Successful Podcast pilot project leads to expansion of Option Central Member Audio Library
In the summer of 2023, we launched a pilot project to produce an audio-only version of our most popular clinic presentation videos. The idea was endorsed by Coach Tony DeMeo, and we created a 4 part "soundtrack" for The Triple Gun Run Game entitled The Triple Gun Podcast series. The result was not a podcast in the traditional sense but rather something like an audiobook, but we decided to make the 4 episodes available on a public facing page at Option Central, and also on the CompuSports Radio Network web site (an affiliate of Option Central).
We've decided to produce similar, optimized-for-audio soundtracks for the Triple Gun Pass Game video. A continuation of Coach DeMeo's presentation at the McNally Clinics, the audio version of The Triple Gun Pass game consists of Coach DeMeo's clinic presentation in digital audio format. Option Central Members now have access to both video and audio-only versions of The Triple Gun Run Game and The Triple Gun Pass game, and we plan to produce similar "edited soundtracks" from other videos in our library where the content can be optimized for effective audio-only delivery.
There are 4 "episodes" in The Triple Gun Offense Part II : The Pass Game that "match up" with the videos in the series. All are available now in the Triple Gun section of our Member Resource Library. We created this YouTube short as a preview of the material presented by Coach DeMeo at the McNally Clinic session on the Triple Gun Quick Game.
New page for audio-video podcasts
In order to accommodate the evolving definition of "podcast", we've added a new page for the audio/video enabled episodes of our Chalk Talk Podcast series series in which Tony DeMeo interviews another coach.
The videos include John Strollo talking Offensive Line Play, Steve Gunther and John Iannucci talking Flexbone and Flexbone blocking, Manny Matsakis talking about his Triple Shoot Offense, and Coaches Mike Roark and Joe Daniel talking about Defending the Option from the 3-3 and 4-2-5 respectively.
Member Resource Library Indexes moved to public section - Check out our extensive list of videos on Option Offense, Defending the Option and more. .
We recently moved our 3 index pages that list each and every video included in our Member Video Library. Also included are links to the indexes for our 3 largest collections :
Access to just one of these collections by itself offers a lot of value to our members. Access to all 3, when combined with additional content from countless additional contributors represents a compelling value - something we've always strived to offer to our Option Central members.
New Podcast pilot project : Optimized for Audio version of Triple Gun Video
The new Triple Gun Podcast series is the audio version of a series of Clinic presentations by Coach Tony DeMeo at the McNally Clinics. Collectively, the 4 episodes in Part I of this podcast series deliver an edited and optimized-for-audio version of Coach DeMeo's 2 hour presentation on The Triple Gun Run Game (the video is in our Member Video Library).
Stay tuned for The Triple Gun Offense Part II : The Pass Game when it is released later this month.
New Membership Option - 3 Year Plan (pilot)
Earlier this Summer (July 1, 2023) we began to make adjustments to our plans and pricing. The changes apply to new Memberships purchased after July 1. We always honor active Membership plans, whether currently offered or not, at their existing pricing indefinitely - as long as the user account was active (with payment current) on that date.
New this year is a 3 Year plan "pilot project" which offers the lowest price (per month) of any plan we have offered in our 25 years of existence. The 3 year plan will also be made available to our "grandfathered" existing members, who can lock in additional savings over any previously offered Option Central annual membership plan.
More information about Option Central Memberships is available on our Membership page.
New Web site for S2A System and Coach Rich Hargitt
Always popular with our Option Central Members, the videos from the National RPO Clinic in 2019 featured a number of great presentations on both Offense and Defense from some outstanding coaches and presenters. Co-Founder of the Surface to Air System and sponsor of the clinic, Coach Rich Hargitt is featured in a number of sessions, including the one from which we created this excerpt from one of Rich's RPO clinic sesssions . The video excerpt, along with an audio only clip is posted on our 2019 News Archive page, and the entire 2019 National RPO clinic videos are included in our Member Video Library.
We recently caught up with Coach Hargitt after checking out his new book, The Play Caller's Guide: An Encyclopedia for Attacking Modern Defenses. The link will take you to the new web site address for the S2A System, where you can find the book along with Coach Hargitt's other books, videos and blog posts.
New and improved Play of the Day Index
Our new and improved Play of the Day Index debuted last week, and we think will make it more convenient for Option Central Members and Guests to follow Coach Tony DeMeo's daily posts. The new index page displays the most recent Play of the Day posts, and is updated each time a new play is added. Clicking on the the View Article button opens a new browser tab where the Play can be viewed, while the index itself remains open in the original tab.
The Play of the Day series now includes a couple of variations on the traditional Play of the Day clips, including the newest that opens with Coach DeMeo introducing the play and a few specific things to watch.
New CoachTube course - Practice is Sacred now available - Free to many Option Central Members
Practice is Sacred - Coaching the Triple Gun Offense is now available. In this new CoachTube course, Tony DeMeo explains his philosophy and approach to organizing and conducting practice and drills for his Triple Gun Offense. To Coach DeMeo, "Practice is Sacred".
