Sports-Triple Option Football Explained

Triple option football has all three elements of different styles of running attacks - speed, strength and finesse.

Homer Rice is recognized for inventing triple option football. At his retirement as Georgia Tech's athletic director in 1997. Previously he was head coach at Kentucky, Oklahoma, Cincinnati and Rice. Mr. Rice also known as athletic director at Rice and North Carolina as well as a brief as head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals.
But it was when he was coaching high school in the 1950s that he worked with triple option football. The two usual triple option styles are the collarbone and Veer.
The basic idea behind this offensive set, from the defensive and released towards the end to double-team the linebacker with an extra offensive lineman. This brings an element of power to this basically finesse type of running attack.
The "Wishbone" style of triple option football gets its name from the alignment of the spine. They have a quarterback, a full back directly behind him and then two halfbacks split behind the full back. On the snap, the quarterback and the football is in the full back's gut as he reads the defensive fighting.
If the QB sees the solution, which are outside the responsibility to hand it to the full back. If the solution takes place within the QB keeps the ball and the full back blocked the solution. Now the quarterback of the attention on the defensive end. When the end comes to him, he pitches to the halfback who are behind the game.
The quarterback has a lot of responsibility in the triple-option football. He must first ensure that there is no confusion with his first option (regardless of whether the handoffs of the full back or not) in order to prevent a fumble. It must also be a good pitchout to his halfback. Further complications may arise if the QB makes the wrong read on the defensive against or at the end.
Here is a way to teach the quarterback to read the end - if it is the end of the series, he should pitch the football as the end is likely to come to him. If he is at the end of the line of scrimmage next to the halfback, the QB should have the ball. The quarterback is also a space for other possibilities, even his halfback, as he makes his way down field.
The "Veer" style of triple-option is a football element. Bill Yeoman invented the Veer in 1965 as coach of the Houston Cougars. That is why you hear them referred to as "Houston Veer". Yeoman replaces the full back with a wide receiver and split end.
Now is the QB the first option is the diving halfback (no full back). The option pitchout then goes to the other halfback in the crowd. The tight end helps the defensive end wide by a great divide. On the snap, the tight end arc around the end (do not forget that the end is left unblocked) to block anyone who tries to the quarterback (usually a safety). The wide-out over the back corner.
Author : Matt Zavadil