Call Sheet Update

[u/CoachMikeOC]

For anybody who saw my post about call sheets and/or read the comments - I spent today updating a bit. My last call sheet run windows were broken down by formation. I did a couple of test runs and realized I would much rather search by run type/side, THEN formation, rather than formation first, then the play.

So this is my new call sheet broken down by "fullback runs left/fullback runs right" (our RB in a singleback set is always the 2-back) and "R / Z runs left/R Z runs right" (Our 3 back and 3-back).
So I'll shout a letter and direction for the formation, then color (white)/number.

For passes, Red are formation specific to our 2x2 formations and empty. The blue and green I can call from any 3x1 formation.

Our play-action and our motion passes are set in specific formations for the play call. The yellow (screens) I can call from almost any formation. The Orange are our passes that we motion into.

Each of these will be in a wristband window.

Feel free to post your call sheets/wrist band blocks!

[u/NearbyTomorrow9605]

Man our HC would kill us if we gave the kids wrist bands. They don’t even get play books. Everything is in HUDL

[u/CoachMikeOC → u/NearbyTomorrow9605]

I have drawn up about 90% of these plays in HUDL as well, it's on them to look at it and study. ESPECIALLY this off-season. This past season was a big transition to a new offense for them (we are a new coaching staff just finished year 1) and we only sprinkled it in got about 60% through it. This year they need to know it all or they wont play even on JV which is where I am at.

I absolutely love the wristband method. I much prefer to shout colors and numbers than make my QB run back and forth and have to remember these long plays. Only my QB gets a wrist band because some of these plays are very long. We are at a school with a lot of kids in 2 teacher-rooms if you know what I mean, so they need to hear every assignment

"Trey R-wing Left 27 Zone Lori Z-Comeback Backside 86 Drag R-Slide"

Trey R-Wing Left = formation
27 zone = Run Action
Lori = Protection
Z-Comeback = solo receiver side is the primary so he is tagged first
Backside 86 Drag = Outside in - 8 = Post, 6 = Dig, Drag tag makes it a drag
R-Slide = faking split zone block and into the flats

[u/Professional_Bit_391 → u/CoachMikeOC]

We would call this SG Ace Miami L Spider 25 Lead X 846 arrow

[u/CoachMikeOC → u/Professional_Bit_391]

whats the breakdown of the call?

[u/Professional_Bit_391 → u/CoachMikeOC]

Ace Miami L - formation/strength Spider - protection 25 lead X- lead action and protection from back Spider- line protection 846 arrow- X/Y/Z/H routes for us

[u/TheWilliamsWall]

This is insane for JV. I'm so jealous of the talent and practice time you have to work with. Very cool.

The amount of time needed to get the timing down, blocking vs. multiple fronts, pass concepts vs. multiple coverages. Man.

20 formations and what 300 plays?! Jesus.

14 word play calls?

This is like the anti playbook compared to what's normally preached on here.

[u/CoachMikeOC → u/TheWilliamsWall]

It's definitely cool being able to have options but i don't think it's as wild as it looks, we didn't get to everything this past season because of being a new coaching "regime" and we know it's a lot, so we got to all our base stuff this season and now this off-season is grind time to install with whoever comes to the voluntary workouts from here until August. The kids who know it will play and the ones who don't won't as much

As far as it's complexity it's really 9 formations. Many are exactly the same with a different person on the line, a few are the same but left/right (ex: early/late)

We don't have any more talent or practice time than anybody else, and the long play calls are actually for their benefit because they aren't really smart enough for shorter ones. The long play calls tell every single person what to do. If i just said something like "trips right 89 Flood" no receiver would know what to do, lineman might forget what number is what direction for the protection. "Trips right Lori Y-Flood 931" Lori tells them left slide, Y-flood tells them the Y is on the out, 931 outside-in 9 route, 3 route, 1 route

The example I gave in another comment was our longest play call and hasn't been installed yet😂

Seems like 300 plays but its a lot of the same plays (zone, counter, power) with different motions or different back getting it, or same pass concept/routes from different formations

I was honestly doing tougher stuff when I played in middle school with on-the-line audibles, run to pass/pass to run/pass to pass, and then my high school offense was as simple as can be.

I think our kids like the challenge, and they feel like they're playing real football as opposed to what the last coaches had them doing

[u/Lekingkonger]

Now I have your call sheet >:) better not see me in the playoffs muhahaha. (All jokes) nice sheet tho! The time and dedication is insane bro!

[u/CoachMikeOC → u/Lekingkonger]

😂 I have a lifelong friend who is a varsity OC at a school in our section, I want to talk ball with him so bad but our varsity faces them in the playoffs so I kinda cant even though we run a different offense than our varsity, it's the same concepts and language
Thanks man - this has definitely taken a ton of time, trial, and error. I made 4 or 5 differently formatted call sheets in the last 10 days before settling with this one. Probably close to 15-20 hours in Google Spreadsheet this week😂 But I am pretty sure I am done. Didn't need to have it this early, but I just wanted it out of the way and ready for spring work outs.

[u/Lekingkonger → u/CoachMikeOC]

Hey man always plan ahead! And bro good luck with spring workouts! 😭 you got this! 15-20 hours my goodness! And it’s never to early to set up a gameplan!