5v5 Flag Football Trips RPO


By FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 3, 2024
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You don’t find many formations in football that have all of the eligible receivers on one side of the formation. Flag football can be different though. This 5v5 flag football trips formation sets you up well for an effective RPO (run pass option).

Some leagues don’t allow this formation, but some do. If yours says it’s okay, then this play is one to think about. Let’s face it, when you run this formation you are going to be attacking the strong side most of the time.

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This is why every now and then it’s a good idea to bring one of your players back across the formation to the weak side. Is it a jet sweep, or a decoy as you sprint out to the flood side? Maybe it’s a run pass option? Good flag football coaches know you create your blocking with misdirection.

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The better you can execute this flag football trips formation RPO the better off you will be. That sounds like an obvious statement but here is why we say it. This play will not work if it is run without speed. The defense will not be fooled. Even if they are, they will react and find the football. When you run this play fast though, they only understand it after it is too late.

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That’s the beauty of this 5v5 flag football Trips formation play. It is what you want it to be. You can predetermine it or let your more experienced quarterback choose after the ball is snapped. When you look at it this way you have multiple plays wrapped up in one.

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FirstDown PlayBook offers you 12 different 5v5 Flag Football formations just like the ones you see below. You should consider one or two of these for your NFL Flag offense. Tap on any one of the tiles below to visit the article describing that formation. After reading the article then go join FirstDown PlayBook and get busy coaching your NFL Flag team with the best playbook available!

FirstDown PlayBook Has Thousands Of 5v5 Flag Football Plays