Football play cards, printed from the plays you draw.

Draw a play or describe it in plain English, choose how many go on a sheet, and print. Sixteen to a page for a wristband, eight for a pocket card, four for the call sheet you hold on the sideline. Every card carries the diagram, the play name and the formation, with a cut border so the scissors know where to go. Free, in the browser, nothing to install.

Open the play designer See the sheets

Export — 16 per sheet, Letter landscape

Cards for every format, 5v5 flag to 11v11 tackle

Pick the format and the field, player count and legal alignments change with it, so a 7v7 card is drawn on a 7v7 field and an 11v11 card shows all eleven.

5v5
5v5 NFL Flag
6v6
7v7
8v8
9v9
11v11

Play Cards From the Tool You Already Draw In

A football play card is a diagram cut down to the size of the job: a wristband window, a shirt pocket, a laminated sheet on a lanyard. Most coaches make them by shrinking a whiteboard photo in a word processor and hoping the routes survive. RC Football prints them from the plays themselves. You draw a play once in the play designer, or type it in plain English and let the AI draw it, and the export lays it out on a Letter sheet at whatever density you choose.

Every card shows the diagram, the play name in a color-coded title (red for offense, dark for defense) and the formation and concept underneath. A light border hugs each card so you can cut a full sheet into cards with straight cuts. Route names and depths are drawn at a size that still reads at sixteen per page, because a wristband card you cannot read is a card you will not call.

Print single plays straight from the designer, or build a playbook and print the whole thing in game order with a different play on every card. Both use the same layout engine, so a card from either path looks identical on the arm.

What you get on every sheet

1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 cards per sheet on US Letter, portrait or landscape to match the density.
Cut borders on every card so a full sheet becomes cards with straight cuts, no measuring.
Play name, formation and concept on each card, in a title pill tinted for offense or defense.
Routes labeled with depth at a stroke and type size that stays legible at wristband scale.
PNG, SVG or PDF from the designer, or a multi-page PDF or Google Doc from the playbook.
Every format 5v5 flag through 11v11 tackle, each on its own correctly sized field.

How to Print Football Play Cards

1
Draw the play, or describe it
Open the play designer, pick a format and formation, and place players and routes by dragging. Or type the play in plain English and let RC Football draw it. Either way you end up with a clean diagram on a real field.
2
Choose how many per sheet
In the Export box, pick 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 copies per sheet. Sixteen is the wristband density, eight the pocket card, four the call sheet. One or two per sheet is for teaching a single play at practice.
3
Export and print
Download the sheet as PNG, SVG or PDF and print it on plain Letter paper at 100 percent, not fit-to-page. Check one card at actual size before you print the whole stack.
4
Cut on the borders
Each card has its own rounded border. Cut along it with scissors or a paper trimmer. Laminate the call sheet if it is going to see rain.
5
Print a whole playbook the same way
For a full set with a different play on every card, build the playbook on your team page, choose the plays per page, and export a multi-page PDF or Google Doc. The order you set in the playbook is the order the cards print in.

The same plays at every density

Export — 8 per sheet

Eight per sheet is the pocket card. Big enough to read a route depth, small enough to fold once and keep in a back pocket.

Export — 4 per sheet

Four per sheet is the coach's call sheet. Route names and depths stay readable at arm's length, which is the distance you hold it at on the sideline.

Which Density for Which Job

Five layouts, one engine. The right one depends on where the card is going, not on how many plays you have.

16 per sheet: the wristband

Landscape · 4 by 4 · about 2.5 inches wide

Small, dense, meant to be glanced at between plays. Print only plays your team already knows, because a wristband is a memory aid and not a teaching tool. Sixteen is the density that still keeps route labels readable; anything denser turns the routes into hair.

8 per sheet: the pocket card

Portrait · 2 by 4

The card a coach folds once and keeps in a back pocket, or hands to an assistant who runs the other side of the ball. Every route depth reads at this size, so it works as a quick teaching reference as well.

4 per sheet: the call sheet

Portrait · 2 by 2

Your sideline sheet. Big enough to read at arm's length while you watch the field, small enough that a whole situational group (openers, third and short, red zone) fits on one page. Laminate it and clip it to the play sheet.

2 per sheet: the practice card

Portrait · 1 by 2

Two plays, large, for installing at practice. Tape one to the water cooler and run the play until the kids stop looking at it.

1 per sheet: the teaching sheet

Landscape · full page

One play filling the page. This is the binder print and the sheet you hand a nine-year-old who needs to see the route he keeps getting wrong. Also the right density if you are photographing the card for a group chat.

Deciding what goes on the cards? The playbook PDF guide covers how to order plays by situation so the sheet gets used on Saturday.

Who Prints These

Youth flag coaches who want every player wearing the same eight plays on a wristband
Quarterbacks and their parents who need the week's calls on the arm before Saturday
Assistant coaches who run one side of the ball and want their own pocket card
High school and adult rec coaches replacing a shrunk whiteboard photo with real diagrams
League directors handing every new coach a starter set of cards on day one

Football Play Card FAQ

Are the play cards free?

Yes. Drawing a play and exporting it as a sheet of 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 copies is free from the play designer. You can print two sheets before creating an account and as many as you like once you have one. Exporting a whole playbook with a different play on every card is part of the Coach and Pro plans.

Will the cards fit my wristband?

The 16 per sheet layout prints cards about two and a half inches wide on a landscape Letter page, which fits the window on most youth and adult playbook wristbands. Wristband windows vary by brand, so print one sheet and check a card against your band before printing the set. Brand-specific sizing is in development; you can tell us which wristband you use from the Labs page.

Do I need Google Drive to print?

No. Single-play sheets download straight from the designer as PNG, SVG or PDF and print from any printer. Google Drive export is optional and is there for whole playbooks you want to share with your staff as a PDF or a Google Doc.

Can I put different plays on one sheet?

Yes. Build a playbook on your team page, add the plays in the order you want them, choose the plays per page, and export. Each page carries different plays in playbook order. From the designer alone, a sheet holds copies of the one play you are looking at, which is what you want when every player on the team needs the same card.

Do defensive plays print the same way?

Yes. Defensive cards print with a dark title pill instead of the red offensive one, so a mixed sheet sorts itself at a glance. Coverages, blitzes and zone drops are drawn the same way as routes.

What size paper, and what print setting?

US Letter, plain paper. Print at 100 percent, not fit-to-page, or the cards shrink and the cut borders no longer match a wristband window. If you plan to laminate, print on card stock so the cards stay flat in the sleeve.

Single-play card sheets are free from the designer. Whole-playbook exports are on the Coach and Pro plans; see plans & pricing.

Keep exploring

Your plays, cut to size.

Draw a play, pick sixteen per sheet, and print a wristband set before practice.

Open the play designer