The Triple, Midline, and Double Option Made Easy

December 15, 2013

The actuality is that the Triple Option is really one concept.

Pick the direction you want to run the Triple Option and allow the Triple Option to default from there.

This is how.

1- Pick the direction you want the Triple to be run.

Triple Option Right versus 4-3/6-1.

2- If the Defense aligns with a 3-technique to that side, the Quarterback defaults the play to Zoom (Midline Triple).

Here is Zoom Right versus the Bear front.

3- If the Defense aligns with a 3-technique and a playside safety to that side, the Quarterback defaults the play to Lead (Midline Double).

This is Midline Lead versus a 4-3/6-1 situation.

4- If there are A-gap (1, 2i, or 2 techniques) and a 4i or 4 technique to the same side, the Playside Tackle still works to veer inside, but if the 4/4i squeezes down, the Double Option becomes a natural concept.  There is nothing new to teach.  

Triple Option versus an A-gap defender and a 4i/4 NATURALLY turns into Double Option.

If the Playside Tackle can still veer inside the 4i/4… GO FOR IT!  Then, you still have a Triple Option!

Teach the Triple Option as one holistic concept, and your life will get easier as a football coach.  This is over 40 percent of Navy, Georgia Tech, and Georgia Southern’s Offense right now.

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