BASIC BACKFIELD SETS

ALIGNMENTS (HEELS AT 5 YDS) IN NORMAL SPLIT BACKFIELD SETS

NORMAL – SPLIT INSIDE LEG OF OT

STACKED – DIRECTLY BEHIND OT
CHEATED – SPLIT OUTSIDE LEG OF OT
1 2
GREEN RT
X Y
Z

3 4
STRONG RT WEAK RT
X Y X Y
Z Z

F
F
H
H
5 6
RED RT CHANGE RT (H & F EXCHANGE)

X Y X Y
Z Z

H F F H

7 8
BROWN RT BLUE RT
X Y X Y
Z Z

H F F H

QUEEN FIN RT (OFFSET WEAK) 9 KING FULL RT (OFFSET STRONG) 10

X Y X Y
F Z Z F

H H
 “F” & “H” ONE BACK ALIGNMENTS & FORMATIONS
THE DETACHED PLAYER WILL ALWAYS BE THE “F”. ALERT IN 21 PERSONNEL, IF WE WANT TO DETACH THE “H” IN
ALL OF THE FORMATIONS, WE WILL TAG “H” IN FRONT OF THE FORMATION CALLED.

NOTE: IN PONY-21 (P21) PERSONNEL, THE DETACHED BACK WILL BE THE “F”.
SPLIT ALIGNMENTS

1. -2 (-2 YDS FROM INSIDE EDGE OF #’S)

2. IE (INSIDE EDGE OF #’S)
3. OE (OUTSIDE EDGE OF #’S)
4. +2 (+2 YDS FROM OUTSIDE EDGE OF #’S)
5. MAX (BETWEEN OE AND SIDELINE)

FALCON
F F Y
(H) FLOAT F F F F F
(H) FAR F
(H) FIX (H) FLEX (H) FLOOD (H) FIN (H) FULL
(H) FOX (H) FLANK

WEAK SIDE TERMS STRONG SIDE TERMS

FALCON RT 1 FLEX RT (H FLEX RT) 2

F Y X -3- Y
X Z F Z
(H)

H H

FOX RT (H FOX RT) 3 FLOOD RT (H FLOOD RT) 4

X Y X Y
F Z F Z
(H) (H)

H H

FIX RT (H FIX RT) 5 FIN RT (H FIN RT) 6

X Y X Y
F Z F Z
(H) (H)

H H

FULL RT (H FULL RT) 7 FLOAT RT (H FLOAT RT) 8

X Y F Y
Z F (H) Z X
(H)
H H

FAR RT (H FAR RT) 9 FLANK RT (H FLANK RT) 10

X Y X Y
F Z Z F
(H) (H)

H H
 FORMATION VARIATION
WR (“X” & “Z”)
RED RT “SLOT” 1 GREEN RT “TWIN” 2

X Y X Y
Z Z
“SLOT” “TWIN”
F
H F
H

BLUE RT “CLOSE” 3 RED RT “NASTY” 4

X Y -4/6- X -4/6- Y -4/6-

Z “NASTY” Z
“CLOSE” “NASTY”

F H H F

FALCON RT “EXTRA” 5 GREEN RT “SWITCH” 6

F Y Z Y
X Z X

“EXTRA”
F
“SWITCH” = X & Z
H H SWITCH SPOTS

FLOOD RT “STACK” 7 STRONG RT “Z” “STACK” 8

X -4/6- Y Z -4/6- Y
Z F X

“STACK” = BEHIND ONE ANOTHER “Z” “STACK” = “Z” TAKES BALL

F
H H

FIX RT “QUIZNO” 9 FLEX RT “JJ” 10

X -4/6- Y Z -4/6- Y
Z X 1x1 F
F
“JJ”
“QUIZNO” “QUIZNO” : AN ALIGNMENT TERM “JJ” : AN ALIGNMENT TERM
TELLING THE F TO STACK
H BEHIND THE X RECIEVER H TELLING THE X TO ALIGN 1x1
OUTSIDE OF THE Z RECIEVER

FALCON RT “TWIN” 11 FALCON RT “SLOT” 12

F Y F Y

Z X X Z
“TWIN” “SLOT”

