coach Gonzalez offers the terminology in two different language versions that he has created.
22. Youth/ Middle School Install 2023 Installs 1 & 2
Coach Gonzalez shares the 2023 Installation Videos he created for a 6th grade consulting client. This client wanted to learn the spread passing game, while maintaining flexibility in player positions, yet being constrained by the limitations of physical development. Practice time and exposure to verbiage was limited, so a streamlined install was used that had:
- No vertical reads (due to age/physical limitations of players)
- Wrist cards and tags were the means of communication
- A limited number of 1-word play calls were also utilized
The installs cover not only teaching points in the run and pass games, but include some updated teaching video and concepts. The pieces, though basic, combine to form a robust, multi-dimensional offense that allowed for growth as the season progresses. For example, the basics of the zone read and RPOs are there, should expansion go in that direction.
The entire series, covering 6 Installation Practices, contains 40 video segments and over 7 hours of teaching video.
23. Youth/ Middle School Install 2023 Installs 3 & 4
Coach Gonzalez shares the 2023 Installation Videos he created for a 6th grade consulting client. This client wanted to learn the spread passing game, while maintaining flexibility in player positions, yet being constrained by the limitations of physical development. Practice time and exposure to verbiage was limited, so a streamlined install was used that had:
- No vertical reads (due to age/physical limitations of players)
- Wrist cards and tags were the means of communication
- A limited number of 1-word play calls were also utilized
The installs cover not only teaching points in the run and pass games, but include some updated teaching video and concepts. The pieces, though basic, combine to form a robust, multi-dimensional offense that allowed for growth as the season progresses. For example, the basics of the zone read and RPOs are there, should expansion go in that direction.
The entire series, covering 6 Installation Practices, contains 40 video segments and over 7 hours of teaching video.
24. Youth/ Middle School Install 2023 Installs 5 & 6
Coach Gonzalez shares the 2023 Installation Videos he created for a 6th grade consulting client. This client wanted to learn the spread passing game, while maintaining flexibility in player positions, yet being constrained by the limitations of physical development. Practice time and exposure to verbiage was limited, so a streamlined install was used that had:
- No vertical reads (due to age/physical limitations of players)
- Wrist cards and tags were the means of communication
- A limited number of 1-word play calls were also utilized
The installs cover not only teaching points in the run and pass games, but include some updated teaching video and concepts. The pieces, though basic, combine to form a robust, multi-dimensional offense that allowed for growth as the season progresses. For example, the basics of the zone read and RPOs are there, should expansion go in that direction.
The entire series, covering 6 Installation Practices, contains 40 video segments and over 7 hours of teaching video.
25. Read N Shoot 3.0 – System Updates
Coach Gonzalez shares the latest updates to his Read and Shoot system, which he first published in 2013 with the release of Recoded and Reloaded. He then released a more in-depth text in 2019 with Read and Shoot: Coaching a Multiple Passing Game in the Spread Offense. With the advancement of defensive tactics in the last several years, he gives us a glimpse into his newest version of his offensive system in this multi-part clinic series.
26. Vertical Game Re-Org (Part 1)
Coach Gonzalez shares the latest updates to his Read and Shoot system, which he first published in 2013 with the release of Recoded and Reloaded. He then released a more in-depth text in 2019 with Read and Shoot: Coaching a Multiple Passing Game in the Spread Offense. With the advancement of defensive tactics in the last several years, he gives us a glimpse into his newest version of his offensive system in this multi-part clinic series.
27. Vertical Game Re-Org (Part 2)
Coach Gonzalez shares the latest updates to his Read and Shoot system, which he first published in 2013 with the release of Recoded and Reloaded. He then released a more in-depth text in 2019 with Read and Shoot: Coaching a Multiple Passing Game in the Spread Offense. With the advancement of defensive tactics in the last several years, he gives us a glimpse into his newest version of his offensive system in this multi-part clinic series.
28. 3-Level Floods
Coach Gonzalez shares the latest updates on an essential complimentary pass structure – the FLOOD game. With almost 4 HOURS of content in this deep dive, he discusses it’s place in an overall structure, gives a 30-minute refresher on the A.C.T.S. reading systems, and discusses different actions/protections for both Inside and Outside floods. Coach G then takes you through his playbook, where he gives coaching points for all the flood tags, followed by the latest additions to his video directory. This is then backed up with additional variations to stimulate different ideas. Last, he takes you through his installation, practice, and game planning guides with respect to the overall system.
