also: load option · quarterback option
An option run with no dive phase. The quarterback attacks the edge immediately with a pitch man beside him, and reads one defender to decide whether to keep or pitch.
The quarterback takes the snap and attacks the edge immediately, with a back running a pitch relationship outside and slightly behind him. He reads one defender: if that defender takes him, he pitches; if the defender takes the pitch man, he keeps.
The absence of a dive is what defines it. That makes it much faster to install than a triple option, because there is only one read and no mesh to teach. It makes it much easier to defend, because the defense only has to account for two things.
The pitch relationship is the technical requirement most staffs underestimate: the pitch man has to maintain a specific distance and angle while running full speed, and a pitch made to somebody in the wrong place is a turnover rather than an incompletion.
load optionveer, zone read, toss and pitchReachable at youth level in a way triple option is not, because there is one read and no mesh. The pitch is still a live-ball turnover risk every time, which is the honest trade.