Category Archives: Quarterbacks

Breaking Down the Triple Option Quarterback’s Mechanics and Reads

Guest Football Coaching Blog Post This is the second part of a guest blog post on the Triple Option Quarterback’s Mechanics and Reads by Levi Steier. You can follow him on his Twitter Handle, OptionFootball. If you’re interested in guest posting for Strong Football, email CoachCP at editor[at]strongfootballcoach.com.

In Part 1, Breaking Down the Option Quarterback’s Responsibilities, we discussed the option quarterback’s responsibilities and thought processes from the time he breaks the huddle, through the mesh, and up until the first read. We will now move on to the read phases of the triple and progress through to…

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Breaking Down the Triple Option Quarterback’s Responsibilities

Guest Football Coaching Blog Post This is the first part of a guest blog post on the Triple Option Quarterback’s Responsibilities by Levi Steier. You can follow him on his Twitter Handle, OptionFootball. If you’re interested in guest posting for Strong Football, email CoachCP at editor[at]strongfootballcoach.com.

Developing the option quarterback is an essential aspect of most offenses, and this is certainly true for option football. In an option football scheme it is the single most important element of success. The reality is an option football play can be blocked perfectly, but if the option quarterback makes an incorrect read, the result will likely be a loss, or…

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Eliminating False Start Penalties

Yep, every offensive football coach deals with false start penalties. Every coach tries to deal with it after they notice the problem. Coaches, here’s your issue, it’s too late if it’s already a problem. Sure, you may help the issue. But if your offensive line coach AND the quarterbacks coach didn’t start planning it from day 1, you’re going to have issues.

Why do I say the quarterback’s coach as well? Because the Quarterbacks have to change their cadence on every snap in team as well so the whole offense gets used to it.

Changing The Cadence in Practice – Offensive Line

I feel like this year, our freshmen squad…

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Coaching the Spread Offense

Spread Offense Philosophy

Let me start by saying I typically don’t like the idea of making a general term apply to an offense. Each offense is different. The typcial spread offense that is seen in college and high school football today, by definition, is designed to attack the football field horizontally and vertically by using player leverage and field spacing. That’s basically the one aspect of the spread offense that is applicable for all teams.

So basically, this is my plead for all coaches, calling your offense the spread offense is limiting and lacks seriously detail. You’re creative, tell people that you like to “make defenses defend the width and…

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Load Option versus Defensive Ends that Spill

How the Load Option Can Defeat Defensive Ends that Spill

I hate defensive ends that spill. They irritate I formation offensive coordinators. The defensive end spills power or some other off-tackle play and the linebacker or safety replaces him. It’s a good theory for defenses that want to use their speed and the sideline to give I formation teams fits.

What is Load Option Option

Depending on your terminology, Load Option is the ability to block someone who is responsible for one aspect of the option on defense. For teams that spill, I like to use what I call load option on the defensive end. If a team follows block down…

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