Run Blocking Variations Save You Time


By FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 3, 2025

Over the past fourteen years we have learned a thing or two from our FirstDown PlayBook coaches. One of our biggest lessons is that there is no one right way when it comes creating offense or defense playbooks installations and practice cards. This is how and why we created run blocking variations for you.

FirstDown PlayBook blocks up every run play against several other defenses. This is just one more example of the detail we provide football coaches. It is how you find these run blocking variations that we want to focus on here today. There are actually several easy ways to the FirstDown PlayBook run plays and the run blocking variations.

The first way is pretty straight forward. A coach can use the “Find A Play” section and simply narrow down to choose the football play they are looking for. The coach can even choose the defense that they want to block. So if you are looking for the Wing T Buck Sweep vs a 4-3 Defense, you simply work your way through until you find an editable version of that.

FirstDown PlayBook didn’t stop there though. Once you find your run play blocked up against the defense you want, now you have a play variations area in the upper right hand corner of your football play. You just hit the dropdown menu and chose the run play variation you want.

You Won’t Find This Anywhere Else Either Because They Can’t Or They Won’t

So let’s go back to that same Wing T Buck Sweep we just mentioned vs a 4-3. Now you can just choose a 3-4 look from the run blocking variations. Once you do that, you are looking at that same play vs that defense. Also, don’t forget that we flip every play and defense in FirstDown PlayBook for you so when you find, draw or edit your play, your work is done. All you need to do is flip the play and save it again.

You defensive coaches will want to make sure to watch this video below too because there is a time saving tip in here you are going to be jacked up about. So take a look at this short two minute video and remember…Don’t forget the blocking schemes drop downs!