Intro to Football: Offensive Formations

[@ravenlake9873]

Thank you, this is really helpful both for watching football and trying to understand play calling in Madden.

[@DrRoidberg]

Madden is not great for strategy. Certain plays like screen or some run plays work everytime. Try 2k5 or 6. More tactical

[@DrRoidberg]

@@trust1423 I T S A N O T H E R S C R E E N P A S S

[@CharlieFFB]

@@trust1423 i run that in career mode every time and get 50+ yard gains every time

[@PaulGaither]

@@DrRoidberg - I have added this video and others to a playlist I created to help players improve at Madden. I love 2k5 and APF2k8, but those games are less tactical than a game like Madden 25. the 2k games, for example don't represent the zone run at all, and do a terrible job with targeting defensive players in power run plays. The FB and pulling guards will just run by linebackers and aim for a safety, or worse go block the goal post. Similarly, the passing game is bland and lacks the most important and common passing concepts of the last 40+ years: Stick, Spacing, Levels, Flood, Texas, Dig, Mills, Sail, Drag, Mesh, Curl Flat, and more. 2k8 has Scissors, Double outs with a post, and a version of Smash along with several garbage plays where two receiving threats are literally within 3 yards of one another when you hit your drop back and should be throwing causing unnecessary congestion and not even creating pick plays. 2k, passing game is broken down into - essentially - money play or garbage. A lot of Madden's problems come down to users who don't understand enough about defensive football to stop "money plays" and that online quick matches use the default all-pro settings. Playing a friend on the couch or starting an online franchise where you can adjust and import custom settings fixes a lot of problems with the madden experience. Setting defensive coverage sliders somewhere between 75-100 has a dramatic improvement and forces you to use real tactics to get guys open. Setting offensive blocking to zero is also important. Pass rushers no longer get locked up playing patty cake for 5+ seconds and giving the QB all day to throw, and in the run game you have to create double teams and use the leverage of your pulling or trapping blockers to decisively hit holes. While dedicated pass rushers can be dominated up front, no longer will run stopping defensive linemen get sucked into a blocking animations while the HB runs by them.

[@seandafny]

Fuck Madden

[@JakeTheRufus]

You really cannot forget that it is a rule that you must have 7 bodies "on the line of scrimmage" otherwise the formation is not legal. Your illustrations were a little deceptive there, especially when you first brought up I formation. In I formation, the wide receiver on the same side as the tight end has to be off the line of scrimmage. If he is on the line of scrimmage and the tight end is as well, then the tight end becomes ineligible for recieving a pass. We call this "covering up the end."

[@mihnic0504]

The TE was off the LOS and the z was on. It is not illegal

[@kidfleek1697]

Im 16. I'm not new to NFL, I watch it very often - but i never really understood properly what anything the commentators were talking about during their pre-match rants :D. And I also never really understood any of the formations they used and why they were used. And this helped! So thank you very much for these videos and keep up the good work! :)

[@coolboywizard874]

damn youre 21 now

[@Polo-gk4xr]

@@coolboywizard874 bro you came to say this 💀

[@Landry_Longhorns_Fan]

Now your 23

[@sclice8680]

I signed up for high school football the day before the first mandatory practice with the first game in 2 weeks. Thanks for this video because I have a lot of catching up to do in a short amount of time

[@cojaga9680]

soak it all in. Don't be afraid to ask your coach questions. Athletics is one thing, but coaches will love a kid who is trying to be a student of the game.

[@502tamales5]

You have no idea how many people you’re helping out. You’re keeping the game alive, for real.

[@pychopychonorskevideoer5670]

I needed this because I will maybe start with fotball *Im from norway btw* im best as qb I have learnt how too throw and everything its just the formations.

[@1313-s3v]

Im glad people from other countries are learning about American football

[@lsplanning246]

How are you doing now?

[@larryasbury6218]

HELLO from edna kansas

[@coachanderson2704]

That trips formation really called quads because of 4 eligible receivers and you have to have 7 players on the line of scrimmage too. You'll notice that some TE's and WR's are always lined up a step behind the line of scrimmage. This is because any player in the backfield is eligible. If he lined up on the line then TE is ineligible.

[@linoatmowihardjo2175]

this is great for me, who's been interested in football but is trying to get into it some more

[@bigsamuraii8386]

Also very helpful cause I messed up on the formation a couple times during my first few practices.

[@tylerborges7]

When you said the trips formation, it means that there are three receivers to one side

[@elijahhippolyte3137]

I like how u explain it it help one of my teammates who just started football.

