scripting

Castarizz,

A few years ago I had the same exact question and I was able to get a pretty good answer from Mark Richt, who is now the head coach at the university of Georgia. He suggested that we script the first 20 plays with the odd numbers (1,3,5 etc) being first down plays and the even numbers (2,4,6 etc.) being second down plays. He then suggested having the rest of your game plan broken down into segmented situations, ie: 3rd and long 3rd and short etc. The 20 play script itself is used to see what looks the defense will give you based on the formations you put in front of them which will allow you to make the necessary adjustments as the game goes on. It is not geared so much towards down and distance. Over the past few years we have tried to throw in as many multiple formations in the first 20 plays just so we can get an idea of how the defense is going to adjust!

I am not sure if this helps at all but we have found this scripting system to be successful.

Thanks,

Coach,
We also script the first 20 plays. We base our script on tendencies we get from film study. In three of the eight games we played last year, we used the whole 20 plays to score on our first drive. We also like the use of multiple formations to see what types of adjustments defensive teams will use.