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Translating Quarterback Play-Calling Language!



Translating Quarterback Play-Calling Language!

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  1. high school was simple. We just had a name for a play like "cowboy pass" and everything was already defined. In college we named the formation, the hole, who got the ball, the snap count and the pass patterns. For example, "blue right, 32 wham pass 69-77 z. Blue was the formation with two split backs, TB behind the QB, and FB behind left tackle. 32 wham meant 3 back through the 2 hole. .. (holes are the gaps. in our offense even to the right, odd to the left). QB was usually number 1, TB 2, FB 3, slot or wing 4. WR (off the line) was 7, Strong side TE was 6, Weak side was 8. 32 wham pass meant play action to the 3 back through the 2 hole with a double team between the G/T on either side of that 2 hole (2nd from center so between G and T). 69 meant 6 receiver (strong side TE ran a 9 pattern and the 7 receiver ran a 7 pattern. patterns were numbered, even to the outside, odd to the inside. z was the motion pattern. Receivers had to read the defense and adjust the route accordingly. we didn't normally call the route for the 3rd receiver. It was up to the 3rd receiver to run a compliment pattern to the two patterns called in the huddle. In our system, we named the snap count, then at the LOS, the Qb would read the defense (motion often caused the D to declare their true intention). His cadense went like this: 2-61, 2-61, down GO . . . If we had called the snap count as "on 2" in the huddle, then if he called a 2 as his first number, he just changed the play. In the case of my example, he changed the play to a 61, which simply meant the 6 receiver (Strrong side TE), would run a '1' pattern, which meant a quick look in over the middle. In this case, the QB probably saw a potential blitz by the Mike (Middle linebacker). When the TE heard the 61, he knew (and also probably observed the Mike LB as well as the motion developed). He would then run a "hot route" over the middle approximating the 1 pattern. Basically supposed to go to the spot the MLB just vacated. So its really fairly simple. As that TE I caught a lot of passes on the audible to the 61.

  2. Damn, that seems hard to do. I wonder how many great players get undrafted/unsigned just because they can't learn a word system

  3. This sport is so fun in some ways but it requires way too much time in the classroom and it has way too much downtime inbetween plays. European football is a lot more active and has more of the "fun" aspect, where the focus is on the skill not on remembering nonsense words etc.

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  5. Running back is my favorite position to play in football but quarterback imo is the most difficult and fascinating. They are very intelligent.

  6. I remember seeing a i-formation run up the 1 hole called so many calls it’s crazy. But draw always has draw in the play book everywhere. Anyone ever seen a draw play without draw in the call?

  7. Simplify it?? Seems pretty simple to me. You are playing football. You’re not engineering rockets. What do I know though.

  8. Patrick Patrick , Orange Tight Sang

    Post Post Out-Right Tight Cover on QB Slant

    put me in Offence I’m ready

  9. AMERICA IT WAS SAID BY (QUOTE THE SMARTEST SPORTS ANALYST)THAT BLACK FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARE NOT INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO BE QUATERBACK.

  10. Why is this impressive?
    We all learn different representations through life :
    – language
    – coding
    – mathematics
    – chemistry
    – a second language

    Etc etc

  11. No wonder you see these high school teams that are totally lost. Just imagine a high school kid given the task to learn all that. Some pick it up, but the big majority are just trying to look good in uniform.

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