Triple Option Defense: Triggers and Cues Over Pre-Snap Dive/QB/Pitch Labels
Most coaches think defending the triple option is a pre-snap math problem. Assign a dive player, a quarterback player, a pitch player, and you’re sound.
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Cone, Connie, Cop: Coaching the Single-Receiver Side of Quarters
The two-receiver side of a split-field call mostly coaches itself. The single-receiver side is where the call lives or dies. A short split by the
Spacing: Stationary Routes, an Outside-In Read, and “When I’m in Trouble, I Double”
Most coaches install spacing as a catch-it-on-the-run concept. Will Stein doesn’t coach it that way. In his words, spacing is “not a movement, catch the
Okie Spy Cover Two: The 3-3-5 That Refuses to Play Soft
The offense you face this fall spent all summer blocking a front you don’t play. Ryan Pugh’s line wants a nose, a three-technique, a five,
Release Footwork Is a Crossover: The Jab, the Foot Fire, and Killing the Rock
The hands win the race for inside position. The feet are what actually move the defender. Summer is when you build that. No game plan
Ride and Decide: The Slick-Ball Option Drill That Reps the Pitch
The option doesn’t give you time to think. The mesh, the read, and the pitch all happen in about a second, and a quarterback who
It’s Not a Sweep, It’s Off-Tackle: The Buck Series, Rule by Rule
Nobody has good film on you. That’s the quiet edge of running the Wing-T, and Coach David Weathersby builds the whole thing on it. Other
Take It Off the Toe: A Volleyball Block-Team Progression for Punts and Field Goals
You can’t rep a live punt block. The ball is too hard, the get-off is too fast, and the ten minutes you get for team
First-Level vs. Second-Level Conflicts: Who Your RPO Actually Controls
You don’t have enough blockers. That’s the whole problem, and it’s the whole point. Five-man surface, six in the box, and no way to account
3 Ideas for Your Play-Action Game This Summer
Play-action is the cheapest explosive play you own. No new block up front, no new route tree. You just punish the defense for the way
