Houston Veer Dive Option
This is from the Veer offense that De La Salle ran to win 151 consecutive games in a row. A record that still stands as the longest win streak in all of sports. It’s a very simple offense. They were a high school team that ran the Veer as an Option offense. In youth football we run it as consecutive plays. One play sets up the next.
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The quarterback is under center, takes the snap and can read the end and decide if he wants to give the ball to the dive back. If the end crashes inside, he keeps it and runs a quarterback off tackle or quarterback sweep. If he sweeps and they eventually get to him, he pitches it to the pitchback.
The quarterback can also fake the hand off to the Dive back and keep it himself and hit the Off Tackle hole (no 6) if that hole opens up. You can even call these plays in order that way. Notice the arrow in the Off Tackle hole.
In youth football, you will call Veer Dive, Veer Off Tackle, and then Veer QB Sweep in consecutive order. The Dive sets up the defenders to bite inside, and the quarterback keeps it and runs the Sweep. Don’t complicate it for the youth players. The defenders will bite every time. The quarterback can always yell, “Same play, same play” before running the Sweep.
You can also use this formation to pass and do almost anything you want. A Tight End Sprint Out pass is very easy to run. So would a reverse. You can do the reverse inside to the tight end or outside to the wide receiver. Be creative. Just make sure you block it correctly. In youth football, helmet on helmet drive blocking generally does the job.
Veer Dive Pass
You line up in the Veer formation again and this time the quarterback fakes the Dive and pulls the ball. He can run the Sweep himself if there is a lot of green grass in front of him, or find the tight end immediately on a deep seam pass (Pop Pass).
The preferred receiver in this play is the tight end. If the safety comes up and guards the tight end, he can break it to the sideline. You also have a crosser coming across the formation, which is always completely uncovered in youth football.
In the course that comes with this book, there are several great Veer Offensive Playbooks you can download. But you get the idea. Select a formation and run those nine plays from that formation.
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