Transcript Installation Of The Option Game

Installation Of The Option Game
By James Vint
Offensive Coordinator
Iowa Wesleyan College
Special Thanks To: Jerry Campbell
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This system is adapted from Coach Campbell
He is one of the great high school coaches of today
He helped us to install the complete option game
Coach Campbell offers several great option products
His option on me system is easy to teach and easy to
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line. Order his option manual for this system
• Coach Campbell is always available to coaches who want
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Advantages Of The Option Game
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Allows You To Get The Ball Onto The Perimeter
Forces The Defense To Play Assignment Football
Allows Your Best Athletes To Get The Ball In Space
Allows You To Account For Eight Man Fronts
Gives You The Opportunity For Big Plays
Systematic Approach Allows You To Audible At LOS
Forces Your Opponent To Prepare For Something They
Don’t See Every Week
• Your Opponent Can’t Emulate The Option
• Allows You To Succeed Without A Talented Passer
• Takes Away The Ability Of The Defense To Blitz
Hole And Back Numbering
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We number our play with the number of the ball
carrier, followed by the hole number. For example,
IS veer left would be 13 veer. All option plays start
with a 1, with the exception of trap option.
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Line Calls
Center and Right Guard: Ace Lion
Center and Left Guard: Ace Ram
Guard and Tackle: Deuce
Tackle and Tight End: Trey
Fold Blocks (Fever): Jack and Jill
Zone Combination Blocks
• Two Offensive Lineman Track A Defensive
Lineman and A Linebacker
• We Have Four Eyes On The Backer
• We Secure the Down Guy First
• Players Will Step Hippo (Hip to Hip)
• Linemen Must Not Get Split
• Drive D-Lineman Into Backer, Come Off At
Backer Level, Don’t Chase
Option Plays
• 10-11 Midline
• 12-13 Veer
• 14-15 OS Veer
• 18-19 Load
• 32-33 Trap
Each Option Play Has A
Series Of Complementary
Plays Designed To Take
Advantage of Defensive
Adjustments
Installing The Midline Option
Installing The Option As A System:
Midline Option
• We Install The Midline Option First As It Is The
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Easiest Read For The QB
The Midline Attacks The Middle Of The Defense
Forces The Defense To Reduce Their Front
Reduction Of The Front Opens Up The Perimeter
Complementary Plays Answer What Defenses Do
To Take Midline Away
Complementary Plays Allow You To Dictate Who
Carries The Football
Midline Installation Rules
• Run To A 3 Technique
• Run To The Tight End Side (Later You Will
Run It Weak and vs. a 50 Front)
• FB Attacks The Midpoint Of The Center
• QB Reads The Jersey Number Of The 3
Tech
• “If The 3 Squeezes, Pull and Replace”
• “If The 3 Comes Upfield Give and Replace
Midline Option: The Mesh
The QB Will Push Away And Step At Six
On The Push Away Step, The QB Brings
The Ball To His Third Hand (Belly)
As He Steps At Six, The QB Will Reach
The Ball Deep and Snap His Eyes To His
Read
The FB Will Run Up The Midpoint Of
The Center Forming A Soft Pocket
The FB Will Feel The QB, He Will Not
Snatch The Ball
Illustrating The Mesh
The QB Will Push Away And Step At Six
On The Push Away Step, The QB Brings
The Ball To His Third Hand (Belly)
As He Steps At Six, The QB Will Reach
The Ball Deep and Snap His Eyes To His
Read
The FB Will Run Up The Midpoint Of
The Center Forming A Soft Pocket
The FB Will Feel The QB, He Will Not
Snatch The Ball
Reading The 3 Tech Mesh Drill
• If The 3 Tech Comes Upfield,
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The QB Gives
If The 3 Tech Squeezes, The
QB Will Pull The Ball And
Replace The 3 Tech
If the QB Has The Ball At His
Front Leg, He Will Give The
Ball
The FB Must Make A Soft
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Midline Option: Playside Guard
“Pickin’ Grass”
• The Playside Guard Is Going To Reduce
His Shoulder To Get Under The 3 Tech and
Attack The Mike Linebacker
• We Teach This Technique As Pickin’ Grass
• He Picks Grass With His Outside Arm and
Gets His Eyes To The Mike
• If The Mike Steps Up, Block Him
• If The Mike Flows, Go To The Free Safety
Pickin’ Grass Drill For The PSG
In This Case, The Mike Stepped Up
In The B Gap, So The PSG Picked
Him Up
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In This Case, The Mike Attcked The B
Gap, So The PSG worked up to FS
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Pickin’ Grass Drill For The PSG
In This Case, The Mike Stepped Up
In The B Gap, So The PSG Picked
Him Up
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In This Case, The Mike Attcked The B
Gap, So The PSG worked up to FS
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Two To Track Two