[@Michael-jw6et]

This was like taking a math class. I was terrible at math, and I don't understand any of this, but I love football!

[@danielrussell2190]

One thing I'm struggling with is the names of things. It is hard to remember or understand what is going on without the etymology. Is there a video about what all this stuff means or how the names evolved? For instance, why is it called a "slot" formation etc.?

[@yurismir1]

You can always use Google for things like that. I think the term slot formation probably comes from the fact that there is a receiver in the "slot" between the offensive line and the outside wide receiver. "Trips" probably comes from the word triple, because of the three wide receivers on one side.

[@ChrisMorgan86]

Shotgun formation I used all the time ! Get the ball in the air for deep passing

[@guitarbizzar5524]

this is helped ALOT! Thank you!

[@emmanuelbinfaraymuzyumba2918]

are they also of defending formation? really appreciated this video by the way

[@J-3-3-R-379]

Is the I-formation the same as the Pistol formation? if not which video explains the pistol formation?

[@zacharycraven316]

Pistol is shotgun, just four yards from the center instead of seven.

[@Gmorktron]

@@zacharycraven316 close... pistol means different things in different places. But typicaly shotgun means the qb is back and the rb is offset. Pistol the qb is back AND the rb is behind him. The depth of the qb will vary from program to program depending..

[@annparrish5734]

great videos to understand football

[@tommywolmart265]

Technically, in your empty trips and shotgun trips examples, the inside receiver in the bunch is ineligible. He's "covered up" by the outside receiver in the bunch. I understand the purpose of this video is a 1000 foot view overview, but just want to point this out for any football formation newbies, who might be interested in trips as it looks it your example.

[@joe1rooney1]

you need 7 on the line and 4 in the backfield in the NFL guys

[@Gmorktron]

That is true in at any level in the US that uses 11 man teams

[@Ocenji]

Thank youuu

[@MYKELLE011]

Thanks for the plays

[@KanishkaRay]

At least seven men on the LOS, four behind it....that's all you need to know.

[@m5rallym5rally20]

good stuff booss

[@cadehanson2348]

What app do you use for this?

[@TheOnDeckCircle]

PowerPoint

[@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256]

0:54, there’s only six men at the line of scrimmage.

[@King-xy6vt]

not all the times

[@landoxryder]

There are plenty of illegal formations in this video, however the different formation types are explained well...

[@Soflojordan]

I'm pretty sure you called brett favre aron Rodgers if I'm not mistaken

[@SirCarl_XVIII]

Can anyone help an Aussie who doesn't watch NFL, but plays the game? When I see others play NFL, they choose Offensive plays by choosing a formation first, and then a play. Why do people choose certain offensive formations? Do they already know exactly what play they want to choose, or do they choose a formation, then decide on an available play?

[@coachanderson2704]

Yes the next play Call would be called after what happened during that play, and always tying to get a first down or a touchdown. The Play call would be this, called like this: Formation - Play Call or Pass Concept - Lineman Call - Snap Count, Ready Break.....

[@TrapKingz.]

Go watch some real football. You know the one you actually play with your foot!

[@russc788]

Thank you.

[@grndragon7777777]

Awesome thank you

[@GDelva2003]

Why is it called the "I" formation if it's shaped like a "T"?

[@wpsmith19]

+GDelva2003 Look at the two runningbacks and the quarterback. Forms an i.

[@codykipp4453]

Nobody knows😮😮😮

[@gxr-digital8024]

its really a pro set or split back

[@Joshua-uw7wm]

I formation is my favorite formation

[@Jayceex760]

Forgot the Pistol Formation

[@wesvunjak6276]

What? No Power I?

[@gxr-digital8024]

i dont like your bunched trips formation witht he Te instead of a back... whats the point of a screen if theres no back to run the ball? unless you throwing a bullet to the off reciver.. but thats too predictable (especially because every team in america will contest that with cover 3 and the SS who has hook to curl will ditch their assignment and come down hill blazing along with that outside backer who has the force). the back can block in the TE slot after the snap. your trips is a quad since you got 4 recievers on one side, but since you also have a reciver on the weak side its a empty set. when reading formations WR and TE is the same thing

[@elie1888]

Have a good day god love you

[@prophetvoluntaryist4945]

What about weak formation

[@timgraf6320]

The strong side is the side with the tight end (in a formation with only 1 tight end). If your tight end lines up on the right side of the offensive line, the right side is the strong side and the left side is the weak side. For the defense, the strong safety typically lines up on the strong side and covers the tight end in pass coverage. The free safety is usually a bit faster than the strong safety but not as fast as the cornerbacks, and his job is typically to cover the center of the field. On a deep pass, the free safety can run to either sideline to provide help to the cornerback.

