[eflfanatic]

Dimitri,

I like the simultaneous offensive and defensive setup to keep the game moving at a fairly quick pace.

One way to keep it simple, is to just set up your play as it is to be run at the snap of the ball with all players already angled and pivoted in the direction they are to go.

I have read the rules that one coach uses for simutaneous setup and basically the offense and defense set up at the same time and once the offense is setup the coach announces "set" and the defensive coach must immediately stop his setup. If he has a player in his hand then he must immediately place that player on the field.

If the offense does not annouce "set" within the required 40 or 50 seconds then they are flagged for a "delay of game" penalty and if the defense does not immediatly place the player in his hand on the field after the offense declares "set" then they are flagged for the penalty.

Coaches will move and countermove all day long if given the opportunity and that is what slows the game down. Just keep it simple especially for teaching new coaches how to play.