Scheme understanding and skill mastery are the major reasons we have been successful. If your offense is struggling in the red zone or you want to implement the nohuddle offense this is a musthave dvd. Recently, herb hand, offensive coordinator for tulsa he formerly shared that title with gus malzahn, and also coached with rich rodriguez at clemson and west. The triple option is built on explosive plays in the passing game when the defense sacrifices pass coverage for triple option run support. The offense combines the shotgun and single back offenses into a hybrid system. Triple option football has been around for 45 years. Together with the current head coach, he is meshing the triple option, power isolation series, and the single wing together in one offense. Breaking down the army flexbone triple option offense duration. Georgia southern eagles flexbone option offense 1990s paul johnson 1 file s. Basics of the gun triple option out of the pistol ralph isernia. The pistol offense is an american football formation and strategy developed by coaches michael taylor of mill valley california and popularized by chris ault while the latter was head coach at the university of nevada, reno.
Listen and watch as one of the great teachers of the game explains and illustrates the details of executing the triple option from the shotgun. But it requires very smart minds are every single position and a lot of cohesion because the blocking is crazy to understand when you see it happening in the film room. All this, outlined clearly below in a diagram from urban meyers utah playbook courtesy of trojan football analysis, was very nearly selfevident. Why army and navy run the tripleoption flexbone offense new, 5 comments this rivalry is the years biggest showcase for a different kind of spreadtorun football offense. This is a great play against odd front defenses that choose to use the double eagle, or double 4i look to take away the inside veer isv play. In the pistol offense, also commonly referred to as the pistol formation, the quarterback lines up. Coaches should refer to a good wishbone triple option text for a more detailed discussion of the mechanics of the quarterbackfullback mesh and option pitch. The option offense may be the most popular type of offense. Together, we have been able to develop the guntriple option offense and help the university of charleston achieve a new level of success. The wingt is limitless its diversity allows us to utilize other offensive schemes within the wingt such as the counter trey play, the triple option or the west coast offense for example. Based on the defense, the quarterback may hand off to a full back up the middle dive, hold on to the ball and run himself to either side of the field keep, or pitch the ball to a.
Georgia run guidljnes be ready to throw uncovered out of trips, wide spread and over sets brown and green. Recently, herb hand, offensive coordinator for tulsa he formerly shared that title with gus malzahn. And recently the gun and spread offense concepts as well. The spread offense has become the dominant philosophy across most of football. If you are a flexbone team i implore you to work on fixing the problems your offense faces before succumbing the. Lou cella installs army and navys modernday flexbone triple option offense with you and your staff. Georgia southern eagles flexbone option offense 1990s paul johnson 1 files. The ability to run triple option from the gun was something i never imagined until i read this book. While the flexbone doesnt require the same amount of decisionmaking in the passing game as a. Includes 10 plays from the triple gun offense, each presented as a video with telestration and audio voiceover from coach demeo the creator of the triple gun offense.
Triple option pitch reads the show gun offense youtube. Introduction to the triple gun offense by tony demeo coachtube. Tony demeo, the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the u. Tony demeo author of coaching the complete triple gun.
How and why to install, teach, and make the gun triple an effective part of a teams offense. I once asked this same question of a buddy of mine who played d1 football. Each play is explained using game video clips from both wide and tight camera angles and includes a play diagram created with coachs office. Watch, listen and learn from one of the great teachers of option football. Gun triple presentation ball games gridiron football. Offensive mindsetoffensive mindset offense philosophy five goals of the offense know assignments play every play like its your last one win score have fun the offensive philosophy 1. Both the base zoneread triple option, the zoneread with the bubble, and this quadruple option idea are all evolutions in the ongoing competition between offense and defense. Chris i t wasnt long after the zoneread was invented that coaches began dabbling in ways to turn the play into a triple option i.
Coaching the complete triple gun offense including the bonus dvd the triple gun offense. That pair of plays is nearly inaccessible to pistol flexbone teams. For years the game was about moving big, powerful people around to create angles and advantages at the point of attack but specialization and skills development have led to the forward pass becoming the dominant aspect of the game. For those who feel that this book isnt enough, check out his website, his youtube videos, and if you get a chance, catch him at a clinic. The pistol offense was designed in 2004 by chris ault, the head coach of the university of nevada. The 4 main schools of spread offense football study hall. Basics of the gun triple option out of the pistol ralph.
The efficiency and explosiveness of the offense is due in large part to the development of our offensive line. The diagram below shows which offensive players have the option of receiving the ball during the play. He gave me a few different reasons it doesnt work as well in the pros. Triple gun offense, coach tony demeo has published numerous books and dvds. Run 1011, 1011 twirl and 1011 to the b gap defensive. This section has files from a variety of offensive styles including the very popular split back veer and i option.
