Flag Football Play Library

Two shallow crossers rub off each other with a corner route over the top.

Teaches: Beating man coverage without blocking anybody.

Three levels to the trips side: corner, out and flat.

Teaches: Stretching one zone defender three ways.

Bunch formation: one out, one under, one wheel — natural picks on every release.

Teaches: Creating traffic against press man in a five-yard box.

Two quick slants on the same side — the fastest completion in flag football.

Teaches: Getting the ball out in under two seconds.

Jet motion into a wheel route with a shallow drag replacing him underneath.

Teaches: Using motion to identify man or zone before the snap.

Outside receiver runs the post, slot runs the wheel behind him — routes cross.

Teaches: Switch releases that beat any man matchup.

Sell the pass, let the rush run past and take off through the vacated middle.

Teaches: Punishing a rusher who never looks back.

Double move in a short field: break to the corner, then back to the post.

Teaches: Winning in a compressed field with one hard fake.

Center snaps and releases straight up the middle while everybody clears out.

Teaches: Using the one player defences forget about.

Outside hitch with an inside seam — an easy read against any two-deep look.

Teaches: Taking the completion the defence gives you.

Three deep, two under — the base zone for a young flag team.

Teaches: Keeping everything in front of you and rallying to the flag.

Press every receiver at the line with one free defender in the middle.

Teaches: Winning at the line so the rush has time to get home.

Two deep halves with three under defenders squeezing the middle.

Teaches: Taking away the deep shots and making them throw underneath.

Second rusher comes off the edge while the others play man behind it.

Teaches: Forcing the ball out before the routes develop.

Pursuit drill made a play: take the inside-out angle and pull in front, not behind.

Teaches: The fundamental everyone forgets — the angle to the flag.

Four defenders split the deep field so nothing gets behind the defence.

Teaches: Shutting off the big play in a scoring-heavy game.

Slot defender blitzes and the rusher drops into his zone.

Teaches: Confusing the quarterback's pre-snap read.

Press man in the red zone with a defender in the back of the end zone.

Teaches: Defending a short field where there is no deep threat.

End-of-game look: deep defenders squeeze the sidelines and pull in bounds.

Teaches: Protecting the clock as well as the end zone.

Two rushers stay in their lanes so a scrambling quarterback has nowhere to go.

Teaches: Containing the scramble instead of chasing it.