FirstDown PlayBook FlexBone Veer Option Coaching Points
Every now and then FirstDown PlayBook likes to cut through all of the social media jargon and quite frankly the testosterone that shows up this time of year. We like to just pick one of our 35,000-40,000 football plays and show you how we coach it. Today we feature our FlexBone Veer Option with detailed coaching points.
We also invite you to watch the video at the end where we coach up the FlexBone Slot Isolation Misdirection play. FirstDown PlayBook coaches take these plays and marry them to create sequences that are hard to defend.
FORMATION: FLEXBONE
PLAY: INSIDE VEER TRIPLE OPTION
DESCRIPTION:
-TRIPLE OPTION PLAY RUN OFF OF THE INSIDE VEER TO THE FULLBACK.
-THE QB WILL EITHER:
-GIVE THE BALL TO THE FULLBACK.
-KEEP THE FOOTBALL.
-PITCH THE FOOTBALL TO THE ORBIT MOTION BACK.
-THESE DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY READING TWO SEPARATE KEYS.
-THE DIVE OR READ KEY (#1) DICTATES TO THE QB TO GIVE THE BALL OR KEEP THE BALL.
-THE PITCH KEY (#2) DICTATES TO THE QB TO KEEP THE BALL OR PITCH THE BALL.
-THE SUPPORT OR FORCE PLAYER WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS #3 AND THE PLAY SIDE BACK WILL BLOCK HIM.
COACHING POINTS:
QUARTERBACK:
-SEND THE ORBIT BACK IN MOTION WITH FOOT OR VERBAL CUE.
-ON THE SNAP OPEN UP SLIGHTLY PAST 3:00 OR 9:00.
-EXTEND THE BALL SLIGHTLY PAST YOUR BACK HIP TO THE FULLBACK WITH ARMS SLIGHTLY BENT.
-KEEP YOUR EYES ON #1 AS YOU RIDE THE FULLBACK TO THE LOS.
-RIDE THE FULLBACK TO YOUR FRONT HIP.
-GIVE THE BALL TO THE FULLBACK UNLESS #1 CRASHES DOWN HARD INSIDE.
-IF #1 CRASHES HARD INSIDE KEEP THE FOOTBALL AND ATTACK THE C GAP.
-GET DOWNHILL AND MAKE #2 COMMIT TO YOU OR THE PITCH BACK.
-KEEP THE FOOTBALL UNLESS #2 ATTACKS AND TRIES TO TACKLE YOU.
-IF #2 ATTACKS YOU PITCH THE BALL TO THE ORBIT BACK WHO IS IN PITCH PHASE.
FULLBACK:
-TAKE A SHORT 6 INCH STEP AIMING AT THE INSIDE HIP OF THE GUARD.
-MESH WITH THE QB AND THE FOOTBALL.
-READ THE FIRST D-LINEMAN INSIDE OF THE #1 KEY.
ORBIT MOTION BACK:
-GO IN ORBIT MOTION ON THE QB’S CUE.
-GET TO THE HOME POSITION OF THE FORMATION.
-CONTINUE TO THE PLAYSIDE GETTING IN PITCH PHASE WITH THE QB.
-MAKE #2 TAKE YOU OR THE QB. DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO TAKE BOTH.
PLAY SIDE BACK:
-ARC TO BLOCK THE SUPPORT OR FORCE PLAYER (#3).
-THE DEFENDER MAY BE IN THE SECONDARY OR HE MAY BE IN THE BOX.
-THIS COMMUNICATION MUST TAKE PLACE BETWEEN YOU, THE QB AND TACKLE.
-IT MUST BE DESIGNATED WHO IS #1, #2 AND #3.
Don’t Be Scared To Take A Shot Out Of This Formation
WR’s:
Play Side: CORNER ON YOUR SIDE.
Back Side: BACKSIDE CUTOFF.
PLAY SIDE TACKLE:
1. IF THE PLAY SIDE GUARD IS COVERED SEAL THE B AGP & THEN WORK UP TO THE PLAY SIDE LB.
2. IF THE PLAY SIDE LB IS BLOCKED OR GONE CONTINUE ON TO THE BACKSIDE SAFETY.
3. IF THE PLAY SIDE GUARD IS UNCOVERED OUTSIDE RELEASE TO SEAL THE PLAY SIDE LB.
PLAY SIDE GUARD:
-COVERED: BASE BLOCK & EXPECT HELP FROM THE TACKLE.
-UNCOVERED:
-NO A GAP DEFENDER-BASE SECOND LEVEL.
-IF THERE IS AN A GAP DEFENDER SEAL A GAP UP TO BACKSIDE LB.
CENTER:
-SHADE STRONG: BASE AND EXPECT HELP FROM THE PLAY SIDE GUARD.
-HEAD UP NG OR SHADE WEAK: SCOOP THE ZERO NG OR SHADE TO THE BACKSIDE SAFETY.
BACKSIDE GUARD AND TACKLE:
-FULL SCOOP THE BACKSIDE A AND B GAPS.
– WORK TO SECOND LEVEL AFTER WINNING WITH LEVERAGE AT THE LOS.
