Triple Option Monday is Coming this Week
December 25, 2013
Triple Option Monday is coming this week. This Monday, December 30th, two Triple Option teams will be broadcast in back-to-back games on ESPN. Navy and the Triple OptionTo Play Middle Tennessee State In The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl at 11:45 EST. This is followed immediately by Georgia Tech and their Triple Option versus Mississippi […]
Triple Option Football Academy — We are on Twitter
December 25, 2013
Go to https://twitter.com/AFSSMCA to follow the American Football Sports Science-Mental Conditioning Academy and the Triple Option Football Academy on Twitter. Triple Option Football Academy — Online Education for Football Coaches
Triple Option Football Academy Rocket Toss Compilation
December 25, 2013
The following are examples of Rocket Toss run in varying situations. Merry Christmas. Triple Option Football Academy — Online Education for Football Coaches
The Need to Lead: What Football Players Need from their Triple Option Quarterback
December 24, 2013
What constitutes an ideal number of formal and informal athlete leaders on a team? Based on this ideal, there are benefits of athlete leaders. In a recent December 2013 study by Journal of Sport Behavior, athletes indicated that leadership should be widespread among teammates, such that 85% of a team’s roster should be comprised of athlete […]
How to Create Urgency in your Triple Option Football Players
December 24, 2013
1- Bring the outside in. Helping your players see problems that threaten opportunities can decrease complacency and increase urgency. 2- Behave with urgency every day. The constantly changing environment in organizations requires coaches to be always alert and agile. This means that coaches have to model a sense of urgency all the time when they are coaching […]
How to Run Counter Option versus a Split 4-4 Defense
December 24, 2013
Counter Option must be run when the backside inside linebacker makes the tackle on Triple/Midline Option. Regardless of which linebacker makes the tackle, the Counter Option should be run to the smallest technique–this means if the defense aligns in a 3 and 1 technique, the Counter Option defaults to the 1-technique. So if Counter Option […]
I Have a Great Story about Army’s New Head Football Coach Jeff Monken
December 23, 2013
I LOVE Army Football. As a member of Army’s A-Club, a season ticket holder in football, a courtside season ticket holder in men’s and women’s basketball, and a season ticket holder in ice hockey, it’s safe to say that I’m somewhat excited about the news I read on footballscoop.com after arriving home late from Philadelphia following […]
Wanted–Great Coaches to Communicate Information about the Triple Option to Players
December 22, 2013
This article introduces key principles to ensure that football coach-player communication is effective and successful: 1- Recognize key complexities. This can best be eliminated by demonstrating where the player has to finish on a block or a run and then break down the physical technique from there. 2- Deliver tangible & visible benefits. Players must […]
How Much Do you Really Know about the Zone Dive? Triple Option Football Academy Quiz Answers
December 22, 2013
The quiz can be found here. 1- 2 2- Playside Tackle 3- Backside Tackle and Guard 4- B 5- Mike 6- Receiver 7- Playside A 8- Backside A 9- Backside Receiver 10- Center Triple Option Football Academy — Online Education for Football Coaches
How Much Do you Really Know about the Zone Dive? Triple Option Football Academy Quiz
December 22, 2013
The Zone Dive is a concept that is utilized in the Triple Option; however, it has a very finite purpose. Disclaimer: The Zone Dive should never be utilized for the sole purpose of taking the read out of the Quarterback’s hands! This form of enabling is unacceptable coaching and will lead to long-term failure unless […]
