Basic No-Huddle

Before you look at HOW you will run your No-Huddle offense, you should look at WHY you plan on running it. There are a variety of ways and tempos to use. No-Huddle basically falls into 1 of 2 categories:

Up tempo - get in as many snaps as possible; speed up the rhythm & tempo of the game; catch defense in a favorable (for the offense) defensive personnel grouping
Check with me - check play at LOS i.e. offense "gets the chalk last" to try to avoid bad plays; exploit a defensive weakness or alignment; to truly "take what the defense gives you"

We use the No-Huddle mostly for the second reason. We want to eliminate or reduce the number of "bad" plays we are in. Our goal is to keep from "running into the teeth" of the defense.

What is the purpose of the huddle? Isn't it to get the play from the sideline to the field? What we have done is to establish a way to run the offense without having to huddle. Every piece of terminology in our offense has a signal. This allows us to signal our calls in rather than send them in with a messenger. Defenses do it the whole game. Why can't an offense?

There are several procedures one could use to achieve this. Here is how we do it:

A formation is signaled in. All skill players receive this signal from the sideline and immediately begin aligning in the signalled formation. The QB echoes the formation call to assure we are properly aligned. As the players are approaching their alignment (they must eye the sideline as the move) the original play is signaled in to them as well. The signal can be a preset hand signal or a method of numbering where players look at wristbands to know the play. We have the OL line up 1-2 yds from ball with back to the LOS. QB will tell them the play and they assume their 2-point stance along the line.At this point we should all be alinged according to the formation with a play "in hand" to run. With our system we can now:
-run the play immediately
-check the play then either run the original or change the play
-position ourselves and simulate the running of the play, then check to sideline for signal to run the original or change the play

The procedure we will use is predetermined with a separate signal given both before and after we signal the original play.

As we are aligned in our formation, coaches are checking to see if the play we have called is good or if it needs to be changed. If we have a run play called the receivers coach is checking for the best possible route to run vs what we see. At the same time, the OL coach is checking to see if the run play is good or if it needs to be checked to another play. The OC is determining the "numbers game" to see if we should be running or throwing vs the overall scheme. If we should run it, the OC will say "Run" and the OL coach will immediately say "Good" if the original run play was good or call out the name of the play that would best suit us. If the OC says "Pass" the Rec. coach calls out the name of the pass play we should go with. The OC then determines if he likes that call and says "Go with it" to the call that was made.The appropriate signal is then sent in and the team executes accordingly. If the play is changed, the QB will make the approriate calls for the O-line. We also have signals for "Run the original play but make a dummy call". This helps keep the defense from keying in on changed plays.The procedure you use to get the plays in is the simplest of things. The major "road block" for being a No-Huddle team is your practice procedure. You must practice all tempos and variations of your No-Huddle system every day.

http://coachhuey.proboards42.com/index.cgi?board=pass&action=display&thread=1133931900