ways to get a triangle

Fade/Whip/Option from outside in.

a sit, is a 6 yard route over the ball by an inside receiver. When he gets to that spot he can slide in or out like an option type route. The curl/flat/sit is the west coast offenses 22 X or Z in

Check out Norm Chow's lecture on the BYU Passing game on the AFCA website about "triangles". It's AMAZING how triangles occur (often more than one on a given pattern) in your basic pass offense. I took a look at our pass offense (that we ran LONG before I ever heard Walsh talk about forming triangles), & they are present on several occassions.

Norm Chow on Triangles

Click the link above.

OTHER THINGS TO LOOK FOR ON GOOGLE RE: "TRIANGLE READ" CONCEPTS.

1. Search "UNOFFICIAL WEST COAST OFFENSE" SITE. CLICK ON PLAYBOOK INDEX. SCROLL DOWN & CLICK ON "NOTES FROM COACH WALSH ON DIVERSIFYING YOUR OFFENSE". HE GAVE ME THIS - IT TALKS ABOUT "TRIANGLE READS".

2. SEARCH AMERICAN FOOTBALL MONTLY MAGAZINE SITE (YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER TO ACCESS ARTICLES). SCROLL DOWN UNDER "ARTICLES" & CLICK ON "OFFENSE". SCROLL DOWN & CLICK ON "WESTERN MICHIGAN'S TRIANGLE PRINCIPLE".

3. ON GOOGLE - TYPE IN "A MILLENNIUM OFFENSE THAT BALANCES THE PASS & RUN" by JOHN MARONTO (NEED PDF ACROBAT ADOBE READER TO SEE IT, AS IT IS AN AFCA ARTICLE). ACROBAT ADOBE READER = FREE INSTALLATION.

4. ON GOOGLE - TYPE IN "INSTALLING PASSING GAME CONCEPTS IN YOUR OFFENSE" BY MICHAEL WHITE> ALSO AFCA ARTICLE.

Oldschool,

Thanks for the link to the Norm Chow article. Coach Mountjoy, thanks for the heads up on the other articles I greatly appreciate it.

"TRIANGLE READ" = a passing game "CONCEPT"!!!!! Most NFL teams have 7 or 8 CONCEPTS (entire passing game fits into these 7 or 8 concepts). Most colleges have LESS (although John Macovic has TEN at Texas).

In High School - you MUST limit the "CONCEPTS" to 3 or 4 (AT MOST). We use the following:

1. HORIZONTAL STRETCH/INSIDE-OUT
2. " " /OUTSIDE-IN
3. VERTICAL STRETCH /LONG-INTERMEDIATE/SHORT
4. OBJECT RECEIVER READ (LOOKING FOR ONE MAN)

The following might illustrate:


CONCEPTS OF HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL STRETCH PASSES


#1 HORIZONTAL STRETCH: HORIZONTALLY DIVIDE THE FIELD INTO 6 DISTINCT AREAS (NOTE: THE UNDERNEATH ZONES EXTEND UP TO 12 YDS DEEP) NOTE: DIAGRAM WILL NOT TRANSMIT - DRAW A "HOOK" - "CURL" - & "FLAT" ZONE TO EACH SIDE OF THE CENTER (IN EACH 1/2 OF THE FIELD)



FIELD BALANCE IS OBTAINED BY EQUALLY DISTRIBUTING 5 ELIGIBLE RECEIVERS ACROSS THE FIELD WITHIN 5 OF THESE 6 ZONES. WE WILL HOPEFULLY GET 3 RECEIVERS OUT CALLSIDE, AND 2 RECEIVERS OUT BACKSIDE. THIS SHOULD OPEN SOME "SEAMS", "GAPS", "VOID SPACES", "WINDOWS" IN THE UNDERCOVERAGE — WHICH IS TRYING TO COVER 54 YDS HORIZONTALLY (OFTEN WITH ONLY 4 PEOPLE).
NOTE: CAN HORIZONTALLY STRETCH THE 2 OR 3 DEEP ZONES AS WELL.


#2 VERTICAL STRETCH: TO STRETCH THE FIELD VERTICALLY (IN A PARTICULAR 1/3 OF THE FIELD) YOU NEED 3 RECEIVERS VS. THE 2 LEVELS OF DEFENDERS. ONE RECEIVER, USUALLY A WIDE RECEIVER, IS SENT AS DEEP AND AS FAST AS HE CAN POSSIBLY GET DEEP. ANOTHER RECEIVER HITS THE MIDDLE OF THE WIDEST AREA CREATED BY THE ONE DEEP RECEIVER DEEP AND THE ONE RECEIVER SHORT (THIS IS CALLED THE "ALLEY" OR "CREASE" IN THE DEFENSE). ANOTHER RECEIVER IS KEPT CLOSE TO THE LOS. THESE 3 MEN ARE DISTRIBUTED VERTICALLY IN ONE THIRD OF THE FIELD.


NEXT - THIS IS HOW WE APPLY THAT TO OUR OFFENSE. THIS IS A SHEET WE GIVE OUR QB'S TELLING HIM HOW TO READ EACH PASS AS CATEGORIZED BY THE ABOVE 4 "CONCEPTS".

QUARTERBACKS VITAL INFO

I. DIRECTIONAL READ (ELIMINATE ½ OF FIELD)

A) PRE-SNAP LOOK (PREFERABLY) OR,

B) POST-SNAP "TRIGGER" (BY 2nd STEP) (ON "50's" ONLY — NOT "60's")

NOTE: IF THE DEFENSE IS BALANCED & YOU CAN'T DETERMINE BEST SIDE TO THROW TO, STAY CALLSIDE BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE MORE RECEIVERS OUT TO THE CALLSIDE.


II. PROGRESSION OF RECEIVERS READ (TO ½ OF FIELD CHOSEN - AFTER
GOING THRU STEP I.)

A) INSIDE-OUT (HORIZONTAL STRETCH) = 62-63, 60 UP-61 UP, 50-51, 56-57.

*WE PROGRESS INSIDE-OUT IF THE WR RUNS AN INBREAKING ROUTE!

B) OUTSIDE-IN (HORIZONTAL STRETCH) = 60-61, 54-55.

*WE PROGRESS OUTSIDE-IN IF THE WR RUNS AN OUTBREAKING ROUTE.

C) LONG-INTERMEDIATE-SHORT (VERTICAL STRETCH) = 52-53, 58-59.


III. OBJECT RECEIVER READ (LOOKING FIRST FOR A PARTICULAR
RECEIVER OTHER THAN NORMAL PROGRESSION). COULD BE A "TAG"
(57 H FLAT & UP) WHERE YOU LOOK FIRST FOR THE RECEIVER
"TAGGED", OR COACH SENDS IN OBJECT RECEIVER FROM SIDELINE
("56 — "LOOK FOR Z"). IF OBJECT RECEIVER ISN'T OPEN — GO BACK TO
WHAT IS LEFT OF PROGRESSION (GIVE OBJECT RECEIVER AS MUCH
TIME AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE COACHES "SEE SOMETHING"!).