H H

FIN RT “TARE” 13 GREEN RT “SLOT” “NASTY” 14

X -4/6- Y
X -4/6- Y
Z
“TARE” F Z
“SLOT” “NASTY”
F
H H
 FORMATION VARIATION
TE (“Y”)
GREEN RT “OFF” 1 STRONG RT “YOZ” 2

X Z X Y
Y Z “YOZ”
“OFF”
F
F

H H
“YOZ” = “Y” OUTSIDE “Z”
WEAK RT “OPEN” 3 WEAK RT “CLUB” 4

X -4/5- Y X -4/6- Y

“OPEN” Z Z
“CLUB”
F F
“CLUB” = “Y”&”Z” LINE UP
H H
BEHIND ONE ANOTHER
STRONG RT “Z” “CLUB” 6

X -4/6- Z
Y
“Z” “CLUB”
F
H
“Z” “CLUB” = ”Z” TAKES THE BALL
 ODD FORMATIONS

SNUG RT 1 SNUG RT “ON” 2

X -3- -3- Z F -3- -3- Y

F Y X “ON” “ON” Z

H H

SNUG RT “UP” 3 SNUG RT “F” “UP” 4

X -3- -3- Y F -3- -3- Z

F “UP” Z X “F” “UP” Y

“F” “UP” = “F” ALIGN ON

H THE BALL H
“UP” = “Y” ALIGN ON THE BALL

SPREAD RT 5
SPREAD RT “NASTY” 6

F Y X Z
X Z F -3- -3- Y
“NASTY” : IN THIS INSTANCE
TALKS TO ALL FOUR RECEIVERS,
H H ALERTING THE Y & F TO TIGHTEN
SPLIT DOWN 4/6 YARDS
DOUBLE RT 7
DOUBLE RT “QUIZNO” 8

X Z X -4/6- Z
F Y F Y

“QUIZNO” : AN ALIGNMENT TERM

H TELLING THE F TO STACK
H BEHIND THE X RECIEVER

V RT 9 TRIPS RT 10

X Z X Z
Y F

F Y

H H

TREY RT 11 TRIO RT 12

F -2- Y F Y
Z X Z X

H H

WIDE QUIZNO RT 13
49'er RT 14

X Z F -3- Y

F Y X Z

H
H
 BUNCH FORMATIONS
STRONGSIDE
BUNCH RT 1 BOX RT 2

X -3- Y Z -3- Y
F -3- Z F -3- X

H H

BUZZ RT 3
WIDE BUNCH RT 4

X -3- Z X Y
Y -3- F F I/S Z
EDGE
-2 +2

H H

5 6
WIDE BOX RT WIDE BUZZ RT
X Z
Z Y
I/S
Y F
F I/S X EDGE
EDGE
-2 +2 -2 +2

H H

WEAKSIDE
CLUSTER RT 7 STRETCH CLUSTER RT 8

X -3- Y X -3- Y
Z -3- F Z F

H H
*STRETCH – TALKS TO OUTSIDE RECEIVER
9
WIDE CLUSTER RT
X Y
Z I/S F
EDGE
-2 +2

H
 22 PERSONNEL FORMATIONS
(2 RB’S, 2 TE’S, 1 WR)
ND
IN 22 PERSONNEL, THE 2 TE ENTERING THE GAME WILL ASSUME THE ROLE OF THE
“X.” THE WIDE RECEIVER IN THE GAME IS THE “Z”.
(22) GREEN RT TITE 1 (22) GREEN RT TITE TWIN 2

X Y X Y
(TE) (TE) Z Z (TE) (TE)
(WR) (WR)
F
F
H
H

(22) GREEN RT NASTY 3

X Y -4/6-
(TE) (TE) Z
(WR)

22-Z PERSONNEL FORMATIONS

(2 RB’S, 2 TE’S, 1 WR)
IN 22-Z PERSONNEL, THE 2ND TE ENTERING THE GAME WILL ASSUME THE ROLE OF THE
“Z.” THE WIDE RECEIVER IN THE GAME IS THE “X”.
(22-Z) GREEN RT CLOSE 5 (22-Z) GREEN RT SLOT CLOSE 6

X Y X Y
(WR) (TE) Z (WR) Z (TE)
(TE) (TE)

F F

H H

(22-Z) STRONG RT CLOSE “Z” FLY TITE 7 (22-Z) WEAK RT SLOT “Z” MOTION 8

X Y X Y
(WR) (TE) (WR) (TE)
Z Z Z Z
(TE) (TE)

F F

H H

(22-Z) BUNCH RT 9

X -3- Y
(WR) F (TE) Z
(FB) (TE)

H
 EMPTY FORMATIONS

STANDARD EMPTY SETS

GUN EMPTY RT 1

-1X1- -1X1-
X F
H Y Z

GUN EMPTY RT QUIZNO 2

X -4- -4- F
H Y Z

GUN BOMBERS RT 3

F Y
H Z X

F & H CAN SWITCH ALIGNMENTS

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