Unlike other courses from Coach DeMeo that "are all about WHAT to do", this is a course about "HOW to do it"... how to organize practice, teach the skills and conduct the drills in a way the enables you to maximize "reps" - a requirement to successfully run the Triple Gun Offense The course includes Daily and Weekly practice structure, Game week preparation and practice video that features Coach DeMeo teaching the fundamentals of the Triple Gun Option and Quick Game to High School QB's, RB's and Receivers.
Practice is Sacred - Coaching the Triple Gun Offense combines presentation material from Coach DeMeo's Triple Gun webinars with specially selected practice video in our first course for 2023. It follows Coaching the Gun Triple, The Triple Gun Jet Sweep series and the Triple Gun Empty package - all released last year, and is available now on the CoachTube platform.
Coaches with an active Option Central Membership at the time of release for ANY of our CoachTube course's can Click Here to Contact Us to request a Coupon to view the new course as a free complimentary Member benefit.
Play of the Day with audio now on our YouTube Channel
The Option Central YouTube Channel, includes virtually every one of the free videos on this news page and those from previous years, our video page, and our Play of the Day Chalk Talk page. We just added The Stretch Pass from Coach Tony DeMeo's Triple Gun Offense, which Triple Gunnners know is his favorite Play Action pass in a new type of video format.
We worked with Coach DeMeo to produce a variation of his Play of the Day series that adds voiceover from Coach DeMeo, who introduces the play and mentions a few specific things to watch. The new format is shorter in length and less detailed than the 85+ Play of the Day Chalk Talks and similar videos that are included here at Option Central in our Members Video Library, on Coach DeMeo's Virtual Playbook series DVDs, and in many of his CoachTube courses. We think the audio adds something and plan to produce more of these with Coach DeMeo.
Coaching the Gun Triple CoachTube course now available
Coaching the Gun Triple, a CoachTube course produced in collaboration with Tony DeMeo, focuses entirely on the core play of The Triple Gun Offense - The Gun Triple. In Coaching the Gun Triple , Coach DeMeo explains and illustrates the details of executing the Gun Triple- the play that is designed to be run 25 to 30 times in a game. Included is the use of formations and motion to get the look you want, get a head start on the play, and put defenders in a bad position. Also included are detailed assignments and techniquites for each position, blocking adjustments, and Gun Triple variations.
Like our most recent courses, Coaching the Gun Triple combines presentation material from Coach DeMeo's Triple Gun webinars with specially selected game video in our Play of the Day Chalk Talk format. The new course follows The Triple Gun Jet Sweep series and the Triple Gun Empty package - released earlier this year, and is available now on the CoachTube platform.
Coaches with an active Option Central Membership at the time of the course's release can Click Here to Contact Us to request a Coupon to view the new course as a complimentary Member benefit.
Adding the Jet Sweep and Empty Package to an Option (or any) Offense: Two new CoachTube courses now available
As we continue to make more of our originally-produced content available on the CoachTube platform, our starting point of late has been the Triple Gun Webinars that we sponsored a number of years ago. Still relevant today, the recordings of Tony DeMeo's 8 Triple Gun webinars that spanned two years and covered 16 different topics remain widely popular with our members who are able to view them in their original form in our Video Library.
Since publishing our first CoachTube course a few years ago, we've fine-tuned our courses to combine optimized presentation material with specially-selected videos from our Chalk Talk library.
The Triple Gun Jet Sweep series and the Triple Gun Empty package are available now on the CoachTube platform.
Coaches with an active Option Central Membership at the time of each course's release can Click Here to Contact Us to request a Coupon to view the new courses as a complimentary Member benefit.
Attacking Defenses with the Triple Gun Offense - our new CoachTube Course series is now available
Attacking the 3-4 Defense with the Triple Gun Offense, the third in the our latest series of CoachTube courses, focuses on the weaknesses inherent in a 3-4 Defense and how to attack the 3-4 with the Triple Gun (and for that matter - ANY Offense !) This series of courses leverages CoachTube's outstanding learning platform by using videos from our Chalk Talk series to reinforce material from Coach Tony DeMeo’s information-packed Webinars. Also included in the Attacking Defenses series of courses is Attacking the 4-3 Defense, and Attacking the 4-4 Defense .
While Option Central Members already have access to full length recordings of Coach DeMeo's entire series of webinars in our Member Resource Library, Attacking the 3-4 Defense with the Triple Gun Offense, like others in the Attacking Defenses series delivers an enhanced presentation of the webinar material. The new courses feature short, topical-based lessons that are interspersed with Chalk Talk videos that were hand-selected by Coach DeMeo to illustrate the course content with game video that features narration and telestration, along with "Chalk Talk" style play diagrams.
CoachTube courses are a complimentary Member benefit to coaches with an active Option Central Membership at the time of the course's release. Existing members may Contact Us to request a Coupon for a free course as a complimentary Member benefit.