• We Want To Have A Second Player Track
The Mike LB To The FS Whenever Possible
• Depending On The Front, The PST, TE, or
TB Will Be The Second Tracker
• Their Eyes Must Be On The Mike Backer
• If He Goes Away, Eyes Must Go To The
Free Safety
Two Track Two Drill Illustrated
In This Case, The Mike Stepped Up
In The B Gap, So The PSG Picked
Him Up. The TE goes up to the FS
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In This Case, The Mike Stepped Up
In The B Gap, So The TE Picked Him
Up and the PSG went the free safety
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Fold Blocks
• Fold Blocks Give You Advantages As You Can Get
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Angles On Defenders
Like Any Skill Fold Blocks Must Be Practice
We Have Two Calls For Fold Blocks
Jack and Jill Are The Two Calls
If We Call Jack, The Outside Lineman Will Go
First, And The Inside Lineman Will Step Around
If We Call Jill, The Inside Lineman Will Go First
and The Outside Lineman Will Step Around
Midline Option: The Jill Scheme
• This Is A Triple Option Scheme Run To A
4-4 Defense
• We Run This Versus a 3 and 7 To The Play
Side
• This Allows Us To Get Two Players
Tracking The Mike LB And Free Safety
• We Get The End Angle Blocked To The
Outside
Midline Option: The Jill Scheme
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This is the Jill Scheme Because Of The Fold Block By The
Tackle and TE. The Tackle Goes First, Hence The Jill Call.
The Tailback Gets Into Relationship And Calls “Ball, Ball”
Midline Option: The Jill Scheme
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The QB Reads The 3 Tech For His Give/Keep, and Pitches Off
The Sam LB.
Midline Option: The Base Scheme
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The Base Scheme Is An Alert Used By The TE Vs. A College
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Base Tells The Tackle He Is The 2nd Tracker of the Mike And
The TB Leads Up On The Sam
Midline Option: The Base Scheme
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We can run the base scheme with the TB running a pitch
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This puts the PST on the Sam LB
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Midline Option: The Base Scheme Open
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We Use The Base Scheme Away From The TE
The Tailback Will Lead The QB Through The B Gap On A Pull
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This allows us to run midline versus a reduced front
Midline Option: Vs. A 50 Defense
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Vs. The 50 You Can Still Run Midline
It allows Your Back To Read The Block On The Nose
The QB Reads The DT in a 5 tech.
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Defensive Adjustment vs. Midline
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One way the defense will try to take midline away is by
having the Sam “fall in” on the QB. The Sam will meet the
QB in the B gap for a short gain. This exposes the perimeter.
Midline Option: The Pitch Scheme
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The Pitch Scheme Is Designed To Take Advantage Of A Sam
That Is Falling In On The QB. The Pitch Scheme Tells The TE
To Arc Release To The Sam. The QB pitches off the DE and
we get the ball on the perimeter to the TB.
Defensive Adjustment vs. Midline
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The defense will have the Will attack the frontside A gap to
take the FB, with the 3 tech coming upfield. The QB will give
the ball and the Will stops the FB. This leaves the defense
vulnerable to the B gap on the backside.
Midline Option: Follow Opposite
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Follow Opposite Is Designed To Take Advantage Of A Will
Who Is Falling In On The Dive And Beating Our Combo
After Riding The FB, The QB Will Pull and Follow The FB
Opposite
Midline Option: 10 Counter Option
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This Is Another Great Complement To The Will Falling In On
Dive. We Run This To A 4-3 With The Invert Strong
The QB Rides The FB, Turns Backside, and Pitches Off The
Backside DE
Defensive Adjustment vs. Midline
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The defense will also have the 3 tech slam the guard and the
Mike stem hard to the B gap. This stunt has the Mike beating
the TE, and we must add a complementary play to defeat
this.
Midline Option: 10 Give
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Give Takes Advantage Of The Mike Stemming To B Gap
This Allows Us To Get The Ball To Our FB With Two Zone
Combos In The Middle
Midline Option: 10 QB Iso
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This is another way we take advantage of the Mike LB
stemming to the B gap. The QB rides the FB and follows him
through the 0 hole.
