Know Your Offense
Learn the plays, master the language, quiz yourself. Study saves on your device.
Playbook
The wristband does the remembering — you do the playing.
You don't have to memorize every call. Our GPS wristband system has it — on game day you get the number, find it on your band, and go. So why learn the language below? Because the faster you know it cold, the faster you play: you'll line up, spot your job, and cut loose. Learn it to get fast — lean on the wristband so you never get stuck.
The Language
Once you know how a call is built, every play reads itself.
Wristband calls — same play, three ways
Base plays have a one-word call — Buffalo, Bills, etc. On the wristband the same play can come in three flavors, and they all mean the exact same thing:
Flip = run the mirror
Add "Flip" to any call to run its mirror — same play, strength/side flipped.
Color / word = formation strength
The first word in the play name sets which way the formation strength is. Everything works off it — pullers, the Y/wing, and the play side all flow to strength. Every core play has a mirror pair: same play, strength flipped.
Strength LEFT: Blue / BL · Black (Tight Bunch) · Hobart (Single Wing) · Blue Jumbo
LA (left) ↔ Chargers (right) = Counter (Bandit).
How a call reads
[COLOR] [formation tags] — [shift/motion] — [Q?][play][tag]
The engine
Everything is built off the Buck (sweep) series with a Counter/Bandit complement — then dressed up with motion, formation, and read/RPO tags. Learn Buck first; the rest hangs off it.
Formation tags to know
MT · Strong (STR) · Flop / Flop Wide · Over (OV) / Dbl Over · Empty · Bug · Trips Stack · Quads · Pro On · Boz · Tank / Brick (heavy) · Bixby (goal-line).
Motions & shifts
Trade / B Trade · B Jet · F Jet · X Orbit · F Swirl · A/B/F Fly.
Cadence — the snap count
The cadence tells you exactly when the ball is snapped. Lock in on the QB every play. Move early and it's a flag; move late and you lose the rep. Listen for the cue word — it tells you the count.
On Set — "Sonic"
Fast, no-huddle tempo. QB call: "SET!" — ball snaps on "Set." No clap, no wait. Get set and GO.
On 1 — one clap
QB call: "Ready, Ready! Set! CLAP" — ball snaps on the clap.
On 2 — two claps
QB call: "Ready, Ready! Set! CLAP, CLAP" — ball snaps on the second clap.
No Play — "Check with me"
It's a dummy / kill — do not snap. QB call: "Ready, Ready! Set! CLAP, CLAP — Look to the sideline." Eyes up, look to the sideline for the new call.
How to remember it
First family = 1 clap: boy names, Monday, January.
Second family = 2 claps: girl names, Tuesday, February.
N-states = No play (check with me).
Sonic = go on set.
Flashcards
Quiz Yourself
Self-check on the plays & the language. Score saves private.
My Install
Check a play once you know it cold — SKILL cue, OL cue, when we call it. Your progress saves on your device.
My Position
Pick your spot and study the offense through your eyes — your diagram and your job on every play. Your pick saves on your device.
Coach fills in each position's assignment over time. Until then you'll see your group's diagram + a note that the job is coming.
Draw It Up
Pick a play — run, pass, RPO, or read — and draw it up from memory on the field, then reveal the real diagram and check yourself. Backs and receivers draw your track; linemen flip to the OL view for the blocking. Know your job before the snap.
Answer — the real diagram. Compare it to what you drew.
Route Test
One receiver's route is wiped off the play. Draw it in from the highlighted (gold) player — we grade the shape and reveal the real route in green.
QB Reads
Your pass concepts through the R4 lens — Rhythm, Read, Rush. Auto-tagged from the routes; Coach edits the truth.
The R4 Passing System
A framework for reading space, time, and talent — works inside any offense. It's not a playbook; it's how the QB decides.
The 4
Rhythm · Read · Rush · Release — the four route families and the four decision phases. Every route and every decision is one of these.
Read — 2nd option, thrown off 1–2 resets; double-move or decelerating, breaks above 10 yds (dig, post, corner). Don't stare it down early.
