3-Step, 5-Step and Sprint Out Passing Game-The Spread Option

Nathan Cochran
Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator Blackburn College
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Last fall Blackburn College established a school record for total offense averaging nearly 350 yards per game. Part of the team's success was due to their 3-Step, 5-Step and Sprint Out Passing Game. In this video, Nate Cochran, Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator for Blackburn, details his team's three types of passing attacks as well as route concepts and gap protection. Coach Cochran explains his concepts of 'Aggressive Gap Protection' and 'Softest Coverage/Shortest Throw.'

In this video, you will learn from Coach Cochran:
*Gap protection in the 3-Step, 5-Step and Sprint Out Passing Game.
*Individual gap responsibility based on defensive fronts.
*The concept of 'Aggressive Gap Protection' for the Sprint Out Passing Game.
*The 3-Step passing concept of 'Softest Coverage/Shortest Throw.'
*Individual route concepts for the 3-Step Passing Game including the hitch, slant, shoot, and fade routes.
*The meshing concept in the 3-step, 5-step, and Sprint Out Passing Game.

This video contains extensive use of game film analysis.

2007-37minutes