5v5 flag football play
Smash Stack
Stacking two receivers hides the smash until it's too late to sort out. Tell your players: 'Front girl sits, back girl sails — release clean and the defense covers ghosts.'
How to run it
- 1
Stack tight before the snap — WR3 directly behind WR2 — so the defenders can't press either of you and have to guess who goes where.
- 2
WR2 releases first and hitches at five; WR3 counts one beat, then climbs off her back shoulder to the corner.
- 3
QB: same smash rules — deep defender squats, corner over the top; she bails, hitch now.
Who the quarterback reads
- 1. Y
- 2. Z
- 3. C
The corner is first because stacked releases blur the deep defender's landmarks — if she hesitates even one step, the corner behind the hitch is the big play.
The concepts in this play
- Smash
- A short hitch underneath a deep corner route over the same defender. He can't cover both; the QB throws off whichever one he leaves 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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