Multiple Formation Option Offense

Tape Navy games this fall. They run 6-8 FLEXBONE sets.

PS: Check with coaches on this site that taped Navy games LAST YEAR.

I ran the triple, ISV/OSV, out of the Bone and the "I" for many years on the high school level. Of course, the "I" is with two backs and the bone is considered a full house backfield. Personally, I like your thinking of a lot of formations, as well as, multiple backs as I always have believed in lead blockers out of the backfield, but would ask you to be careful not to over do it on the HS level as your time constraints and retention ability on that level is usually not what it is on the higher levels. This is where me and Bill Mountjoy (ONE BACK) do not agree as he is strictly a one back coach and it works fine for him, so I say more power to him. We have to all coach what we know and what we are comfortable with. I have coached an empty 3 x 2 spread for 20 plus years, and just now more spread coaches are starting to lean to the empty look instead of the flex bone(dble slot) look. Fotball is a game of evolution that never ends, so do not hesitate to try what you want to do. If it is not sound, does not work, etc. then give it up! Just a suggestion as always.

Coach Easton

How many formations is over doing it?

I am real interested in what type of formation usage would cause a DC the most headache.

I am also very interested in keeping the formations verbage to one word.

THANKS A MILLION FOR THE SUGGESTIONS!

I agree with Coach Mountjoy. I would only add that the late motion employed often by Navy etc. puts them in, basically, a two-back set at the snap and is NOT easy to adjust to on defense. That late motion will allow you to run your two-back stuff out of a one-back set.

"Deac14" on this site is a great resource if you decide to go that way.

My two cents two back schemes such as the "I" makes for a good formation for running option schemes. Also with a one back scheme if you will cowboy your slots into pitch relationship you can keep triple option in tack. Coach Campbell

Coach Tap,

I used numbers for each different formation. 1 rip= 3 x 2 spread with rip setting the trips side.
2 liz= pro setting TE to the Liz side
2 flex= flexing both X and Y ends to 14 yds off the ball
3= flexed double wing

and we went up to number 21. This however, was not on the high school level but on the professional minor league level where my players were all ex-college players, ex-NFL players, etc. But, the simple numbering system can be used at any level. Just a suggestion as always.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

Here are some Navy clips:

www.youtube.com/watch?v...4&mode=related&search=

They are easy to find. On some of the plays you will see the slot/wing back motion late to get into pitch relationship.

What about, as I believe someone posted earlier, mutliple formations that do not involve moving the dive back from behind the QB.

Question: How does using mutliple formations to run option cause the QB's read and/or pitch key to change? Forgive my ignorance but on Midline read is first man outside A gap and then EMOL on IV read is first man outside B and EMOL and OV the read is the EMOL.

Thanks so much for the discussion.