Here's an email I got from a youth coach who says he has had success with the outside veer option.

One more play I intended to mention with which we enjoyed quite a bit of success is the outside veer dive. We simply run a dive back (from a variety of sets) at the outside heel of the playside OT. The QB opens playside and attacks down the LOS to the mesh point. We teach a 2 step lateral move by the QB with a 3rd step with some depth to engage the dive back and to create a short ride.

We, of course leave the dive key unblocked and allow the TE to block inside - usually down on the near LB - or to base him if we would face a 53 look. At times we will flex the TE to get more read time for the QB as the DEs always split with the TE.

Most, if not all of the time, its a give to the dive back. We teach the QB that only a direct attack by the DE on the mesh point would be a pull and keep for him.

The beauty of the play is that it is a super quick hitter and we only have to block 2, maybe 3 defenders near the POA. Obviously if we get the dive back past the LB level a block on the near corner might give us a score.

We do need a quick back, but he need not be a big bruiser. If we can get a bigger guy with a quick first step or two, we can usually make a lot of hay with this simple attack.

We sometimes have the luxury of a QB who can run a little, and other things will open up if the defense loads up on the dive man.

Malcolm Robinson

[Note. I had added the waggle pass to my list of good youth plays about two weeks before I got this letter. Mr. Robinson apparently missed it.