Veer Follow

Veer QB trap would suit you very nicely. Fake veer right and cut back to the left behind the pulling guard. Deadly and very simple.

Lou you sound like me, I have 37 guys but most of them are in grades 9-10. There is no depth! Honestly I have about 14 kids who can play varsity...of those most are not varsity ready right now to begin with...either physically or mentally.

The vver follow is a very good play that killed our defense this year. I don't think it was a called play however when teams ran it against us, but it chewed us up in a couple of games

Coaches,
Lou's post reminds me of an old adage when teaching QB's to run the veer:
"Maybe you could have made a better read, but your never wrong in giving it to the FB".

Teach your RB that no matter where he is in his pitch relationship to your QB, the instant the QB cuts it up, he cuts it up too! Strive to maintain that proper pitch relationship at all times until the play is completed!

Coach Easton

Added thoughts on getting your QB ready to run the OPTION:

TEACH HIM TO READ THE INSIDE VEER FIRST VERSES THE OUTSIDE VEER. THIS WAY HE WILL HAVE MASTERED THE DOUBLE READ ON THE FIRST LEVEL DEFENDERS (DIVE READ, PITCH READ) AND HIS PROGRESSION TO THE OSV WHERE HE READS ONLY THE EMLOS BECOMES MUCH EASIER FOR HIM. OF COURSE HE HAS A PITCH READ IN THE OSV AS WELL, BUT IT IS A SS OR A CB AND NOT A FIRST LEVEL DEFENDER BEING MY POINT.

DRILL INTO HIM THE CONCEPT THAT A DE CAN ONLY DO 3 THINGS TO HIM; 1. HE CAN PLAY HARD AND MAKE HIM PITCH RIGHT NOW. 2. HE CAN PLAY SOFT AND STRING IT OUT 3. HE CAN GO DIRECTLY TO PITCH.

DRILL INTO HIM THE CONCEPT THAT HE MUST NOT BE SELFISH! PITCH THE BALL WHEN THE READ CALLS FOR PITCH!!! DRILL HIM OVER AND OVER ON THE FACT THAT HE MAY KEEP AND THEN BE CALLED UPON TO EXECUTE A PERFECT UP FIELD PITCH TO A RB THAT HAS MAINTAINED A PERFECT PITCH RELATIONSHIP THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE PLAY. THIS IS ONLY ACCOMPLISHED BY REP AFTER REP AFTER REP WITH HIS RB.

DRILL INTO HIM THE CONCEPT THAT IF HE KEEPS, RUN TO THE HASH, THE NUMBERS AND THE BOUNDARY. DO NOT RUN BACK INTO THE HEART OF THE DEFENSE UNLESS THE GAME IS ON THE LINE, OR A CRUCIAL FIRST DOWN IS NEEDED, ETC. AS THIS IS A SURE WAY TO END UP IN A BODY CAST AND HE WILL BE SPENDING THE REST OF THE SEASON CHARTING PLAYS FOR YOU ON THE SIDE LINE.

DRILL INTO HIM THE NECESSITY OF WORKING DILIGENTLY ON HIS PASSING SKILLS EACH AND EVERY DAY!
A TRUE OPTION TEAM IS GOING TO LIMIT IT'SELF TO 10-12 PASSES A GAME AND THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET INTO ANY KIND OF RYTHEM THROWING THAT FEW PASSES AN ENTIRE NIGHT. hOWEVER, WHEN HE IS CALLED UPON TO THROW, HE MUST BE ABLE TO DELIVER IN THE CLUTCH!

Coach Easton

Additional thought

I TEACH MY QB'S TO RUN VEER FOLLOW ON ANY BUSTED PLAY( WHEN LATE GETTING BALL TO DIVE BACK AND WE DO NOT WANT HIM PUTTING THE BALL ON THE BACKS HIP INSTEAD OF IN HIS CRADLE!) BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE BLOCKING IS DESIGNED TO TAKE THE BALL. WE ONCE LOST A STATE SEMI-FINAL GAME ON ABOUT THE 4 YD. LINE GOING IN BECAUSE OF THIS EXACT SCENARIO. THE QB ATTEMPTED TO GET THE DIVE BACK THE BALL , IT HIT HIS HIP AND WENT ON THE GROUND, 38 SECONDS REMAINING ON THE CLOCK AND US TRAILING BY 5 POINTS. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHICH TEAM RECOVERED. FROM THAT POINT ON, AND HAS BEEN SOME 17-18 YEARS NOW, "VEER FOLLOW" COACHING OF OUR QB'S GETS A WHOLE LOT OF ATTENTION IN OUR PROGRAMS.

COACH EASTON

D*^ - Something that might help. When your pitch back hits the LOS have him start yelling Ball, Ball thiis will alert the QB to the pitch back and his location. The back continues to alert Ball, Ball until the QB pitches and during practice make sure that the QB pitches the ball when down the field. Coach CAmpbell

Thanks, Coach Campbell ... excellent idea - we will have him pitch on EVERY keep in practice, just to get him to work on the technique.

Coach DeMao's video on the midline and triple options are really good at teaching the proper reads for the options, including the veer. At the 7th grade level this year, I taught my QB to give the ball everytime UNLESS the DL crashed on the FB , then he was to run it. period.

After having this QB for 2 yrs now, he is starting to finally get the concepts down so he is making the read properly the majority of the time. Notice, i didn't say all the time, just the majority of the time.

kc361,

If your looking at a 50 front, how do you leave the CB as your pitch key? The DT is your dive read and the DE becomes the pitch read and he can do the 3 things that I have outlined in my post above. If your QB reads pull from the 4i-4 tech(which he will in the PSL the 4i becomes an automatic pull) and here comes the DE playing hard and you had better pitch it off him or your dead meat. You will never make it to the corner. Am I missing something in your technique you have outlined?

Coach Easton

When running to the openside I always teach my QB to think "quick pitch" as the play developes faster.
However, there is a big difference between being quick and being hurried! Quick makes you a winner, hurried makes THEM the winner.

Coach Easton