5v5 flag football play
Flood Boot
You fake one way, boot the other, and put three receivers at three depths on one sideline — one defender can't cover all of them. Tell your players: 'Know your depth: line, ten, deep — spacing is the play.'
How to run it
- 1
QB: one hard fake step right, then sprint left and square your shoulders before you look — throwing across your body off the boot is a turnover.
- 2
Three answers stack the left sideline at three depths: C at the line, WR3 at ten, WR1 deep — lose those depths and the flood collapses into one defender's zone.
- 3
Take the flat throw early and often — the boot gets C the ball on the run, and the deeper routes open later once the flat defender starts cheating up.
Who the quarterback reads
- 1. C
- 2. Y
- 3. X
On the move the QB reads closest-first: C's flat route is the first window that crosses her vision and it's an easy completion if the defense stayed home.
The concepts in this play
- Flood
- Send three receivers to one side at three different depths so a zone defense can't cover every level at once — someone is always open.
Who should run it
Developing. Teams with a season together, or middle-school age. A couple of reps to lock the spacing in.
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