Stop Worrying About Your “If-Then” and Start Fixing Your Triple Option Fundamentals
August 8, 2014
New high school Triple Option coaches are often worried about plays.
They want answers to every possible situation that a defense can do.
When Dr. Cella put the If-Then sheet on the Internet in 2008, this created a methodology that coaches continually expanded.
At one of Dr. Cella’s Triple Option Football Academy Camps this summer, one of his clients handed him an if-then sheet that had over 25 possibilities.
Perhaps, they could start fixing the fundamentals of the Triple Option so that no matter what the defense does, the defense cannot stop the Triple Option Offense.
Here are the fundamentals that require fixing:
Receiver Blocking the Near Deep Defender (Triple Option Football Academy).
The Playside A-Back arcs to #3 and blocks whoever shows in the alley. This can be either the safety or the corner in a 4-across look. Here, it’s the safety.
Veer Release Level Drill for Triple Option Offensive Linemen.
Ace Blocking on Triple and Midline.
Offensive Line–Scoop the Cones. The Offensive Linemen Open-Run-Vertically Crash… Then, they align and do this again. This simulates the exact Scoop block technique.
Three stunts your Quarterback must face in practice.
B-Back on Triple and Midline.
About the Author
Two State Semifinalists, A State Finalist, and a State Champion in Texas have Come out of Dr. Cella’s Triple 
Option Football System Over the Last Four Years
Triple Option Football Academy Owner, Dr. Lou Cella, is a Sports Performance Specialist, and a 19-year coaching veteran of the college and high school level.
Over the last four years, Dr. Cella assisted in the turnaround of numerous high school football programs through his triple option-based camp system. Just months after Dr. Cella served as camp director,Cashmere (WA) and Timmonsville (SC) went to the state semifinals, Bayfield (CO) went to the state championship game, and Falls City (TX) won their first regional and first state championship in school history.
In addition, Hereford (MD), Johnson (NJ), Lakewood (SC), Petaluma (CA), Piedra Vista (NM), Poland (ME), Riverwood (GA), San Benito (CA), Seminole County (GA), and Temple City (CA)posted drastic turnarounds just months after Dr. Cella served as their camp director.
Dr. Cella is currently conducting empirical research entitled “Utilizing the 80-20 Rule to Improve Football Coaching Performance.” He possesses four degrees with an A.S. in Education, a B.S. in English, a M.Ed in Information Technology, and a Psy.D in Psychology, Sport Performance Psychology (2014).
Both the American Football Sports Science-Mental Conditioning Academy and the Triple Option Football Academy are governed by AFSSMCA, LLC. At the heart of the American Football Sports Science-Mental Conditioning Academy (AFSSMCA) and the Triple Option Football Academy is the mission to lead the high-performance football environment through sports science and mental conditioning coaching practices.