Rush — 3rd option / the hot; 1 or no stem, breaks below 5 yds, thrown anytime (flat, swing, checkdown, WR/RB rush). Rush replaces blitz.
Release — QB movement to buy time (rollout, boot). A decision, not panic.
Defining "open" — the Cap system
Open isn't separation. Open = space + timing + leverage. A route is capped when a defender owns the space, has a dominant hip angle, and can close on time — uncapped when he can't.
Accelerators — the 4 C's (how a defender CAPS space)
Read a defender's post-snap weapons and grade each (+) / (0) / (–) at the Rhythm phase of the drop. A route is open only when it's uncapped by these.
Cushion — space threshold (4-yd rule): (+) >4yd · (0) =4yd · (–) <4yd.
Collision — disrupts the WR stem before Rhythm: (+) delays/disrupts · (0) contact, no delay · (–) no contact.
Closure — break & drive step vs the WR: (+) ahead (or ahead of QB's hand) · (0) match · (–) after.
Technique families — how he applies leverage
Collision: Funnel · Shock · Wall · Trigger.
Closure: Drive · Curl/Flat.
Pre-snap read — C.A.P.
Coverage = dominant position · Alignment = angle of his hips in time · Personnel = ability to close & cap route-side space. (R4 Glazier clinic 2026)
Coverage families (0–4)
Anchor your eyes
Route pairs — "If they cap it, snap it"
Every vertical has a horizontal answer: Seam→Sit · Corner→Turn out · Cross→Spot · Fade→Curl. Adjust without breaking timing.
The QB clock
Every decision ~0.4s; protection rarely lives past 2.6s. Rhythm 1.8 · Read 2.2 · Rush 2.6. Drops set the timeline (1-step RPO · 2-step quick · quick 3 rhythm · punch 3 rhythm→read · quick 5 intermediate).
Protections & the moving launch point — Rock/Load & Lasso/Rodeo
R4 beats are tied to the launch point, not a fixed drop. Move the launch point and the clock stretches and the read flows to the action side.
Coaching point: on both actions, action-side receivers run their breaks a hair later (or convert/settle if he’s buying time) to match the moving platform — and the backside is a run-or-throwback tier, not part of the on-time read.
Scans, not progressions
Eyes can't run a true 1–5. Use scan families: Solo (1 defender/1 space) · Set (2 in one space) · Split (field in half) · Stack (high–low: floods, boots) · Swipe (boundary↔field). Elite QBs delete options before they read.
Vision — Anchoring
Lock central vision on space, not people; peripheral vision catches movement. Anchor between threats; don't chase receivers.
Pressure rules
Coverage
Learn the coverages and how R4 beats each — then test your eyes. First read every time: count the deep safeties.
(OL) Base Run Schemes vs. Multiple Fronts
Your base run schemes drawn up against each front — alignment, technique, and every blocker's job. Strength shown to the right (Y/B side).
Run Blocking Test
Pick a scheme and a front, then draw up the blocking on the pre-snap picture with your finger. Tap Reveal to flip to the coached answer and check your work. Strength is to the right (Y/B side).
This Week — Highland (Sectional Rd 1)
Sectional Round 1 vs Highland at the Brickyard. Every play on the call sheet: the Alpha T package, the Bravo unbalanced T package, and our Charlie Gun-T. Open a diagram and know your job in each.
Slot-T Package · Alpha A21–A55 · Bravo B21–B55
Our under-center T package from this week's call sheet. Learn the call, know who gets the ball (the big letter on each diagram), and know your job. Study the diagrams, then test yourself at the bottom.
Red / Blue = strength right / left · T = QB under center, backs in the T · Tank = X comes in tight (both ends tight) · I (Red I / Blue I) = backs stacked behind the QB · OV = unbalanced line · Odd = F aligns offset right of the QB · Even = F aligns offset left of the QB · A Jet / B Orbit = who goes in motion and which motion · Q in front of the play = QB carries it · last word = the play.
Test yourself
See the diagram — name the call and the series. The big letter is who gets the ball.
Grade the DB
Read the coverage defender's R4 accelerators — pick each grade, get the throw. QBs & WRs.
