When to Use Triple Pass
Triple Pass is a play-action passing play that should be used when the safety (ies) start to cheat up in order to provide run support to the perceived point of attack. When those safeties start to blow up your base…
Use “The Ball Carnival” to Emphasize Creating & Recovering Turnovers
As the myriad of bowl games across the television screen begin to wind down, it amazes me just how many errant passes are dropped by defenders and how many lost fumbles end up going just past or through a defender’s…
The Godfather of the Royals Offense
Roger Gruneisen seemed different from any football coach that I had grown up with. He had long hair and was an expert on rock and roll — the first coach I ever saw play the air guitar or reference ‘The…
Running Veer Option From the Gun, With Special Blocking for Read
I began running the Veer later in my coaching career. I had a QB who was a good fit for the Veer and we were able to get some big plays for our offense. As I became more familiar with…
Single Wide Receiver, Boundary “Read” Concept (With RB)
An often overlooked version of the vertical pass game is the 3 x 1 or 2 x 1 boundary “Read” involving the running back working into the boundary with a single wide receiver. Field Side: Whether a 3 x 1…
Get More Out of Your Zone Scheme with the Fullback Zone Dive
One of my favorite plays from the two-back offense that we ran at the high school level was a fullback zone dive. This was a play that we used to complement our stretch play. Our version of the stretch play…
My Best All-Purpose Run Play
My #1 all-everything Run play is QB Power Read with Fly Sweep Mesh. This is a version of the play that Jordan Lynch (NIU) has used to get him to New York as a Heisman Trophy finalist, and it has…
Dive Triple Option
This is a triple option play with a passing option. It is very important that the QB makes his decision on who is getting the football very quickly so that you are not penalized for having an illegal man downfield….
Fit the Screen Play
A year ago, as a pressure team on defense, we were getting hammered by the screen play. In one of our biggest games of the season, against one of our biggest rivals, we gave up a screen play for a…
Identifying The Action Key Defender In The Triple Option
The action key defender is defined as the first defensive lineman INSIDE of the dive key defender. In the diagram shown, the dive key is the first defensive lineman on or outside the play side OT (#1). The pitch key…