plays and game day

[andre kc]

whats a good way to call your plays on game day, do you use a play book or do you keep the play book in your head?

[Coach_J]

Hi Andre,

It is not a bad idea to have a play book. However, like in actual football you need to know and keep the plays in your head. That is my .02 cents worth.

Coach J

[Coach K-LO]

good question....

I should put it in an article about the "first 15 play" that I learned from the teachings of Bill Walsh.

Anyway, here is a little something I would do to get started. It does not always workout like this, but remember it's a starting point.

As far as offensive play calling, I like to keep things simple at first to "test" the waters. In order for my team to move the ball down field successfully, I need to find some weak spots in the defense.

You can find out by running the ball. In about 80% of all opening drives, I will run a "23 dive" play. This is basicly a straight handoff to the TB [tailback] running off OG & OT hole. You will not get the hole you want if your O-line is doing a 'wedge' blocking.

Anyway, I would run this play to determine all my other options. Once you give the ball to the TB, you can focus on all the other players on the field and forget about the ball carrier (he just has to be tackled) so you don't need to focus on him - let the defense call him down or not.

the first change up would be to rollout the QB to either side. If he clears the OLB aka Looper then he has the option to keep it or pass to someone down field.

after that, mix and match you plays should get you down field........