The Pistol-Flex Triple Option – Specific Drills

Option football lives or dies on daily reps, and this is the practice video for the Pistol-Flex Triple Option. Simon Fraser University coach Paul Markowski outlines the specific option drills he uses to sharpen execution, with most of the attention on the quarterback - the footwork, the reads and the exchanges that decide whether the offense functions on Friday night. Each drill is explained in enough detail that you can run it in your own individual period without guessing at the coaching points.

What you'll learn

• Quarterback footwork drills for the veer play
• Quarterback footwork drills for the midline play
• Quarterback read drills for the veer
• Quarterback read drills for the midline
• The quarterback pitch drill and how to coach the pitch relationship
• The mesh drill and the ball-handling detail behind a clean ride and decide
• How the drill work ties directly back to the plays in the Pistol-Flex offense

Who it's for

High school and college quarterbacks coaches and option coordinators who need a practice plan for triple option execution, whether they run the Pistol-Flex, a flexbone or a veer-based attack.

About the coach

Paul Markowski coached fullbacks at Simon Fraser University and developed the Pistol-Flex Triple Option, a hybrid of the Pistol and the Flexbone.

This is the fourth and final video of Coach Markowski's four-part package on the Pistol-Flex Triple Option.