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WTH: Trick football play

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ProfJohn said:
Legal or not it is unsportsman like and the coach should be ashamed of himself for teaching his kids the play.

Youth sports are suppose to build character and team work etc etc not teach kids that they win by getting around the rules or intent of the game.

And we wonder why so many of our kids think cheating in school is perfectly fine.
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Sports are supposed to teach kids lessons. Let's see what both teams learned from this play:

Offensive team:
- Taking a completely different approach to a situation can lead to extraordinary results.
- The benefits of taking risks can far outweigh the risks (in this case, the play dies and they go to 2nd down or whatever).
- Corollary to #1: The tried and true method isn't always the most effective or best approach.

Defensive team:
- Being focused and aware of your surroundings is of paramount importance.
- Always be ready for the unexpected, always be looking for the tricks your opponents might play on you.
- Be present and prepared when you are expected to be.

How are any of those lessons bad lessons? If anything the lessons that one play taught both teams are what make Americans, generally, so good at business. It taught a lesson about risks, about taking unique approaches, about being prepared, about staying focused, and about competition in general.

This type of education is exactly what kids need.
 
crashtestdummy said:
From the NFL rulebook:

Looks like it checks out, as long as it's done smoothly.

Also, I'm surprised that no one uses the "Snap may be made by any offensive player who is on the line" clause. I could see the offensive line setting up, waiting for the D, then standing, shifting and hiking from the guard or tackle for a run to the overloaded side. It would at least confuse the heck out of opposing offenses
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Wouldn't work in the NFL because NFL defenses are too quick. When you overload a side like that, the unblocked defender will just take out the running back during the hand-off and at best, chase down the ball carrier for a loss of yards.
 
All of football is "trick" plays. Stunts and blitzes are designed to trick the offensive line. Snap counts try to trick the defensive line. Play action passes try to trick the linebackers and safeties away from their cover assignments. Draw plays try to trick linebackers and safeties into dropping into coverage and not covering their tackling lanes. End arounds, reverses, onsides kicks, tackle-eligible, etc etc etc. You're always trying to trick the other guys and gain an advantage from confusion or blown assignments. They ran a trick play with a HUGE risk and they got rewarded for it. One really focused lineman could easily have batted that ball out of his hands for a turnover, instead it's a TD. The defense won't get burned by that again.
 
waggy said:
wtf?

they are teaching character and team work. how about this next time they face someone trying this shit they will nail the kid.

they just learned that you play until the whistle and that once the ball is handed off its LIVE.

i think thats a damn good lesson. there was no cheating and not unsportsmanlike at all. the play was 100% within the rules of the game.

next game with those kids this is going to happen!
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lol #43 is a stud

stops the trick play and claps to himself then makes the tackle on the next run play
 
lol.

in the second one, with no one set, isnt it an illegal procedure? you have to have to so many players down right?

sad that a coach would actually pull that crap
 
Whoozyerdaddy said:
We used to practice the 'center sneak' which was perfectly legal as long as the center was under 120 lbs


Center snapped the ball to the QB... Once it touches the Qb's hands it can be handed off... so snap to the QB then take it back and plunge forward.

I was the Center... great play.
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How would that be legal? Wouldn't the ball be going forward to the center and he's not an eligible receiver.
 
JTsyo said:
How would that be legal? Wouldn't the ball be going forward to the center and he's not an eligible receiver.
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It's not a forward pass, it's a handoff. The center isn't an eligible receiver, but every offensive player is eligible as a ball carrier.
 
Zargon said:
lol.

in the second one, with no one set, isnt it an illegal procedure? you have to have to so many players down right?

sad that a coach would actually pull that crap
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Nobody has to be 'down.' You have to have seven men on the LOS and they have to be still for a second before the ball is snapped.
 
edro said:
A pitch is a lateral, which is like a fumble. (but not recorded as a fumble)
Any player can recover a lateral, then move forward.
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I was under the impression a lineman had to be facing his own endzone in order to receive a handoff?
 
waggy said:
wtf?

they are teaching character and team work. how about this next time they face someone trying this shit they will nail the kid.

they just learned that you play until the whistle and that once the ball is handed off its LIVE.

i think thats a damn good lesson. there was no cheating and not unsportsmanlike at all. the play was 100% within the rules of the game.

next game with those kids this is going to happen!
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Beautiful heads up play there.
 
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