5 Wide Offense
Core pass plays to install

The 5 Wide Offense has 9 core pass routes/concepts. 

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They are shown below in the core 3x2 Empty formation, Tornado, for clarity. 

The positions are labeled X, A, B, Z, W. 

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The initial design is X, Z, W are receivers and A and B are running backs.

However, it became apparent to me that it was better to use 10 personnel,

1 running back and 4 receivers, so A became another receiver with

B the only running back.

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The XA are on the 2-receiver side. The BZW are on the 3-receiver side. 

They stay in the same order of the formation for the install. 

Later when different formations are added they can be moved in any order. 

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However, their routes in these 0-9 concepts ALWAYS remain the same. 

For example, in the 0 route, X has a takeoff, A has a slant, B has a swing/bubble,

Z has a slant, and W has a post.

 

They will run that route no matter where the formation

puts them every time the 0 route is called.