Utilizing the Trips Formation in the Triple Option Offense
March 12, 2017
Trips has a couple of purposes in the Triple Option Offense. This 3X1 formation is utilized to gain a numbers advantage to a single side. The Trips formation aids in several run-based concepts. In addition, throwing the ball out of the Trips formation can be helpful to gain a numbers, angles, or field advantage. Below is the […]
Four Issues that Prevent Progress When Running the Triple Option-Based Football Program
March 11, 2017
Be aware of issues that can stop you from progressing within your Triple Option Football program. There are people you must watch. There are situations of which you must be mindful. There are things that occur for which you must anticipate. And then… there’s the ideas that occur in your own head… which might be your […]
Executing the Zone Option RPO
March 10, 2017
Army ran the Zone Option RPO in the 2016 Spring Game. The Quarterback throws the ball to the Wide Receiver unless the corner bails. If the Corner bails, the Quarterback runs the two-way option versus #2. This concept is another variation of the Triple Option; however, this variation involved a pass (versus the corner) and […]
Georgia Southern Triple Option Offensive Line Technique Video
March 10, 2017
This 27-minute video provides you with Offensive Line drills that Georgia Southern utilized under then-coach Jeff Monken and his staff.
Keep Defensive Linemen from Making the Tackle–Every Time
March 7, 2017
If the Defense aligns with a 2-technique or wider, you cancel him from ever making the tackle–with the Triple Option. The Quarterback reads Defensive Linemen and always makes them wrong in whatever they decide to do. This is the fundamental concept of Navy, Army, Georgia Tech, and the Citadel–and these four programs combined to win 36 games […]
Running Midline Triple Option versus 50 Defense
February 28, 2017
When the defense aligns in an odd front, you can block Midline Triple the same way as Inside Veer Triple. Midline Triple versus 50 defense is great to serve as a counter due to the fact that the Playside A twirls and blocks #3. The key, as always, is to get movement on the action […]
Navy’s Modern-Day Perspective of Midline
February 21, 2017
Navy’s A-Back’s Coach, Danny O’Rourke recently discussed Midline at a February 2017 clinic. Here’s what he had to say: In 2016, Midline is often what they ran versus an Odd Front. The goal of Midline is to keep the Linebackers inside the tackle box through the duration of the play. Backside A-Back leaves at snap (unless […]
3 Things Navy Does “After the Play”
February 21, 2017
According to Navy A-Backs Coach, Danny O’Rourke, once Navy executes the Triple Option, the coaches and players look to answer the following three questions: 1- What did the Mike do? We want him downhill. If he is scraping to the perimeter, then we must hand the ball off where the Mike is not. […]
The Three Ways Navy Makes The Triple Work in Three Practices Per Week
February 20, 2017
Danny O’Rourke, A-Backs Coach at Navy recently stated the following three ways Navy makes the Triple Option Offense work in a three-practice week. 1- Oversimplify the process as this is what makes players play fast. 2- Demand the following without any excuses: Toughness Great effort (grade this!) Perfect ball security Execute accurate technique 3- Have a […]
Six Reasons Why You Run the Triple Option
February 14, 2017
If you want to know why you run the Triple Option, here are six reasons why: You do not have to block any Defensive Linemen outside the Playside Guard–unless you want to do so. This is the opportunity to put your best athletes on the field (not a big-boy driven system–ex. Navy and Army). Flexibility […]
