October 30, 2013
Before the 2010 season, Riverwood HS (GA) had not won five (5) games in a season since 2005. In 2011, after running a camp with Lou Cella as Camp Director, Riverwood High School (GA) won five (5) games in a season for the first time since 2005. “When we arrived at Riverwood in 2008, we realized quickly how undersized […]
October 30, 2013
The Odd Stack has several variations…. One of which is to align with the Spurs as 9 techniques. This is the old-school version of the Odd Stack. Unfortunately, this defense has vital flaws. The Sprint Pass was the statistically utilized non-playaction pass by Triple Option masters, Georgia Tech from 2008-2010. This concept gets the ball […]
October 29, 2013
The Triple Option Football Academy Clinic is held March 28-29, 2014 at Lackawanna College in Scranton, PA. Triple Option Football Academy camp directors, college, and high school coaches are present to teach you the authentic Flexbone Triple Option system in an advanced setting. You will learn how to run the high school football Flexbone Triple […]
October 29, 2013
Right here: Running Triple versus the 3-5-3–Player-by-Player Breakdown: Triple Option Football Academy Podcast _____________________________________________ In this episode, Triple Option Football Academy Owner, Lou Cella gives a player-by-player breakdown of the Triple Option versus the 3-5-3 defense. System The Big Idea in 171 Words Here’s the problem. If you can’t block defensive linemen, you’ll never […]
October 29, 2013
When Running the Triple Option Offense inside the opponent’s five-yard line, the first thing the Offense must do is align in the Heavy Formation… This creates the extra gap for the offense, and due to the extra gap, the best play of choice is the Follow play. UNLESS the playside linebacker aligns within […]
October 29, 2013
The Playside Receiver’s assignment on Triple Option is to block the Near Deep Defender. The Near Deep Defender is the Defender covering the zone to the Playside. Usually, the Near Deep Defender is the off-corner UNLESS the off-corner clouds at the snap–if so, then the Near Deep Defender is whoever is covering the zone to […]
October 28, 2013
System The Big Idea in 171 Words Here’s the problem. If you can’t block defensive linemen, you’ll never move the ball, you’ll never score points, and you’ll never win a game. You need to understand why this disconnect occurs to overcome it and win. ______________________________________ “I know many coaches would rather install an offense the […]
October 26, 2013
Often times in high school football, the defense aligns without a safety. So many high school defenses are so overly run conscious, they are fearless in defending the pass. The Triple Pass is utilized when the safety flies up on Triple/Midline. So where there’s NO safety… Triple Pass is your call. Triple Pass Rules PR- […]
October 26, 2013
When defenses align with eight-man fronts and the offense brings the Receiver over, the defense is forced to declare what they are doing. In this situation, the safety cheats over to align on #3. This is the most common way high school teams align versus Over. Triple Right is called… because there is a 3-technique […]
October 26, 2013
The Rocket Toss works well against the Bear front because there is no playside inside linebacker, just a Mike on the Midline. The Playside Inside Linebacker makes the majority of the tackles on Rocket Toss. Since there is no second-level scraper, the Toss works well. This situation is equivalent to a linebacker blitzing as […]