Ty’s Take: Attacking The Flag Football Perimeter
Here at FirstDown PlayBook we hope you have been keeping up with our very own Ty Johnson as she continues to provide help for flag football coaches and players. Ty is veteran national flag football player, coach and talent evaluator. Ty’s Take is a constant work in progress that provides you professional flag football diagrams and an instructional video along with it.
Today we want to take a quick look at two similar flag football run pass option plays. Of course flag football RPO’s are different than tackle football. When you run a flag football RPO you are essentially giving your quarterback the option to run the ball, hand it off or throw it.
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There are several benefits that come with RPO’s like Coach Ty is featuring here. The first obvious benefit is that it gets your quarterback in a position to be a dual threat. If your league allows your quarterback to run the ball then these sprint plays are an excellent way to feature your quarterback as a dual threat.
Even if your league or tournament does not allow your quarterback to run these plays are an effective way to get your flag football quarterback moving towards the targeted receiver. If your quarterback is young with a developing arm you immediately see the benefits.
Another point we want to make here is that when you sprint to the perimeter you do not need to be a one trick pony with your two receiver concepts. Here you will see that Coach Ty is incorporating a smash high low concept on the first play. Also notice these plays are drawn on a regulation flag football field.
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Then she comes back with the second play and attacks the edge with a fade and a quick out. Some coaches call this concept Ohio while others call it Orbit. The important thing to understand is that there is a pure progression read for your quarterback of one to two to run.
Last point before you watch these helpful Ty’s Take videos. Notice how she mixes up her motions to create pass protection for the quarterback. These motions can and should be incorporated with other run and pass plays to create hesitation on the part of the flag football defense.
