Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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I have the Option on me eBook and I am trying to apply it to our flexbone offense. We usually run with one TE and one SE. The book states that outside inverts are "Any defender playing at the same level as the inside linebackers." I assume this to mean that a stand up DE in a straight 50 would not be considered an outside invert unless he is in a walkaway position. Is this correct? Is a Cover 2 corner that funnels a WR inside then sits in the flat considered an outside invert? Finally we often run an end over formation with SE and TE on the same side. Teams usually counter this by running both corners to our strong side. The FS will usually stay in the middle. They leave an outside invert to the weak side. The Option me rule would tell the QB to run to the TE side with either midline if there is a 3 tech or load if they are in some form of an odd front. What adjustment can be made for the QB to recognize that even though there is an outside invert on the weak side we still outnumber them because there is no deep 1/3 player? If our weakside tackle and weak side slot can handle the weakside ILB and FS we have 2 on 1 to the outside.
This was the first book I purchased from Coach Campbell. When I took over at this one particular school, they had won 5 games in five years. With a whole lot of work and implementing the option game & more specifically Option on Me....we were in the section semi-finals by the 3rd year! It is easy to implement and coach does an outstanding job explaining it! God Bless, Coach Coop
"YOU ARE EITHER COACHING IT, OR ALLOWING IT!" GOD BLESS!
Post by Coach Campbell on Jun 30, 2018 16:31:22 GMT
Steve Snider Option on me works by giving the quarterback control of the play call based off of what the defense is giving him. The QB reads the outside inverts which depending on the defense will most likely be the outside linebackers or the safeties. Once finding the outside inverts the QB determines if the play should go to the tightside with a midline or load option or if it should go to the open side with the inside veer. The inside veer is run to the open side when the outside invert to that side is absent. The midline will be run to the tightside if there is two outside inverts and there is a 2 or 3 technique present. Load option is the choice when there is no outside invert to the tight end side or when you 2 outside inverts with a 6i or a 5 and 7 technique.
There are both pros and cons of letting your QB call the play from the LOS. The benefits include the QB being able to call the play completely based off of the defense. As a coach calling the play from the sideline you do not have that luxury. It leaves the offense open. Giving your QB this option is going to keep you from running into the teeth of the defense on every play. It also becomes a learning experience for your QB. The more he does this and the more responsibility that you give him the more he is going to be able to learn.
On the other hand there are some risks. The first and most obvious I feel is the QB not reading the outside inverts or the defense itself correctly and calling the wrong play. This is not the end of the world as sometimes a play just does not work out, but if this becomes a theme then it can cause serious issues. Another problem may arise if you are playing an extremely complex defense that often stems and does not give a clear read of what they are doing until post snap. This may confuse some young QB's and the result could be mass confusion.
Personally, I feel like all teams should come calls for their QB to make at the line of scrimmage. Currently we do this right now not with an option game and in a much more simplified form but we still do incorporate a QB call at the LOS. In many cases in our offense the play we call can be run to both the tight end side and the open side. We will call the play from the sideline but our QB has the ability to flip the play at the LOS using a simple call.
Post by Coach Campbell on Mar 30, 2019 2:03:00 GMT
Evan James
Option football is an offensive philosophy intended to attack the perimeter of the defense and control the box. This philosophy forces the defense to defend the entire field, play assignment-sound football, and account for all offensive-skilled personnel (quarterback, fullback, and tailback in the run game). Advantages of option football include controlling defensive blitz packages and limiting defensive secondary coverage looks. From a systems approach, option football involves multiple formations, motions, and shifts while running the same or similar play. Utilizing a tight end will create a numbers advantage for the offense by forcing the defense to be unbalanced. The offense has counters to running option football by utilizing play action, sprint out, and drop back in the passing game.
Within an option offensive philosophy, the “Option on Me” involves three choices or options the quarterback can check into on the line of scrimmage based upon the location of the outside inverts and end man on the line of scrimmage. When the quarterback puts his hands under the center, he will then begin making the initial read by eyeing (reading) the outside inverts who are aligned at the same depth as the inside linebackers. The outside inverts or linebackers will dictate how many defenders are inside the box. As stated in the “Option on Me” PowerPoint, “If the quarterback has an outside invert towards the open-side that is located off the line of scrimmage he then knows to take his eyes towards the tight end first reading the first down lineman past the center. If he sees a 3 technique then he checks offense into 10 midline” (Campbell, 19). The quarterback will then determine whether to check into inside veer, midline, or load. Inside veer targets the open-side of the formation (away from the tight end). The quarterback is identifying if there is an invert outside the open-side tackle. Midline aims at the tight-side of the formation towards the tight end. Midline is run only versus 2 or 3 defensive technique. Load is also aimed at the tight-side of the formation towards or outside the tight end. The quarterback is reading if there is an outside invert to the tight end, or 2 outside inverts versus 6i-technique or 5 and 7 defensive alignment.
Several advantages and disadvantages arise when giving the quarterback the ability and freedom to call best option on the line of scrimmage. The quarterback is given ownership of the offense. The quarterback has the ability to make simple reads of the defense and put the offense in the best play by exerting control over the box. The reason for reading the inverts for best option is because the process that the quarterback follows for calling best option is simple and fast. Definitive rules for the quarterback involve reading from the open-side across the formation towards the tight end. The quarterback also has the ability to control the tempo by using “option on me” to run a hurry-up offense. This prevents the defensive from making substitutions between plays. The defense must also account for all possible options in both the run and pass game. One disadvantage resulting from “option on me” is the potential indecisiveness of the quarterback. The indecisiveness (due to front and defensive movements) might lead to poor timing and ball security issues on the mesh between the quarterback and full back and/or the pitch between the quarterback and tailback. Quarterbacks might also be in such a hurry, they take their eyes off of the read defender thus not reading the defender. Another potential disadvantage of giving the quarterback the ability and freedom to call best option on the line of scrimmage involves all the intricate details in the quarterback technique. Cohesion, timing, and confidence between the quarterback, tailback, full back, tight end and wide receivers are essential to the success of “option on me”.
Post by Coach Campbell on Mar 30, 2019 2:16:55 GMT
Sonny Cravens
"Option on me" is a numbers game. Depending on the location of the two outside inverts will dictate the match ups the QB will try to exploit. If outside inverts are "inside" QB will run play towards TE side. If Outside inverts are outside, QB can run appropriate play. No matter what, it is either going to be a hat on hat, or the offense will have a man up on the defense (if the correct read is made)
Some pros of giving the quarterback the freedom to call the option:
-Shows trust in QB to run the offense
-If right read is made, big play or TD could result
-Allows every player to be involved, and allows QB to be creative
Some of the cons
-Multiple fronts through the game or moving defenders could confuse the QB
-Wrong call from the QB could result in loss or turnover