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Delaware Wing-T Number System
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The Delaware Number System Play Communication The Delaware System uses a sequence of three numbers to communicate the play from the coach to the field. The first number is the formation, the second number identifies the series, and the final number directs the point of attack. Additional information concerning a play can be added with either a prefix or suffix. For Example: Loose 124 Gut
Formation The Delaware System uses both words and numbers to identify formation to be used. A detailed description of the Delaware Formation System can be found at Formations. Series The Delaware System also places all plays from a similar look into a series. The best example of this is the Sweep, Trap, and Waggle plays. All these plays belong in the Sweep or Twenty Series. All the plays in a particular series compliment each other in someway, for example the Waggle is the play action pass off of the Sweep. There are nine series used in the Delaware System.
Point of Attack The Delaware System uses a number system that is unique to many systems used by coaches today. One major difference in the Delaware system is that it does not number the holes like other systems, rather it numbers the positions of the players. The numbers move from right to left starting one and finishing with nine. By doing this the numbers one through four are associated with anything to the right and numbers six through nine are associated with the left. The Delaware system does not have holes that are attacked, but rather points of attack. There are three main points of attack in the Delaware system; Outside, Off-Tackle, and up the middle. Along with these numbers giving the point of attack they also provide the front eight positions a number. For example the End to the right is two, the Tackle to the right is three, the Guard to the Right is four, etc.
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