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airraider
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Hand Signal Catch All. Jan 25, 2010 10:52:33 GMT -6

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Post by airraider on Jan 25, 2010 10:52:33 GMT -6

I didnt do this on the offensive board because these can be used in any facet of the game I guess.

Here are some hand signals I have seen used and their meaning.

Some are a bit whatever.. and are not mine.. nor would I probably use them.. especially with my principal.. but whatever..

Hand Like a gun - 9 (9mm).. shoot (shoot route) Gun (shotgun)

rub stomach - 6 (six pack)..

rub forearm - 4 (four-arm)..

tap top of head - hitch route (head/hitch)

cover eyes - 2 (2 eyes)..

tap nose - 1 (1 nose)

tap Knee - 3 (knee/3)

flap arms like bird - Spread (spread/wings) Fly (fly/go route)

hands like cupping breasts - Queens (woman/queen formation)

hand over crotch - King (testicles/king formation)

tap forehead - 4 (four-head)

hands like ripping paper - rip (right motion)

shake hands back and forth - shake (shake route)

roll hands over one another - wheel (wheel route) same play,

arms in an X - slant route (slants will cross eventually) Cross (Y cross concept)

hands like driving a car - nascar (no huddle tempo) Drive (drive concept/route)

hands hammering down on the other - Smash (smash concept) Hammer (hammer blitz concept)

grab side of pants legs and pull up - Shallow (Shallow Concept/Route)

Hands coming together and apart interlocking fingers - Mesh (mesh concept) Huddle

Hands moving as if to decline a penalty - Flat (flat route) or decline a penalty ;D

Finger pointing towards sky - 7 (seven/Heaven) Go Route

finger points towards corner of eye - Corner (corner route) I (I formation)

Arms up like signaling TD - Post (goalpost/TD)

Point to your watch - Clock it (spike the ball) Milk the clock (wait till 10 or less to start cadence) Now Route (what time is it now?)

roll your hand and wrist like you are feeding your self - 8 (ate/8)

Im sure there are more that I can think of.. please post some that you know of..

looking to go complete hand signals next year.. want some good ideas.. for defense.. offense.. and special teams..

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Hand Signal Catch All. Jan 26, 2010 12:22:14 GMT -6

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Post by coachwoodall on Jan 26, 2010 12:22:14 GMT -6

top of head - 0
nose - 1
ear - 2
chin - 3
throat - 4
hand across chest - 5
hand across belt - 6
hand across the top of the thigh - 7
hand on knee - 8
hand on knee with foot raised - 9

OR
(going counter clockwise if you were looking at me)
top of head - 0
right ear - 1
right shoulder - 2
right rib cage/side of chest - 3
right pocket - 4
belt buckle - 5
left pocket - 6
left rib cage/side of chest - 7
left shoulder - 8
left ear - 9

of course you can add the others as tags, but if you number players, those 2 are the easiest to see. If you are really tuned in the circular series can be around your face. You can really get them in fast if you are worried about someone stealling signs. Of course you can also have right hand hot/left hand hot to stop sign stealing.

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threeback
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Hand Signal Catch All. Jan 27, 2010 15:46:37 GMT -6

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Post by threeback on Jan 27, 2010 15:46:37 GMT -6

Formations:
Clenched fist up-right
Open hand down-left
Slit wrist-red
Rub chest-blue
Open palm shaking-loose, followed by right/left, red/blue signal
Holding imaginary card- Ace
Cowboy shoot from hip- Pistol-followed by formation
Right/left, red/blue with a rainbow motion- Right/left, red/blue over (WR on TE side)
Any of these formations with a bicep flex- TE flex
Tap chin-rio-FB/WB/Dive Back right
Tap knee-lobo-FB/WB/Dive Back left

Motions:
Tearing paper-rip (jet motion right)
"L" sign- liz (jet motion left)
Rocking the baby- rocky (rocket motion right)
Praying- lucky (rocket motion left)
Shaving face- razor (slow deep motion right)
Eye point- laser (slow deep motion left)
Any of these motions followed by hand over mouth-false or freeze motion (telling a lie)

Series:
Buck-
Rubbing fingers together "got dem dollas as the kids said"-buck sweep- money play
Trapping motion-self explanatory
Point to tongue- waggle
Down-
"Grabbn yo ole lady's head an pulln to go deep" (dam- near busted a gut on this one)- down
Down pass- same motion with an uncatchable pass signal
Down counter- same motion with 3-4 "pointing the dots"
Sally- pushing up with your hands

Lead- Salute
Lead Pass-same signal with uncatchable pass signal
Lead option- Salute, point to both eyes
Tackle Trap- X with fingers, tap on top of each other

Jet/Rocket Series
Jet- arms out
Gut- rub belly
Jet pass-same motion, with uncatchable ball signal
Rocket-
Formation, with appropriate motion

So,
If you wanted to motion in bucksweep right out of double wing-
it would be red razor sweep right Cut wrist, shave, money, clench fist up.
Right waggle left- Clench fist up, point to tongue, open hand toward ground.
Red Razor Lead Left w/false motion- Cut wrist, shave, hand over mouth, salute, open hand toward ground

Introduced to kids in 15 minutes-they offered suggestions, quizzed them on it-and we were signaling in plays 30 minutes later.
4 people would signal in, one live-2 back up QBs and OL/HC. Live changed each series. Had backup QB's doing everything from "riding the bull"-ala Happy Gilmore; slappin dat a$$ (thank you rap stars); to paying tribute to MJ with the moonwalk....I was pissed as hell until I realized that if someone is paying attention to these guys making idiots of themselves-they sure as hell weren't paying attention to the live play.

coachinghopeful
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Hand Signal Catch All. Jan 27, 2010 17:48:11 GMT -6

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Post by coachinghopeful on Jan 27, 2010 17:48:11 GMT -6

One of the coolest things I've ever seen on here was a coach (wish I could remember who) who told his players to pretend that his body was the keypad on a phone...

7--8--9
4--5--6
1--2--3
---0---

Then depending on where he tapped, that was a number. Shoulder area was 7-9, ribs/solar plexus was 4-6, and gut was 1-3. Belt buckle was "0" IIRC.

I liked it because it was simple and connected to something the kids already know inside and out. It doesn't look like it would be that easy for the opponents to figure out, either. Just got to remember to reverse everything so it looks right from the kids' perspective.

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silkyice
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Hand Signal Catch All. Jan 27, 2010 19:34:03 GMT -6

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Post by silkyice on Jan 27, 2010 19:34:03 GMT -6

Jan 27, 2010 17:48:11 GMT -6 coachinghopeful said:

One of the coolest things I've ever seen on here was a coach (wish I could remember who) who told his players to pretend that his body was the keypad on a phone...

7--8--9
4--5--6
1--2--3
---0---

Then depending on where he tapped, that was a number. Shoulder area was 7-9, ribs/solar plexus was 4-6, and gut was 1-3. Belt buckle was "0" IIRC.

I liked it because it was simple and connected to something the kids already know inside and out. It doesn't look like it would be that easy for the opponents to figure out, either. Just got to remember to reverse everything so it looks right from the kids' perspective.

Coach, you might have gotten that from me or maybe not, but I do it just a little different.

Rt ear - 1, nose - 2, Lt ear - 3
Rt shoulder - 4, chest - 5, Lt shoulder - 6
rt thigh - 7, belly - 8, lt thigh - 9

0 can be top of head or just make a 0 with your hands.

I like this way better because it resembles a phone key pad.