Midline Option: The Falcon Scheme
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The QB Still Reads The 3 Technique For A Give Keep
The TB Is Aiming For The B Gap
You Can Run This With A Wing Also
Midline Option: The Falcon Scheme
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The QB Still Reads The 3 Technique For A Give Keep
The Wing Dropsteps And Gets Down The Line
The Z Blocks The Corner
Installation Of The Inside Veer
Installation Of The Veer Option:
Why The Inside Veer?
• Attacks The Open Side Of The Defense
• Forces The Defense To Play Assignment Football
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Away From The Tight End
Downhill Blocking Schemes Create Movement
Zone Combinations Allow For Easier Blitz Pickups
Easy Read For The QB
Complementary and Play Action Pass Cause
Conflict In Defenders
Inside Veer Installation Rules
• Run To A 5 Technique
• Run Away From The TE
• FB Attacks Outside Hip Of The Guard
• QB Reads The Jersey Number Of The 5
Tech
• “If The 5 Squeezes, Pull and Replace”
• “If The 5 Comes Upfield Give and Replace”
Inside Veer Option: The Mesh
The QB Will Step At 45 and Get
Downhill into the hole
As he gets into the hole, the QB will
snap is eyes to the five technique while
reaching the ball deep
The FB will run off the Outside hip of
the guard making a soft pocket
The FB Will Feel The QB, He Will Not
Snatch The Ball
Reading The 5 Tech: Veer Mesh Drill
• If The 5 Tech Comes Upfield,
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The QB Gives
If The 5 Tech Squeezes, The
QB Will Pull The Ball And
Replace The 5 Tech
If the QB Has The Ball At His
Front Leg, He Will Give The
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The FB Must Make A Soft
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IS Veer Option: 13 Veer
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QB Reads The Five Tech For His Give/Keep Read
FB Aims For Outside Hip Of PSG
TB Dropsteps and Gets Into Relationship
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Inside Veer: 13 Veer to a 3 Tech
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Deuce Combo on the 3 tech to Will
QB Still Reads 5 Tech
TB Dropsteps and Gets Into Relationship
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Inside Veer: 13 Veer vs. 50 Eagle Wk
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Deuce Combo on the 3 tech to Will
QB Still Reads 5 Tech
TB Dropsteps and Gets Into Relationship
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Inside Veer: 13 Veer vs. True 50
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PST release to PSLB, the Will in this case
QB Still Reads 5 Tech
The QB pitches off the 9 technique
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IS Veer Option: 13 QB Iso
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This allows us to get the QB the ball following the FB. We
run this when we see a stemming Will who is vacating the B
gap. The QB rides the FB and follows him up in the hole.
IS Veer Option: 13 Iso Option
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Iso Option is run from our Ace Slot set. We run QB Iso with
the TB in the slot becoming the pitch man. You can motion
from trips to run this complement to veer option as well.
IS Veer Option: 32 Trap Option
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We run FB trap off veer action. We want to get the Will and
Mike fast flowing to stop veer, allowing us to wall off the trap.
The QB still reads the 5 technique and will pull the ball if the
5 tech sqeezes.
IS Veer Option: 32 Trap Option
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This is FB Trap versus an odd front or a 5-2 front. We combo
the frontside one tech to the will. We would make a long call
since we are trapping a 5 technique.
Outside Veer: 14 Veer vs. True 50
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Outside veer is great versus a 50 front and a college 4-3. We
read the 9 tech for our give read and pitch off the next
defender. The FB can hit the B or C gap.
Installation Of The Load, Lead, and
Speed Options
Installing the Load, Lead, and
Speed Options
• Allows you to get the ball on the perimeter
• Your athletes get the ball in space
• Forces defense to defend the alley and the
sidewalk
• Takes advantage when the defense
reduces their front to stop midline
• Allows you to attack both the 5 and 9
techniques
Load Option Rules
• Best run to a 1-5-9 technique on the tight end
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Can be run to a 1-5 and 3-5 to the open side.
Offensive line will slow rotate combos tracking
backside backers.
Fullback reads the pitch key for his path to block
the alley player.
The QB flash fakes and pauses to allow the
fullback to clear.
The FB is responsible for the alley player.
Load Option Drill For The Fullback
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This is the Load Drill for the FB. If the Pitch key
squeezes, the FB goes outside of him to the alley
player. If the Pitch key comes upfield, the FB goes
inside of him to the Alley Player. This must be drilled
on a daily basis.
