Football Plays & Formations
Offense & Defense

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Offensive Football Formations

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Finally! Here you'll find the mix of offensive plays you need to put your team over the top.

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Defensive Football Formations & Plays

If you can call the right football play on defense at the right time, you put your team in position to win.

We've all heard that defense wins the championship. Yes, you need to put a big emphasis on creating great defensive football play on your team.

You'll want to run various defensive football formations against the various offensive formations your team will see.

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Offensive Football Plays - Formations

Before you can start feeding your team football plays that work, you need to settle on the basic formation, or system you're going to run your plays out of. Some offensive football formations lend themselves well to youth football better than others.

Below you'll find descriptions of the various offensive football formations.

Bear in mind that you need to match each formation with what fits your athletes best.

Single Wing - Actually, there isn't just one "single wing" offensive football formation.

There are many variations.

The one common thread throughout most of the single wing versions is that a player "not under center" receives a direct snap.

Balanced Line

Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Box (shift from T formation)

Short Punt Formation

Here's some "Balanced Line" variations:

Unbalanced Line

Pop Warner's version

Here's some "Unbalanced Line" variations:

Pop Warner's Double Wing

T-Formation (Notre Dame Box)- In this formation, three backs line up parallel to the line of scrimmage and behind the quarterback. This is a versatile attack. You can keep the defense on its heels because they're threatened with both the run and the pass.

Options and sweeps can be run from this offensive football formation for a solid running game and you can hit on passes because you have a tight end, receiver and three backs in the backfield.

Wishbone - This is also called the "triple-threat offense". The fullback lines up directly behind the quarterback with the two running backs split behind the fullback and parallel to the line of scrimmage.

Like the T-Formation, you have one tight end and one receiver to go along with the three backs. However, this is primarily a running formation (you won't see many passes out of this one). The option is the dominant play out of this set as well as misdirection and power plays.

Wing-T Formation - The wingback lines up in the slot, just outside the tight end while the split end wide receiver is on the side opposite the tight end (weak side). The fullback lines up directly behind the quarterback and the halfback is next to the fullback on the weak side.

The Delaware Wing-T is the standard versions although there are variations. A versatile formation where you can pass or run effectively. Misdirections and counters are good running football plays. Also, your split end is in perfect position to make crack-back blocks to spring sweeps. Crossing patterns and outs work well in the passing game as well as the quarterback waggle.

I-Formation - The fullback is lined up directly behind the quarterback and the running back directly behind the fullback.

A good formation for running the ball. Power (especially up-the-middle) and option plays are good from this set. Since both backs are directly behind the quarterback, it's harder for them to pass-protect on passing plays.

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Football Defense Plays / Defensive Football Formations

1) 4-3 Defense

You'll run your defensive football plays out of a 4-3 front. This means you'll line up with four down linemen and three linebackers. The down linemen consist of two ends and two tackles. There is a middle linebacker and two outside linebackers. The outside linebackers need to be fast enough to help in pass coverage but big enough to take on blocks from tight ends and fullbacks.

An advantage to running defense football plays from the 4-3 is you have four linemen and a middle linebacker to help stuff the run with. A disadvantage arises when you have a weak middle back.

2) 5-2 Defense

In this formation, your football plays are run from a 5 lineman, 2 linebacker defensive front. In the pros, this is called a 3-4 defense; they call the 2 ends outside linebackers.

The 5-2 alignment works well against the run and is effective against the pass with the 4-deep secondary.

3) 4-4 Defense

This is similar to the 4-3 defense except that a safety is brought up to the inside linebacker position. Now you have four down linemen and four linebackers. The two inside linebackers line behind the two tackles.

This defensive football formation is good against run oriented offenses because of the 8-man front. It can also work well in short yardage situations. Of course, you won't want to use this against powerful passing attacks because of the matchup problems (slower linebackers against faster halfbacks).

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If you're a youth, high-school, college or recreational coach looking to easily create plays on a computer and share them with your team, consider the Play Designer series…

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