Football Play Guide

Post

Study the post route, its middle-field stress points, and how receivers bend it against safety leverage.

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Play categories

Use these pages to focus on one play family at a time, then jump into the calls, coverages, and special teams plays that match what you are studying.

Overview

Run Plays

37

Interior runs, perimeter runs, quarterback runs, option plays, and RPO tags built around the run game.

Pass Routes

22

The route tree and receiver releases used to attack man, zone, leverage, and late-game sideline space.

Pass Concepts

34

Dropback concepts, screens, play-action calls, and trick plays that combine routes with backfield action.

Defensive Coverages

16

Man, zone, match, bracket, press, and prevent coverages with diagrams for coverage responsibility.

Pressures and Stunts

31

Four-man rushes, blitzes, simulated pressures, stunts, and run-fit adjustments for attacking protections.

Special Teams

10

Kick, punt, return, block, and fake calls that decide field position and late-game leverage.

Post diagram and notes#

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Post teaching diagram.

Family: Route

What it is: A vertical stem with an inside break toward the goalposts. It attacks the middle of the field.

When to use it: When the offense wants to punish a single high safety or isolate a safety’s inside leverage.

Good against: Cover 1, Cover 3 if the post can cross the safety’s face, and safeties who overplay outside routes.

Bad against: Two-high shells, robber defenders, and inside leverage man coverage.

Pairs well with: Pairs with Mills, Yankee, and scissors.