[@cvance37]

This is wrong on so many levels. Starting with an illegal formation. Looks like the illustration only shows 6 men on the line in the beginning. Then when you show the Bunch set, one of the receivers is covered making him ineligible. Rules are that there MUST be 7 men on the line of scrimmage or the formation is illegal. The first man on the Line of scrimmage with a legal number is an eligible receiver, the next man on the line of scrimmage is an illegal receiver. I hope this helps…

[@JordanConley808]

Your Z needs to be on the line.

[@sphtpfhorbrains3592]

Some of your formations are illegal, e.g. the trips formation. The left tackle is not covered by the WR/split end on the left, aka X.

[@buck_sweep]

The formations you show are all illegal formations, since there aren't 7 men on the line of scrimmage. Your "trips" formation is actually an unbalanced quads bunch. The times there are 7 men on the line, a receiver is covered up, making him an ineligible receiver which, as I said, makes it an unbalanced formation.

[@TheOnDeckCircle]

I'm sure you're correct. It's really just intended for a very quick and rough intro to what things would generally look like.

[@buck_sweep]

I understand. And a lot of it is the terminology other people were taught. The biggest part for me was pointing out that it was technically an unbalanced formation. The concept is all there though.

[@shanajn1]

+TheOnDeckCircle That's Brett Favre not Aaron Rodgers

[@lonecrapshooter67]

Dan Heim true

[@ogballer13]

Dan Heim you are a fuckin idiot there are 2 tackles 2 guards 1 center there is no other fucking offensive line position is there dumb fuck

[@donbishop9410]

My grandson plays football so he learns

[@JayyHurd]

Damn

[@derrickdd]

There were several inaccuracies in this video. Very disheartening.

[@jwilham4444]

That ain't Aaron Rodgers.

[@larryasbury6218]

edna kansas

[@bmcclure937]

Right off the bat this is inaccurate. The "I Formation" shown in the video is an illegal formation. There are only 6 players on the Line of Scrimmage (LOS). The TE needs to be on the LOS to make this legal... not watching any further because cannot trust that the information is accurate.

[@jclanderstk2]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2jPZZ13rbOIhKs Looks like someone is reusing your video?

[@CHOPPERFAN34]

PLEASE COUGH

[@dinexorigami1198]

this isnt football

[@yurismir1]

It is in America

[@LNTutorialsNL]

This is the handegg sort of football, not soccer football

[@timhudson3781]

youre a bitch

[@lorenioooooas]

Little history lesson, the word "soccer" was coined by a british man. Back in the days, there was Rugby Football (yes football, rugby was also called football too) and Soccer (Association - Assoccer) Football. The term soccer is much older than the term football. Americans actually adopted soccer later on, after british. Do you history and stop spouting nonsense. Football was used to differentiate between sports played on horseback and football. Rugby is played by hands, but british people still called it football too.

[@_Shake_i]

iamhim Don't lie you looked that up

[@Israld]

it's not a football!!! it's rugby wannabe

[@lorenioooooas]

It's American Rules Football. Rugby also used to be called "Football", by the british. Soccer was also created by english too, after "Assoccer" which comes from "Association". I.e Association Football. So english guys were calling it soccer, long before yanks, and Rugby was called ruggers football.

[@wearealreadydeadfam8214]

Rugby sucks. All bullshit they do just to keep the game going. I'd rather watch a new formation be set up, than watch nine men wrestle for five minutes.

[@codykipp4453]

I think you got it the wrong way around bud

[@mohammednizam3945]

Title is very misleading . Its handegg, not football and played by you americans only. Wasted my internet on this video and also wasted my precious time.

[@TheSoroLP]

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[@3.MptyUntitled]

TheSoroLP Oh Snap!

[@lorenioooooas]

It's American Rules Football. Rugby also used to be called "Football", by the british. Soccer was also created by english too, after "Assoccer" which comes from "Association". I.e Association Football. So english guys were calling it soccer, long before yanks, and Rugby was called ruggers football. Shut the fuck up with this handegg joke. ENGLISH ALSO CALLED RUGBY FOOTBALL. ENGLISH ALSO CREATED THE TERM SOCCER AND USED IT BEFORE AMERICANS.

[@karennoble210]

WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU HERE GO JACK OFF TO SOCCER OR SOMETHING JEEZ

[@ClearReception]

Mohammed Nizam oh wahhh, and then you wasted more of your slothful time commenting, we feel so bad for you.