RC Football Research
Original data on how youth football coaches actually call plays, drawn from what coaches build in RC Football. Free to read, free to cite.
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The State of Youth Football Play Calling
Halfway through the fall season, what youth football coaches are drawing in 5v5, 7v7 and 11v11: the formations, plays, routes and coverages they lean on, and what makes it into the team playbook.
- Spread
- The #1 formation in every format, 5v5 to 11v11
- Mesh
- The #1 play: 13% of coaches drew it
- 76%
- Of the typical coach's defenses are zone
- 20%
- Of coaches asked the AI for a trick play
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