3-3 Stack Principles for Stopping the Read Option

Run/pass options have become fashionable in football leagues across the country. Well-executed RPOs are effective at forcing defenses to break down as they scramble to cover the field.

Coach Ernst provides in-depth coaching points that will place your players in the best position to stop run/pass options. This includes explaining how RPO quarterbacks are supposed to read defensive lineman and if so, how a defense can respond to place pressure on an athletic quarterback.

You'll see how to analyze an opponent that uses the spread option offense. Then, once you've broken down your opponent, the principles Ernst shows will be what you need to make a great game plan with the 3-3.

Game Film Analysis

Coach Ernst provides well-executed examples of stopping RPOs, as well as examples of long offensive gains. He shows the positive and negative results his team has produced and the adjustments and coaching points you need to make in order to correct mistakes. From this footage, you'll see how having defenders in the proper position and angle while using the correct technique can stop RPO offensive attacks.

Coach Ernst gives you everything you need to know about stopping run/pass options. You'll learn the techniques, player mindset, defensive coverages, and communication methods that will bring RPO offenses to their knees!

50 minutes. 2016.