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Step 1
Learn more about the personnel on your team. You should have plenty of practices before you start designing the offense. Figure out which players on your team are the best offensive weapons. The best way to do that is to look for fast players, with the ability to catch passes a plus. Once you have identified the standout offensive players on your team, begin to formulate your game plan.
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Step 2
Install a handful of plays to start out. You don't want to bog down your players by forcing them to remember a multitude of plays. Instead, narrow it down to four or five plays that get the ball in the hands of your offensive playmakers. You should have two running plays in which you hand the ball off and two or three passing plays in which the quarterback is to throw the ball to a wide receiver.
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Step 3
Develop code words and hand signals for each offensive play. This is important so that the quarterback can call and change plays at the line of scrimmage. Keeping your playbook four or five plays deep makes it easier to develop these code words and hand signals.
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Step 4
Practice these plays repeatedly. These plays need to become second nature to your players. If a play isn't performing well, substitute a new play. Mastering a few plays is better than having a lot of plays but no clue how to run those plays.
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jermanis83 said
on 5/8/2009 The steps provided are excellent. For play management use http://www.flagfootballdesign.com. You can create, print and insert the plays into a wristband (I believe called "Wrist coaches") to use them while you are playing. I did it for my team and it worked well.