u/SDG-1989

Hi guys,

I am wanting to dive a bit deeper into the X’s and O’s of the running game. I’m relatively new to football, just a couple of seasons and want to learn how to analyse a game rather than just be an armchair fan.

How am I best going about it? Focus on one particular type of play and its variations at a time? Or Focus on a few of the main ones and look into the more niche plays later?

What’s the best way to go about this?

Any advice is appreciated.

Cheers guys

Hi guy,

I’ve moved to Ireland in the past year from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, to rural Co. Galway, and I’m looking for people interested in American football. Anything from talking about games to getting involved with a team, I’m all ears. If there’s enough people interested, we could get a little community going.

Open to anything,

Cheers guys!

I recently watched the Sign Stealer doc on Netflix. And was fascinated that plays were called that way. It makes complete sense that this was the way to do it as radios in helmets weren’t always a thing. This might seem strange to most of you that were brought up around football, whereas in Scotland where I grew up it, football was only ever seen in movies and was virtually non existent.
I’m just curious to know if it’s still practised at certain levels or has the tech become cheap enough for helmet radios that play call hand signalling has become obsolete?

Hi guys.

I was just wanting to see if anyone is into American football around the county? Maybe get a community going locally or just on Reddit? Occasional meet ups, throw a ball around, watch a game etc. If anyone has any suggestions, I’m all ears.

Cheers guys.

I understand that different coaches/coordinators/teams have their own offensive systems. And have some unique plays that have unique names. But is play calling language more or less universally understood by everyone?
I hear people like Jon Gruden in interviews with QB’s and they’re both just rattling off play calls to each other and they both know what each other is talking about, despite never training or been on the same team together.

I have only got into football in the past couple of years. As football isn’t really that popular where I’m from and we’re not really exposed to it. I got into it via a friend of mine. At this point I feel I’ve got a fair grasp of the rules, positions, recognise certain formations etc. but I am wanting to go a bit deeper into it and learn different plays. How to recognise them, and the decision making as to why certain plays are called at certain times. Like at a basic level at this point. Why the play caller decided to run the ball and why did he use say outside zone in that circumstance.
I hear Madden is a good way to learn plays but I wouldn’t know what play to pick in any given situation.

What are your suggestions?

Hi guys! This is just a thought experiment I’ve been doing recently, and I want to see what you guys think.

Football is dominated by big men. It’s fair to say that the vast majority of players are 6’1 and above. And because of that, the talent pool for players is limited somewhat.

So I was thinking, what would the sport look like if the NFL, or another organisation, introduced height classes, in the same way weight class systems are a part of combat sports. For example, a division where the height is capped at 5’8 or 5’10. What would be the biggest changes to the sport, what would we see more of, what would we see less of.