Tony DeMeo

Also, I purchased the video on the shotgun triple option and the shotgun counter option. I will let you know if they are worth purchasing as well.

To answer the previous post-- buy the DeMeo book and video on the shotgun triple option. It is well worth it! Coach DeMeo explains everything in great detail.

Coach Cella,

I just finished reading Tony DeMeo's book on the Shotgun Triple Option. Is the blocking scheme he describes a type of zone scheme? Or is it a man scheme with a these-two-have-those-two adaptation? Or is it something completely different?

Shotgun Triple Coaches,

Is Coach DeMeo's scheme the one you use? Are other schemes feasible? Can you use a tackle iso scheme? A counter trey scheme? I am very new to the shotgun triple concept, so any help would be appreciated.

kc361

I found the two tapes by Demeo (Coaching the Shotgun Triple Option/Coaching the Counter Shotgun Option - $40 each) and the one by Petricca (The Utah Option Play - $29.95) and ordered them from Sellsports.com. I could not find the book by Demeo though. Where can I find it and order it?

Coach, LTC here's the book:

www.onlinesports.com/pages/I,COC-1-58518-884-0.html

ucbears90,

Your posts have been very helpful to me. I appreciate it. The more I investigate the shotgun option principles, the more convinced I become to make it part of our package. The cons, for us, would be 1. time constraints and 2. my lack of experience in the offense.

Can we execute the flexbone as well as we do now, if we add shotgun? In each practice, we have a 60 minute offensive period in the summer and a 45 minute period in-season. Can we get it all done? Can our Jimmy's and Joe's learn and execute ALL of our X's and O's? Our kids are good at the flexbone and its multiple options. Should we even mess with it?

If we install the shotgun triple, I do not have any experience in game planning or game day adjustments within this offense. Would I be doing our kids a disservice by installing an offense that I am not completely familiar with?

Just thinking out loud, fellas.

Coach Cella,

I agree with you and UC. If I had to make the call right now, I think I would go with a tackle iso scheme. I've got Northwestern's playbook from when they started using the spread shotgun with only the QB decide play (no triple). They use that scheme. What I like about it is that if you have a blocking angle, then you are one-on-one. If not, then you get help and work a combo to a LB.

kc361

The shovel pass goes back to a long time head coach that coached at Univ. of Utah years ago and the play was called "Utah Pass" The crazy option has been run for some time, just that Urban Meyer has made a living on it and he just happened to be at Utah doing it.

I've been reviewing the Fiesta Bowl and saw that on Utah's "crazy option" that it looks like the shuttle back eyeballs the pulling guard as a reference to his track. He seems to fit up on his outside hip. This makes a lot of sense and another reason why you would pull the backside guard. Otherwise the track would be more difficult to determine. Is this correct?

KC361 you asked if you could still execute the Flexbone. I'm not sure. I have abandoned the Flexbone in favoer of all shotgun option because I believe that the read is easier and it gives us the best chance to succeed. I have stated before that I feel that it takes less time to teach the reads on shotgun option. To do traditional Veer out of flexbone, plus midline, plus the gun stuff is a lot of reads and will take a significant part of practice time. I went to the gun because I can combine my Option and base run periods because they are now one in the same. The read in gun is easier so you could do it and just spend the bulk of your time on your regular option game reads.

ucbears90,

I would like to discuss your shotgun package in depth, if possible. I've got a bunch of questions. Let me know

kc361

ucbears90,

We have had a lot of success with the flexbone the last three years. What I'd like to do is construct a system that is versatile enough to adapt to the personnel we may get. How is the personnel needed in the flexbone different than that of the personnel in the shotgun triple offense?

Aside from the gun triple and flip option, what other shotgun plays do you run? Do you have a predetermined give to the RB or motion back? Do you have a predetermined keep by the QB? How do you block them?

What is your play action game like? Is it similar to the flexbone stuff?

What type of fronts, coverages and blitzes do you see?

What is your 4-minute offense like?

What is your Short Yardage and Goal line package like?

When, if ever, do you get the QB under center?

You can e-mail me at wcurrie@pointpleasant.k12.nj.us or post it here, whatever is good for you.

kc361

Coach trying to learn more about the Gun opiton moved to Az. from York Pa. in June offenses are a lot more spreed out it seems here in the west.