This is the basic flexbone formation. The flexbone allows you to have 4 possible runners and 4 possible recievers on any given play. The bread and butter play of this formation is the triple option. The triple option is named this because there is 3 possible ball carriers, the FB on dive into the middle of the line, the QB keeping it to the outside or the HB or Slotback recieving the pitch from the QB. this offense...

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Now we all know that screens dont always work so heres a simple way to make other options for you other than the screen. For example



lets say its a HB slip screen going to the right, I hot route the back side recievers to a passing concept like smash or curl flats etc. etc. and the playside reciever to a quick slant there is other decent options to go to other than the screen....

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The Pistol



As you can see the QB is closer to the line of scrimmage than in a normal shotgun. The RB is located close behind him which disguises which way a run would go or if it was even a run. In the shotgun the direction of the run is almost always known by the defense and most times it goes outside, but in the pistol you can run to both...

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