Why the Zone Dive is Dead… Well… Almost–Triple Option Football Academy Podcast
October 22, 2013
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Why the Zone Dive is Dead… Well… Almost–Triple Option Football Academy Podcast
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In this segment, Lou Cella, Triple Option Football Academy Owner and Host of the Triple Option Football Academy Podcast, provides information on why the Zone Dive is no longer the play that it was 7-8 years ago and the reason why. Also, Lou provides the situations in which Zone Dive is still very effective.
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Many years ago, Zone Dive was utilized by Navy at a rate of 15 percent of the time.
After years of statistical analysis, Navy found out that there are only two situations in which the Zone Dive statistically works.
First, there has to be two-high safeties to make the Zone Dive work… Eight-man fronts demonstrates that defenders failed to run out of their gaps.
Then, the Mike linebacker has to run over the top, at the snap of the ball, to take the pitch.
THIS IS THE ONLY TIME TO CALL ZONE DIVE!
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Diagram 1- Zone Dive versus 4-3
Diagram 2- Zone Dive versus 50
In summary, there are two situations to run the Zone Dive… versus 4-3 and 50 with the Mike linebacker running over the top, at the snap, to take the pitch.
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“I know many coaches would rather install an offense the traditional way by researching it, visiting colleges that run the offense, and then picking coaches for information.
I have used that same strategy, and I know that it takes about three years to really gain an understanding of the offense and get players to execute it at a high level.
Consequently, in the research method, you do not have any collaboration with experts that are readily available when questions arise or resources that have consistency.
We wanted to give our players an offense that they could be successful with immediately.
We also concluded that by the time we visited colleges, bought DVDs, playbooks, and sent players to college camps to gain skills, we would have invested many times the cost of the camp.”
–Dr. Jimmy Woods, Head Football Coach, Timmonsville High School.
Went from 1-9 (2010) to the state semifinals (2011) in one year after their three-day camp with Triple Option Football Academy Owner, Lou Cella.
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