Running an option attack from a shotgun.The option remains one of the must successful concepts in football. It forces the defense to play assignment football and to account for each ball-carrier. It also allows you to leave defenders unblocked at the point of attack. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The option concepts have evolved over the last 40 years. Most offensive coordinators have incorporated some form of it into their offense and, I would like to demonstrate three different ways it can be used in the shotgun and spread offenses. The first (Diag. 1) is a simple double option, often called the Speed Option. Most offenses use it because it is potent against defenses that blitz a lot and is not a complicated read for the QB. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At UW-Platteville, we use the Speed Option employing a Load and a Base scheme. In the Load (Diag. 1), the end man on the LOS must be blocked. He would normally be your "pitch" man--the defender off whom the QB will decide whether to keep or pitch in the Speed Option. In the Base scheme (Diag. 2), we option the end man on the LOS. The QB receives the snap and runs toward the play-side tackle's outside hip. He reads the man's shoulders and attacks the inside one. If he can read the defender's number, the QB should pitch. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If the defender's shoulders are square to the LOS and he is "feathering The appearance of jagged edges on moving objects in an interlaced display. Also known as "combing," this artifact is created because the image moves from one video field (odd lines displayed) to the next video field (even lines filled in while odd lines still present). "--trying to defend both the QB and the running back--the QB should turn up underneath the read man and get what yardage yard·age 1 n. 1. An amount or length measured in yards. 2. Cloth sold by the yard. Noun 1. he can. The running back will take a depth step and an open step to establish the proper pitch relationship of four yards deep and a yard behind. The second option is a Triple Option. There are two types that can be run from the Shotgun Spread. We run only one version, but I will expound ex·pound v. ex·pound·ed, ex·pound·ing, ex·pounds v.tr. 1. To give a detailed statement of; set forth: expounded the intricacies of the new tax law. 2. both. Urban Meyer Urban F. Meyer (born July 10, 1964 in Ashtabula, Ohio) is currently the head football coach at the University of Florida. He is best known for leading Florida to the 2006 Southeastern Conference Championship and later the BCS National Championship. , head coach at Florida, and Tony DeMeo, head coach at Charleston, have made both version popular by running both successfully. The first Triple Option is a Speed Option/Shovel Pass hybrid. It can be run out of a single back set with a slot receiver running the underneath shovel or with a two-back set (Diags. 3 and 4). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The QB still reads the end man on the LOS. If the defender stays on the LOS with his shoulders square or squeezes with the tackle's down block, the QB will carry out the Speed Option, attacking the LOS. The backside slot or running back will run the shovel route and read the block of the pulling guard. The play-side running back or slot will maintain the same pitch relationship described in Speed Option. An additional advantage of this Triple Option is the shovel pass. If the receiver drops it, it will merely go as an incomplete pass An incomplete pass is a term in American football which means that a legal forward pass hits the ground before a player on either team gains possession. For example, if the quarterback throws the ball to one of his wide receivers, and the receiver either does not touch it, or tries , not a fumble. The second version of the Triple Option uses the mesh concept. It was developed from Inside Zone/Zone Keep that a lot of teams run out of the shotgun spread. Our version is designed to exploit the defensive end and take advantage of defenses that do not play assignment football. In Diag. 5, the running back and the offensive line run Zone Right. The running back takes a crossover-plant step to time up the play, aiming for the front-side A gap. The dive back reads the backside LB. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If the LB scrapes by the center, he should leave a cutback cut·back n. 1. A decrease; a curtailment: "The political effects of food cutbacks could be devastating" New York Times. 2. lane for the running back. The QB on Zone Right reads the backside defensive end. If he crashes down the LOS, chasing the running back, the QB will keep the ball. If the end stays home, the QB will give the ball. If the DE crashes, the QB will pull the ball and continue to the next phase of the option. The QB is now running the Speed Option with the backside running back or a slot wide receiver who has come in motion or has begun from a shortened split (Diags. 6 and 7). The pitch key is now the apex LB or the next defender outside the defensive end. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The addition of any of these three plays can add new wrinkles to the shotgun spread. The ones used by the UW-Platteville coaching staff provide a great addition to our offence. Though the option is a great play in any offense, it requires a lot of repetition for the Quarterbacks to learn the reads and acquire the necessary timing with the pitchman. Patience and a high level of commitment will ensure your success. By Nathan N. Cochran, Running Back Coach, U. of Wisconsin-Platteville Nate Cochran brings plenty of experience as the Pioneer's new running backs coach. He joined the staff in 2004 as the defensive line coach and admissions advisor. He came from Allen University Allen University is a private, coeducational historically Black university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. It was founded in Cokesbury in 1870 as Payne Institute, dedicated to providing education to freed African-American slaves. in Columbia, S.C., where he coached the offensive line and running backs for two seasons. A starting fullback at South Carolina State University South Carolina State University (also known as SCSU, State College among the older alumni members, or simply State), is a Historically black university located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. , Cochran earned his bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in mathematics in education in May 2000. He was a member of the Dean's List dean's list n. pl. deans' lists A list of students in a high school, college, or university who have attained high academic rank. and a Presidential Scholar. He earned his master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in management from Websters University in 2003. Cochran earned an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School preparatory school: see school. preparatory school School that prepares students for entrance to a higher school. In Europe, where secondary education has been selective, preparatory schools have been those that catered to pupils wishing to enter in 1995 and then attended South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. State. |
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