Motion Calls
MOTION CALLS
EVERYONE THAT IS ALLOWED, EXCEPT THE QB (AND WE EVEN HAVE HAD OCCASIONS TO RUN HIM IN MOTION) HAS MOTION CALLS. UNLIKE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WE KNOW, THERE ARE DEFINITE REASONS THAT WE SEND PEOPLE IN MOTION. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE MAIN REASONS FOR MOTION ARE: (1) TO CAUSE THE DEFENSE TO THINK RIGHT BEFORE THE BALL IS SNAPPED AND THEREBY TAKE AWAY SOME OF THEIR AGGRESSIVENESS, (2) TO CREATE MOVEMENT BY THE DEFENSE OPENING UP A RUNNING OR PASSING LANE THAT WE MIGHT EXPLOIT, AND (3) MOTION BY THE BACKS ALSO HAS DEFINITE BLOCKING ADVANTAGES FOR US DUE TO DEFENSIVE ALIGNMENTS.
THESE ARE OUR MOTION CALLS. THERE IS NO MAGIC WITH THESE. THEY WORK FOR US. WHEN GOING IN MOTION, WE WANT OUR BACKS TO LOOK LIKE THEY ARE UP TO SOMETHING. WE HAVE ALL SEEN MOTION WHERE THE MOTION BACK LOOKS LIKE HE IS IN SLOW MOTION OR EVEN JOGGING IN PLACE. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WANT. WE LIKE OUR MOTION TO BE QUICKER, ABOUT THREE-QUARTER SPEED. SPEEDIER MOTION FORCES FASTER JUDGMENTS BY THE DEFENSE AS WELL AS FASTER ADJUSTMENTS WHICH MEANS THEY MAY BE MOVING MORE QUICKLY OUT OF POSITION IN THE WRONG DIRECTION WHEN THE BALL IS SNAPPED.
OUR CADENCE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR MOTION ATTACK. OUR TEAM BREAKS THE HUDDLE, MOVES TO THEIR ASSIGNED POSITION, AND TAKES THEIR STANCE. THE QB MAKES SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SET FOR AT LEAST ONE FULL SECOND THEN YELLS GO!
YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW MANY TEAMS, IN A TIGHT SITUATION, EVEN AFTER HEARING THE GO COUNT THE WHOLE BALL GAME WILL JUMP ON GO! ON THE COMMAND GO, THERE IS USUALLY A MAN IN MOTION. THE NEXT COMMAND IS SET FOLLOWED BY HUT-ONE, HUT-TWO, ETC. THIS IS A NONRHYTHMIC COUNT. THERE ARE PAUSES BETWEEN GO AND SET TO ALLOW THE MOTION BACK TO GET WHERE WE WANT HIM TO BE WHEN THE BALL IS SNAPPED.
WING BACK MOTION
OUT - THE WB GOES IN MOTION OUT OR AWAY FROM THE BALL FROM WHERE HE IS ALIGNED IN THE FORMATION THAT IS CALLED TO A WIDE RECEIVER POSITION. THE BALL IS SNAPPED WHILE THE WB IS IN MOTION (THE SAME IS TRUE FOR ALL EXTENDED MOTION CALLS FOR THE OFFENSE).
FLY - THE WB "FLIES ACROSS" THE FORMATION (BALL) AND TO A WIDE RECEIVER POSITION ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FORMATION.
FLEA - FLEA IS SMALL OR SHORT MOTION, HENCE FLEA. THE WB MOTIONS ACROSS THE FORMATION TO A POINT BEHIND THE OOT. FROM THIS POSITION HE SETS TO BLOCK THE MAN ALIGNED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE OOT. WHEN FLEA MOTION IS CALLED WE WILL NORMALLY SNAP THE BALL ON ONE SO THAT THE WB MAY TIME HIS MOTION WITH THE SNAP COUNT TO BE IN THE PROPER POSITION. ON FLEA MOTION THE WB TAPS THE QB AS HE PASSES. WHEN TAPPED THE QB WILL IMMEDIATELY MAKE HIS HUT-ONE COMMAND. THIS SEQUENCE PUTS THE WB IN THE PROPER POSITION FOR BLOCKING AT THE OOT SPOT AT THE PROPER TIME. IT IS POSSIBLE TO USE THE QB'S HEEL TO SIGNAL THE START OF MOTION SO THAT THE FIRST SOUND CAN BE USED AS A STARTING COUNT. THE QB SIGNALS THE START OF MOTION WITH HIS HEEL, THE WB GOES IN MOTION, TAPS THE QB AND THE QB SAYS HUT-ONE FOR THE FIRST SOUND STARTING COMMAND.
TAILABCK MOTION
RIP - ON RIP MOTION THE TAILBACK STEPS UP TO A POSITION IN FRONT OF THE FB AND GOES INTO EXTENDED MOTION TO THE RIGHT MOVING TO A WIDE RECEIVER POSITION. THE RULES ARE THAT A MAN IN MOTION MUST BE MOVING PARALLEL TO OR AWAY FROM THE LOS FOR A FULL SECOND PRIOR TO THE BALL BEING SNAPPED. THE MOVEMENT BY THE TB TOWARD THE LOS AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS MOTION, THEREFORE, IS LEGAL.
LIZ - LIZ MOTION INDICATES THAT THE TB WILL STEP UP AND MOTION TO A WIDE RECEIVER POSITION TO THE LEFT OF THE CALLED FORMATION.
EITHER OF THESE MOTIONS ALLOW US TO MOVE INTO A ONE-BACK OFFENSE (AS DOES MOTION BY THE FB), TRIPS, OR TO FOUR RECEIVERS SPREAD ACROSS THE FIELD DEPENDING UPON WHAT FORMATION IS CALLED.
FULLBACK MOTION
ROAR - ON ROAR MOTION THE FB STEPS UP TO A POINT 2 - 3 YARDS DEEP OFF THE BALL AND GOES INTO EXTENDED MOTION ASSUMING A WIDE RECEIVER POSITION TO THE RIGHT OF THE FORMATION.
LION - LION MOTION PLACES THE FB IN A WIDE RECEIVER POSITION TO THE LEFT OF THE FORMATION.
RAT AND LIP - RAT AND LIP MOTIONS ARE SHORT MOTION CALLS FOR THE FB. THEY ARE USED TO GET THE FB ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FORMATION IN FRONT OF THE TB. THESE MOTIONS ARE ONLY FOUR STEP MOTIONS BY THE FB. THEY ARE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE DEFENSE TO ADJUST TO BEFORE THE BALL IS SNAPPED.
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