The play that logically follows the dive is the option. In our terminology, when we say "option" we will fake to the FB and option the end man on the LOS. When we say "veer" we will run a true triple option where there is a "read man" and an "option man." first the option.
Lots of coaches nation wide talk about how difficult the option is to coach and teach. It really isn't - when you sell it this way. Probably the most successful play in Pop Warner football is the QB takes the ball and runs around the end, right?
The Option play here is just that: get the ball and run around the end; just throw in a fake to the FB along the way to get the defense to suck in on him, so you can run and gain more yards. And Oh, if you are threatened by a defender on that sweep, just pitch the ball to the TB right before you get tackled and let him run on the outside.
When we use the same alignment and motion as we do on the dive play (to make everything look the same) the play develops as follows:
1. The WB's motion will take him into the bastard split. When the ball is snapped, he will continue to a point behind the SE and then he will arc up field. He is responsible for blocking the force man who is usually responsible for the pitch back. This defender usually has some pass coverage responsibility as well as the pitch back, and for the first 2 seconds after the ball is snapped must honor the release of the WB and will drop for pass coverage. The WB will drive to the outside shoulder of the SS, take him as deep as he can in pass coverage and then stalk block him keeping him to the inside.
There's a lot more of this explanation at the website: www.jvm.com/coachfree You can read that there. What I will do is to add some comments here from experience.
First: One of the things we started doing more of was to put the WB into extended motion beyond the SE. This automatically would give us a 'soft corner' most of the time. After all, when you motion wide, someone has to cover him, right? Even a QB with poor skills could "shot-put" him the ball out there if no one covered him.
What we would do is to stand on the sidelines and look at the DE. When he would step down to take the FB, we would then call Dive option 48. The QB would pull the ball on the fake (and I would tell the QB to ride the ball in there till the DE would step down when this play is called), he then 'bubbles' around the collision made by the FB & DE, and then options the force man out there somewhere int he flat. It is the job of the QB to run at the inside shoulder of the Force man - forcing him to make a decision. If he takes the QB, he pitches it to the TB running wide. If the force man goes to pitch, the QB continues to run. Simple.
The deal is this: We want everything on the first 4 steps of this play to look exactly the same as it would be on the dive play and for other "companion plays that we have, like Dive Option 48 Pass (which by the way is the most successful footabll pass play I have run over a 4 decade career - we will talk about that play next session), the counter play, the bootleg etc.We also want the steps to be the same as for the our Veer play which is our triple option. And also the same steps for our counter play and out Dive option 48 pass which is the most successful pass play we ran over a 4 decade experience.
Some years you have a QB that makes good decisions and can run the veer. Other years not so good. Those years we do not run the veer, but the defense does not know that everything is predetermined. To them it all looks the same.
The QB just gets the ball and runs around the end like he always has done . . . and maybe pitch the ball right before he gets tackles to gain more yards.
The key point is the steps of the QB, especially the ride step into the line, and the bubble step away from the line on step 5.
I would tell the QB to put the ball in the FB's belly long enought to get the DE to step down. Then bubble around. But I repeat myself, you get the point.
Remember to read the details from the playbook. Also: video of the play is up online at www.maxcast.com/EQualizer. Scroll the play list to view the video.
Have Fun.
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