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As offensive schemes get more complicated, we were wondering if the process at which each play is called is getting more complicated as well so we asked four coaches, what is the process at which a play is called for your team?
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As offensive schemes get more complicated, we were wondering if the process at which each play is called is getting more complicated as well so we asked four coaches, what is the process at which a play is called for your team?
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Josh Floyd
Shiloh Christian
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The way we do it is we have a signaler and I’ll call the play. I’ll call the play but we’ll also have another coach because we are all giving input. We’re in no-huddle so usually I’m always trying to think of the next play before the last play is over because we are always going really quick. There’s definitely input from everybody, though. It’s not much different for us, the only way I’ve ever called plays in the no-huddle, so I don’t know any other way.
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Rick Jones
Greenwood Football
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Our biggest thing is that we are no-huddle. We are trying to go as fast as possible, so immediately after the whistle, the formation is sent in. Then we have one key word we could send in for the formation and the play or we can fake sending in a play so we can let the defense get set up. A lot of it is based on what we see on film as we go through our preparations and know in certain situations they will be in a certain defense, so we practice our red zone, blue zone and goal line, and then we go to third downs, short medium and long. Then if we are in a situation where we are not quite sure, get a fake play, try to get defense to show their hands so we can call something good. It is a very small window for us to get all of that done.
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Rodney Selph
West Fork Football
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A lot of it is watching film and determining what the defense is going to do in davance in certain situations. We look at blocking schemes and things and look at where you think a defense is weak at. A lot of it is preparation and watching film and seeing what we think work. Coach (Bryan) Dugan looks and see what coverage they are in if it is a pass, looking at those things as far as the coverage and everything. If we are running we look at the front and how they are set up with their linebackers. There’s a lot that goes into it. So it’s important to have a guy in the press box who can see what is going on. Down and distance is a big key as well.
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Jeff Williams
Fort Smith Southside Football
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The first thing we do is check down and distance and a lot of our stuff is categorized where we are going to do certain things on certain situations going into the game. We will list our top five or six 3rd-down-and-7-type calls, and go through process of putting 1st and 2nd down type plays during the week. We’ll send in a personnel grouping first and then call the play and one of the coaches signals it in and the quarterback and we go up and try to execute it. A lot of times any more there are checks involved where we are trying to run certain plays based on the way the defenses is structured where we have the option to throw or run to it or throw or run away from it. We also try to look at certain things as the play is ran and how everything is executed.
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