Five Keys to Understanding the Triple Option Head Football Coach’s Role
February 10, 2015
Five Keys to Understanding the Triple Option Head Football Coach’s Role
- Educating the players and coaches.
| · Ball Security- Coaches choose ball carriers and implicitly train ball security. Everybody depends on their team’s ball security. |
| · Run Blocking- The O Line must get off the ball to cancel penetration and then sustain the block. |
| · Running- Inside runs=downhill; Outside runs=away from pursuit; Quarterback runs=force two-gap; All runs=positive yardage |
| · Passing- There can only be a passing game if the Line secures their inside and Receivers get open/catch the ball. |
2. Setting performance standards.
Coaching- Constantly provide players with information on how to technique their assignments.
Players- Must do their individual job to create team success.
- Maximizing on-field practice time.
“Better to have a team eager to play rather than physically tired. How long to practice is a judgment factor. Cut down as season goes along as players are not going to change mechanical ability late in season. Only one rule never violated at Oklahoma. If one coach on staff feels practice too long, we must cut it down. More boys play poorly because they practiced too long than boys playing poorly because they didn’t practice long enough.” –Bud Wilkinson, Former Head Football Coach, University of Oklahoma (47 game winning streak)
- Getting professional development.
Learn what Navy, Georgia Tech, the Citadel, Lenoir Rhyne, Harding, and others are doing to maximize offensive productivity.
- Making a measurable difference.
Follow 1-4 to maximize your best chance of making a measurable difference.
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 20-year coaching veteran of the 
college and high school level.
Over the last five 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 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. 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.
