Author: Travis Burnett

USFTL Announces some HUGE Changes to Next Years National Flag Football Tournament Event

The USFTL just dropped a big news announcement yesterday, announcing that it's annual USFTL National Flag Football Tournament Championships, typically held in Orlando, Florida, would be moving to Tampa starting this year! Below is the official announcement! MAY 13th, 2015 - Steep in tradition, the USFTL National Championship is the largest adult flag football event in the country and...

What Makes a Good Flag Football Game Official?

By Darin Wissner - It's Just A Game Events Flag Football game officials get very little respect. In many cases, they haven't earned it.  Often, organizers simply ask their friends.  “It’s easy man! You know football, right?” Then these friends are put in to tough predicaments right away.  “Man, that is face guarding! You can’t do that.  That’s...

Guide to the Ultimate Flag Football Routes Tree

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Running flag football routes isn't too different from running traditional football routes, but there are some nuances & differences, along with common terms and names for them that many new players aren't familiar with.  Here is a list of 22 flag football routes, a football route tree that you can reference and some information to help...

Tight Freak Nasty – 4 on 4 Football Plays

Tight Freak Nasty from our 4 on 4 football plays collection is a staple of some of the top teams in the country, especially around the goal line.  I prefer to run the play without motion the first time (with the [2] just lined up at slot), and then if it's successful and we run it later...

Base Crack Layers – 7on7 Flag Football Plays

Base Crack Layers from our 7on7 flag football plays collection is a fairly simple play to run and execute that has several options with easy reads.  Lining up in a traditional 2 blocker 3 receiver set, the quarterback sprints to his right immediately at the snap, while the slot receiver steps inside to pick the rusher...

45 Funny Flag Football Team Names

Do you have an adult flag football league or tournament coming up and looking for some creative or funny flag football team names? Some of these were scoured from other suggestions thrown out out across the webisphere, others are my creations or personal favorites of tournaments past. Hopefully one of these will help! (Updated 2/20/2018) FUNNY FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM NAMES Multiple...

Top 12 Traits of Youth Flag Football Coaches

Coaching kids is a pretty big deal. After all, you’ll be teaching them not only football, but teamwork, success, failure and life lessons all at the same time. We polled youth flag football parents on the top 12 traits they felt all youth football coaches should possess. Let us know what you think in the comments below! Make...

Oopty – 8 on 8 Flag Football Plays

Oopty is one of my all time favorite 8 on 8 flag football plays, and works extremely well in long distance situations.  Upon sending [3] in motion, most teams will try and employ a zone defense, typically with 1 safety over the top, and 2 in the short zone with one of them taking away the inside...

Bunch Iso Blender – 5 on 5 Flag Football Plays

Bunch Iso Blender from our 5 on 5 flag football plays collection is a great all around play that can be effective against just about any defense you'll come up against.  Your Center and [2] routes will be your primary reads.  Out of this formation, many teams will lock up the [3] and play a combination of 2-1...

Bunch QB Wheel – 5 on 5 Flag Football Plays

The Bunch QB Wheel from our 5 on 5 flag football plays collection is one of our favorite plays to use against an overly aggressive rusher and a defense that likes to play man defense.  There are a couple variations you can use out of different formations to get a similar result, but the idea is always the...

Crossover – 8 on 8 Flag Football Plays

The Crossover from our 8 on 8 flag football plays collection is designed to be run out of a sideline stack formation with 4 on 4 style bunch offense in the middle. This play is designed to beat both a man and zone defense, faring particularly well against a zone cover 2 by drawing the right corner and safety's attention...

5 Flag Football Tips for Beginner Quarterbacks

Have you played quarterback in the past but are new to flag football? Or maybe you've been playing flag football for awhile and are just now trying out the quarterback position?  Here are some basic flag football tips for new and beginner quarterbacks to help set you on the right track. Find a ball that’s right for you Sounds...

Tight Under – 4 on 4 Flag Football Plays

The Tight Under from our 4 on 4 flag football plays collection is set up to coax the defense into locking up the solo receiver, and playing inside out on the center/2 combo, or going straight zone across the board.  In either situation, the 2 should come open late or the center should be wide open early. It's a great play...

Flag Football Hip Moves for Beginners

Hip moves don't come naturally, and when you start playing flag football, the biggest thing to focus on that's a big change from normal football: don’t flag guard. It is a natural reaction for everyone and takes a little bit of time to get used to not doing it. Once you perfect the art of not stiff arming...

Speed Shoots – 7 on 7 Flag Football Plays

The Speed Shoots from our 7 on 7 flag football plays collection is a quick hitting play that is designed to get the ball out of the quarterbacks hands into his playmaker's as quickly as possible.  There's not much time to take a snap under center, but if the speed route isn't immediately openeither or the slants are next...

Wheelie – 8 on 8 Flag Football Plays

The Wheelie from our 8 on 8 flag football plays collection is a great example of a go-to play out of a very tough to defend formation with an athletic team and a mobile quarterback.  It excels at getting your players into space, running a zone-beating 3+ player flood route to each side of the field...

How to be an Effective Flag Football Rusher

One of the most overlooked positions on the flag football field is typically the position of the rusher, yet aside from the quarterback, I would argue this is the most impactful positon that can make or break any team.  One of the biggest mistakes I see of many inexperienced teams is putting their worst athlete at...