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RollYourQuarterbackOutandWinMoreGames

Footballteamsrangingfromthehighschoolleveldowntotheyouthfootballlevelwillneverbesuccessfulpassingtheball.Doyoubelievethis?Manycoachesandfootballbystandersdo.Idonot.Inmyexperience,ifyou'retryingtohavesuccesswithfiveorsevenstepdrops,thenmyopeningstatementistrue.However,ifyouimplementtheshorterthree

-stepdropandroll-outs,youcandefinitelyhavesuccesspassingtheballwithyoungsters.Let'stakeacloserlookatthetypesofroll-outsyoucanusewithyouryouthfootballteamtogainthosecrucialyardsnecessarytomovethechains.1)BasicWideRoll-OutThebasicideabehindtheroll-outistocreatepressureonthedefenderstomakeadecisiononwhethertodefendtherunorpass.Atthesnap,yourquarterbackrunstotheleftorrightbehindthelineofscrimmageinsteadofdroppingstraightback.Asyourquarterback"rollsout",thecornerbackorlinebackerincoveragetothatsidemustmakeadecision:Dotheycommittostoppingthequarterbackfromrunningorstayinpasscoverage?

Ifthedefenderstaysincoverage,thequarterbackcanthrowifthereceiverisopenortakeoffandrunifthereceiveriscovered.Ifthedefenderdecidestocomeuptostoptherun,youmayhaveawideopenreceiverforyourquarterbacktopassto.2)ShortRoll-OutOnashortroll-out,you'llinstructyourquarterbacktomovejustpastthetackle.Thistypeofroll-outgivesyouthesameadvantagesasexplainedinthe"wide"roll-outwiththeaddedoptionofthethrowbackpasstothesideoppositethatofyourquarterback'sroll-outdirection.3)Sprint-OutThesprint-outisaroll-outwhereyourquarterbackwilltakeaquickerandmoreshallowroutealongthelineashemovesbehindtherunningbacks.Usually,you'llhavetwoorthreereceivers(half-back,tightend,flanker)ontheplayside

runquickoutsorhookssothequarterbackcangettheballoutquickly.Youcanalsohavethequarterbackgiveaquickpitchtoahalf-backrollingoutinfrontoftheQB.4)BootlegWhereasinthepreviouslymentionedroll-outtypesyourquarterbackmovesinthesamedirectionastherunningbacks,onabootleghemovesintheoppositedirection.Atthesnap,yourquarterbackwillfaketoarunningback,thenrolltotheoppositesideofthefield.Abootlegisgoodinshortyardagesituationsoratthegoalline.Asthedefensereactstotheflowoftheplayinonedirection,yourquarterbackismovingwiththeballintheoppositedirectionandwillusuallyfindanopenareainwhichtorunorpassinto.

Someteamswillhavealinemanpullouttoprovideextraprotectionwhilesomerunapure"naked"bootwhereonlythequarterbackrollsoppositetheinitialflowdirection.5)WaggleTherearedifferentopinionsonwhatconstitutesawaggle.Somecoachescallitawagglewhenthequarterbackfakestooneortworunningbacksandthenrollsbehindthebacksastheyallmoveinthesamedirection.Othercoachescallitawagglewhenthequarterbackmakesthefakeandthenmovesoutintheoppositedirectionasexplainedaboveinthe"bootleg"section.Usually,thepullinglinemanisemployedinthistypeofroll-out.I'veoftenfoundthatyoungoffensivelinemanhavetroubleholdingoutdefenderslongenoughforthefiveandseven-stepdrops.Plus,theroll-outsdescribedabovewillmostlikelyopenupmorereceiversforyouasmanyyouthdefenderswill

getconfusedonwhethertocomeupfortherunorstaybackincoverage.It'suptoyou,butifyoudesiresuccesswithpassingthefootballintheyouthleagues,Ihighlyrecommendyougetgoodatemployingsomeformoftheroll-out

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