Adding triple option to a multiple spread offense is extremely difficult to defend. Chad Johnson, Head Coach at Mission Viejo High School accomplishes that in two ways.
The first way is by running zone read with 2 backs. The second is with bubble screens.
The video, Triple Option RPO, is a part of Coach Johnson's Multiple Spread System on Glazier Drive.
🏈 Spread offense contains elements of triple option.
🏈 They still use "pull" key and "pitch" key to identify the primary and secondary defenders they are reading in the RPO game.
🏈 They run triple option zone read where the QB will read the backside Defensive End. If forced to pull, will move on to the second option which is the force defender. The QB will either pitch or keep it and run.
🏈 The rules for the primary read are the same as inside zone. We are reading the DE through the mesh. If the DE closes down and turns his shoulders we are pulling the football.
🏈 Once the football has been pulled, the QB will move on to the secondary read which is always the force defender. If the force defender attacks the QB, he will pitch, if the defender retreats or widens, the QB will turn upfield.
🏈 The pitch relationship between the QB and the RB is always 5 yards away and 2 yards behind. We coach, if you are going to make a mistake, be 6 x 3 not 4 x 1. The pitch man will stay with the QB all the way down the field, keeping the relationship until the play is over.
🏈 The rules for perimeter blocking are very important to this play. We use the word "cruise" which means the inside receiver on the backside of the play will identify and block #3. The DE is #1 and first defender outside the DE is #2. Do not block #1 or #2. If #3 is a post safety check for a wrap backer before moving on to #3.