Load Option: 18 Load Versus A 4-4
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Load is great vs. a 4-4 as we get a combo on the 7 technique
to the Mike LB. We base the 3, and pitch off the 9 technique.
The QB flash fakes and attacks the Sam. The FB reads the
Sam for his path as he has the first opposite colored jersey
past the pitch key.
Load Option: 18 Load Versus A Reduced Front
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This is best case scenario for load option as we get two zone
combinations on the front side of the play. The QB pitches
off the EMOL and the FB blocks the alley player. We want to
run load versus a 1-5-9 with the invert weak.
Load Option: 19 Load Weak
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Load Weak is great versus a reduced front and the invert
strong. This allows us to get zone combinations rotating to
the backside.
Speed Option: 19 Speed
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QB Will Pitch Off The 5 tech, while the Offensive Line veer
blocks. This allows us to get the ball to the perimeter from a
four wide set. Speed is great to a 6 man box from an ace or
spread look.
Setting Up Best Option, and Running Your
Option Game From Multiple Formations
• Multiple Formations allows you to create
match-up advantages
• Allows you to have simple checks for your
quarterback
• Option On Me System Is Simple To Teach
• Formations Allow You To Outflank Your
Opponents
Best Option vs. a 30 Stack
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Versus a 30 Stack, we run veer from a twins look. From a
two back pro versus the above look, midline and load to the
tight end are very good plays to run.
Best Option vs. a 4-4 Stack
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Versus a 4-4 Stack, you want to run load and lead to the
strong side. You can also run midline. Motioning the Z
receiver to a twins set breaks the triangle for veer option.
With no inverts, you want to get the ball onto the perimeter.
Best Option vs. a 4-4
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Versus a 4-4 front with a 3 and 7 strong, and a 1-5 weak,
get excited because every option is on, with midline being
the best choice. You can use motion to break the triangle.
Best Option vs. a 13 Front
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Versus a 1-5-9 to the tight end, load is a great play because
of the two combination blocks on the play side. The FB
would block the invert.
Using TE Motion In the Option Game
• Putting the TE in motion allows you to get
an extra blocker on the playside
• Allows you to dictate strength after presnap alignment
• Forces the defense to adjust to motion
• Defense must take practice time to
prepare, taking time away from their
option preparation
Using TE Motion For Midline
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We flex the TE and put him in motion to the QB and to the
play. We end up in our Trey Jill scheme at the snap. We will
call 10-11 check in the huddle and run the play to the 3 tech
Using TE Motion For Midline
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In this case, the QB has a 3 tech to the right, so he checks to
10 Midline. This is great when the defense is adjusting their
front, and allows us to put the TE in motion.
Using TE Motion For Veer
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QB Would Check To Veer To The 1-5 Technique Side. In this
case he would check to 13 veer. The TE motions and tracks
the PSLB to Free Safety with the PST. This is similar to two
track two for the midline option.
Using TE Motion For Load Option
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The QB again looks for a 1-5 technique as this allows us to
get two playside zone combination blocks. In the case above
he would check to 18 load as that is where we have the 1-5
technique.
Inside Veer Breaking The Triangle
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In the case above, the invert is to the playside, so we would want to run our
option game to the TE. To break the triangle, we can motion the Z, or come
out in a twins set, giving us a player to account for the invert.
Inside Veer Breaking The Triangle
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As you can see, bringing the Z over into a twins set helps
us to get a blocker on the Rover, who is lined up as a
playside invert.
Play Action Pass With Your Option Game
Midline Option: Play Action
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The Play Action off the Midline is a great play! The PSWR
runs a post corner, the TE runs a seam, and the backside WR
runs a skinny post. The FB runs a slice, and the TB runs a
swing. The QB rides the FB and drops 3 steps.
Midline Option: TE Quick
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The TE Quick is great to take advantage of an aggressive
Mike LB. The QB rides the FB and hits the TE behind the
Mike. The TE is looking to throttle down in the hole, not
settle.
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Veer Option: Play Action
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Play action off the veer is best run with a twins look to the
playside. We run a post or curl wheel on the frontside, with
the FB in the flat and the TE on a drag that can be converted
to a post.
Load Option: Play Action
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Play Action Off The load requires the QB to sell the load with
two downhill steps before he drops. The PSWR runs a post
corner, and the BSWR runs a post. The FB runs a seam, and
the TE runs a Z out.
Installation Of The Option Game
BY: James Vint
Offensive Coordinator
Iowa Wesleyan College
[email protected]