With more and more coaches stepping into the world of announcing and the "Film Room," option during the National Championship game, I'm going to provide a glossary of terms commonly used on offense to clarify this coaching jargon. Here for SOTU we will discuss: schemes, personnel groups, and formations.
Schemes:
The foundations of offensive football arise in the scheme the coach is trying to employ. As fans of the game we hear a lot of phrases like "pro style" or "spread" and we often wonder what the difference really is because during a Patriots game I see both.