The passfirst, triple option zoneread football study hall. Be a highly explosive offense by forcing the defense into 1 on 1 situation. Those are by far the best two counter plays to run in conjunction with triple option. Triple option power point for flex bone association. The fastpaced flexbone pistol no huddle offense creates enormous pressure on the defense. An option offense is a style of offense in american football that is predominantly based on a running play. The engine of the navy offense, as with any such modern scheme, is still the quarterback. Midline triple the midline triple option, or midveer as some refer to it, is one of the hardest plays in all of football to defend.
Topics covered include the triple gun offense, the gun triple the core running play in the triple gun offense, the importance of timing between the backfield and line blocking, smart splits, creating seams vs. An excellent starting source if you want to run coach demeos triple gun option offense. A quarterback in the shotgun triple and in an option offense has a lot of. The spread offense has evolved, and so have spread defenses, which attack more and disguise coverages presnap, making it challenging for a quarterback executing in the typical spread.
All you want to know about running the gun triple option. Likewise you can run counter option future article forthcoming. The academy the academy empowers you to execute the triple option offense the right way the first time. Add pulling guards and trap plays and a spread option offense can inflict a lot of damage if the defense is not disciplined. Purchase a season pass and gain full access to the vault as well as clinics around the us. This book gives you a solid foundation of the xs and os and the philosophical aspects behind it. However, instead of a specific play in mind, the offense has several options of how to proceed. It is a hybrid of the traditional shotgun and single back offenses. How and why to install, teach, and make the gun triple an effective part of a team s offense.
Jon is an awardwinning writer and his latest book, coaching kids made. It combines both the finesse of option football while still maintaining a downhill physical dimension. The triple option can you run it like gt in the pros. Triple pass on 3rd and short, especially if the offense is in twodown territory. Pistol weak triple option madden 20 playbook database. The zoneread play has come a long ways since it was originally developed as a way to run the ball from the shotgun spread and gave that. The website has been really good for us, said demeo. Why army and navy run the tripleoption flexbone offense. The tripleoption series is a brand new concept for the dgo and is included in the high school playbook. The oregon ducks ran the triple option out of their spread offense over 100. Topics include philosophy and organization, coaching the triple gun triple options, coaching the double options in the triple gun offense, the triple gun power attack, the triple gun draws and counter plays, installing the passing game, ripple gun screens and bubbles, the triple gun quickpassing game, the triple gun dropbackpassing game, triple gun playaction passing, triple gun boot passes, and more. Flexbonewishbone triple option football 2018 youtube. How the oregon ducks utilized the triple option in their spread offense.
Talent disparities that the triple option leverages just arent there. List of all madden 20 playbooks with baltimore ravens offense. Coaching quarterback play out of the shotgun triple option fnf. When defending an offense that runs a variation of the triple option from spread formations, a defense must have three main components. The show gun offense is an offense that utilizes the short pistol. Understanding the basics, offers coaches at all competitive levels on both sides of the ball the perfect tools to better understand the key aspects of the triple gun offense. Tony demeo is the author of coaching the complete triple gun offense 4. Use video, books, apps or anything that works to provide mental reps off the field. For illustrative purposes i will use the triple option play out of a flexbone set to show how an option concept works.
The triple option is based on the option run, but uses three players who might run with the ball instead of the two used in a standard option run the triple option forces defenses to worry about multiple running options on a single play. In the mesh point volume 7, tony demeo discussed his triple gun offense. It can be run from any formation and in any offensive scheme. The videos will show you the drills and knowledge to implement this offense into your program.
Using this offense 2004, 2006, 2008 mhsaa state champs muskegon high and 2014 mhsaa runnerup mona shores high. Covers alignments and formations, offensive line play create seams and double teams, backfield play speed in space, receiver play blocking the edge, tight end play, quarterback play the trigger, attacking defenses, the flip option a counter triple, attacking defenses with the flip option. We dont charge anything to go on the website it is a pure attempt to develop a community of triple gun option coaches. Coaches should refer to a good wishbonetriple option text for a more detailed discussion of the mechanics of the quarterbackfullback mesh and option pitch.
Tom lewis is the offensive coordinator at plymouth oh high school, home of the big red, where his single wing offense was formed in 2003. Offensive line nothing can be more frustrating than watching an option team abandon triple option at the first sign of trouble. If the defense does not align properly they are in for a long night. After successfully running a traditional high school tripleoption offense, dgo creators added this hardtodefend series to the playbook. The gun triple is the core play of the triple gun offense. I have been fascinated with option football my whole life. It has widespread use from college football down to youth football but is run very sparingly in the nfl. We started the website with the idea of creating a little fraternity of coaches for this kind of an offense.
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