By David Huizar
Football teams ranging from the high school level down to theyouth football level will never be successful passing the ball.
Do you believe this? Many coaches and football bystanders do. Ido not.
In my experience, if you're trying to have success with five orseven step drops, then my opening statement is true. However, ifyou implement the shorter three-step drop and roll-outs, you candefinitely have success passing the ball with youngsters.
Let's take a closer look at the types of roll-outs you can usewith your youth football team to gain those crucial yardsnecessary to move the chains.
1) Basic Wide Roll-Out
The basic idea behind the roll-out is to create pressure on thedefenders to make a decision on whether to defend the run orpass. At the snap, your quarterback runs to the left or rightbehind the line of scrimmage instead of dropping straight back.
As your quarterback "rolls out", the cornerback or linebacker incoverage to that side must make a decision: Do they commit tostopping the quarterback from running or stay in pass coverage?
If the defender stays in coverage, the quarterback can throw ifthe receiver is open or take off and run if the receiver iscovered. If the defender decides to come up to stop the run, youmay have a wide open receiver for your quarterback to pass to.
2) Short Roll-Out
On a short roll-out, you'll instruct your quarterback to movejust past the tackle. This type of roll-out gives you the sameadvantages as explained in the "wide" roll-out with the addedoption of the throwback pass to the side opposite that of yourquarterback's roll-out direction.
3) Sprint-Out
The sprint-out is a roll-out where your quarterback will take aquicker and more shallow route along the line as he moves behindthe running backs. Usually, you'll have two or three receivers(half-back, tight end, flanker) on the play side run quick outsor hooks so the quarterback can get the ball out quickly. Youcan also have the quarterback give a quick pitch to a half-backrolling out in front of the QB.
4) Bootleg
Whereas in the previously mentioned roll-out types yourquarterback moves in the same direction as the running backs, ona bootleg he moves in the opposite direction. At the snap, yourquarterback will fake to a running back, then roll to theopposite side of the field.
A bootleg is good in short yardage situations or at the goalline. As the defense reacts to the flow of the play in onedirection, your quarterback is moving with the ball in theopposite direction and will usually find an open area in whichto run or pass into.
Some teams will have a lineman pull out to provide extraprotection while some run a pure "naked" boot where only thequarterback rolls opposite the initial flow direction.
5) Waggle
There are different opinions on what constitutes a waggle. Somecoaches call it a waggle when the quarterback fakes to one ortwo running backs and then rolls behind the backs as they allmove in the same direction.
Other coaches call it a waggle when the quarterback makes thefake and then moves out in the opposite direction as explainedabove in the "bootleg" section. Usually, the pulling lineman isemployed in this type of roll-out.
I've often found that young offensive lineman have troubleholding out defenders long enough for the five and seven-stepdrops. Plus, the roll-outs described above will most likely openup more receivers for you as many youth defenders will getconfused on whether to come up for the run or stay back incoverage.
It's up to you, but if you desire success with passing thefootball in the youth leagues, I highly recommend you get goodat employing some form of the roll-out into your playbook.
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