29. Quick Rhythm Dropback Passing
Introduction Video:
Coach Gonzalez packs over 4 hours of teaching video into this course that outlines some of the game’s newest trends. He not only talks about pass plays that are en vogue, but he gives a means to structure, teach, and assimilate the outcomes seen at football’s highest levels. He will take you through teaching, installation, and even talk about some of his favorite situational plays.
Dan Gonzalez’s books provide a blueprint for building an elite passing attack at any level. Whether you’re implementing the Read & Shoot Offense or looking to refine your quarterback development, route structures, and game-planning strategies, these books break down progression reads, attacking defenses, and maximizing offensive efficiency with detailed diagrams, coaching insights, and real-game applications.
Concept Passing: Teaching the Modern Passing Game
To effectively overcome the problems presented by modern defenses, a complete passing game must possess both diversity and “learnability.” Concept Passing: Teaching the Modern Passing Game combines these two characteristics results in a highly sensitive balancing act for offensive coaches. A complete passing game must be able to attack a given defensive structure on all levels yet be learnable enough to yield a high degree of efficiency. The following system of passing presented in this book totals nine concepts that adapt to numerous protections, quarterback drops and actions, and personnel groupings. Furthermore, the concepts have been applied in varied presentations to the defense (huddle or no huddle) and at small college, junior college, and high school levels.
Chapters include:
Defining Concept-Based Passing
Formations and Personnel Groupings
Passing Game Terminology
Protection Schemes
The Drag Concept
The Vertical Concept
The Two-Man Game Concept
The Quick Concept
The Corner Concept
The Horizontal Concept
The Numbers Concept
The Three-Level Concept
The Object Concept
Application of Pass Concepts
Recoded and Reloaded: An Updated Structure for the Passing Game at Any Level
After accumulating two decades worth of working knowledge in some of football’s
most accomplished passing systems, Coach Gonzalez delivers an apparatus that
concentrates that knowledge. Teaching and coaching pass offense has
never been made more simple, direct, or multiple, as Gonzalez has created a
language that can be installed at any level, and streamlines even the most
advanced pass concepts. A former Division 1 player and collegiate
offensive coordinator, Dan Gonzalez once again blends his working knowledge of
the West Coast, Run and Shoot, and Spread No-Huddle offenses, and distills the
teaching of virtually any passing game into just three “Advantage Principles”
and three “Read Concepts.” Furthermore, the simplicity of the system is such
that it can be taught to players of any age, giving an excellent springboard to
beginning players or coaches. Moreover, the principal secrets of some of
most prolific passing games in history are unlocked for advanced coaches.
With over 200 *FULL COLOR* diagrams and a guide to installation, this is must
read for coaches, players, and even fans who want to further their understanding
of the passing game.
Read and Shoot: Coaching a Multiple Read Passing Game in the Spread Offense
Taking advantage of the vast informational resources available to him, Dan Gonzalez developed a passing system that combined ideas from some of the most vaunted offenses in pro and college football. He later enhanced that system so that youth players could learn and execute the same concepts and techniques. Further, the same concepts have been used to aid high schools in not only developing school record holders, but perennial playoff contenders and state champions as well. Gonzalez now delves into the theory and teaching that goes beyond the playbook and into the coaching behind the “X’s and O’s.”
Consulting
Custom Installation
Even though we have a basic template, we will customize to the needs of your program. I will even go as far as mapping out development plans for your sub-varsity, junior high, and even youth programs.
Ready Lists
With over 1,200 diagrams, organized by Advantage Principle and Personnel Grouping, you are sure to be exposed to plenty of ideas, without having to “reinvent the wheel.”
Video Analysis/ Remote Coaching
My services are here to ensure your success! After installation, I am available to help through the growing pains of teaching something new. I am available to help through camp, the regular season, and through the playoffs to help you make adjustments and game plan.
What Coaches Are Saying
Real Feedback from Successful Coaches
Dan Gonzalez is one of the most well rounded teachers of the passing game that I have come across. He has a unique ability to mold QB and WR units to be very efficient.
Coach Todd Dodge
7x Texas HS State Champions
As an offensive staff we try to stay on top of new passing game developments every off-season. Studying Dan’s newest innovations and what they can add to or enhance in our own passing scheme has been part of our offseason routine for years. Any coach that wants to stay on the cutting edge of the passing game owes it to himself to check it out.
Coach Josh Herring