Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
This manual provides you with the full offensive line, receiver, and quarterback mechanics for installing each offensive play presented. Coach Campbell has left no stone unturned for implementing today’s Pistol Offense into your program.
coach read some of your option on me stuff on fastandfurious.great concepts!prob need to get the book obviously but have heard you also speak wisely on zone read.wonder if it would be possible to use a similar "option on me" concept with Gun triple,zone read pitch and jet as your three options.can see this putting the DE in a huge bind and QB would read D(mostly weather B gap is filled) and audible to correct play or "best play for alignment".have to think about what i would get him to look for specifically as you have so nicely illustrated in your pdf but i think it would work.have you or anyone else ever tried this?combing zone read pitch and gun triple has always intrigued me.In one we are coming AT the read DE and in the other we are zoning AWAY from the same read DE.am i crazy or can this work?not really much different action out of GUN for backs and QB's.thanks
Post by Coach Campbell on Apr 15, 2009 18:24:12 GMT
Coach as mentioned the under center option gane is a front side read and the gun a backside zone read. I coaches at one the most successful college option program in the national when I set down and came up with option on me a few years back 1998 to be exact. With the gun szone read concept is based up for the most part breaking the backside by a formation and or motion. I look forward to taking this topic in depth. Coach Campbell
I used to run uc veer and had my QB read what I called "the bubble". I would call "40 veer check", for instance, this meant veer to the right side, but inside or outside was based on the QB's call and defensive alignment. In my experience, it is relatively easy to teach, because most teams are going to give you only a few basic line looks--the bubble is pretty easy to see. If you have a QB who can think and recognize things well, it is not tough to install.
Ryan Kelly
Offensive Coordinator
Austin High School
Austin, MN
There is nothing that will show a man's true character like the 2 yard line.
Post by Coach Campbell on Mar 27, 2020 2:54:25 GMT
Kevin Fitzgerald
The Option on Me gives the QB the option of getting the offense into the most advantageous play call based on the alignment of the defense. Based on defensive alignment, the midline option, inside veer or load option will be called. This requires the QB to be well coached and have a good understanding of what the defense is trying to do or take away. The advantage is that when called and executed correctly, the defense can not be right. Also, it gives the best natural leader (in theory) on your team the chance to have a direct impact on success and gain confidence. However, that can also be the draw back. You place a lot of responsibility on a kid and if things don’t go well, that can have a negative impact on him and the team.
I think giving a QB an “either/or” situation, or running RPO’s where he only has 2 choices is a good way to allow the coach to pretty much directly call the plays but allowing the QB to still make a choice based off what he sees. This gives him a chance to make decisions to an extent without placing a big portion of the decision making on him.
We have never been a true option team, although we do install the teens/20’s option series as part of the progression of our install. We have run option plays in certain games during certain seasons, but it has never been the focal point of our offense. For example, we will add a “give” tag to the play call if we want to run the dive (12 give). Or we will add “option” tag if we want to option off the EMOL (12 option). And we like the wide dive to the TE side against the 4-3, as well as belly option in some cases.