Choosing your playbook terminology can be a chore, especially when you’re starting from scratch.
Anything you teach is going to be helped by making it as easy to remember as possible, and the best way to do that is by using words and phrases your players already know, and already have natural associations with one another outside of football.
But what happens when you need terms for left and right calls, strong and weak calls, even field and boundary (or anything else)? You need groups of complementary terms that fit together naturally, and that’s what we’re talking about today.
Today’s article is taken from our latest release: The Playbook Terminology Handbook: A Complete Collection of Words and Calls
3 Ideas for Complementary Terms
Cartoon Characters
Using some of the most popular cartoon characters can be a simple way to make your scheme stick in the heads of your players.
For example, “Homer” and “Bart” are natural complements/opposites to each other. “Tom” and “Jerry” could be another one. We’ve got a long list in the book but the potential combinations are endless.
Family Members
This one is easy for your players to remember, using the associations we’ve all had since childhood.
Using the complementary terms like “Dad” and “Mom” or “Brother” and “Sister” provides excellent opposite/complementary terms to use when you need them.
Superheroes
We’re going back to popular culture and this time using superheroes and their secret identities.
Another alternative would be to use superheroes and their arch enemies. For example: Superman and Lex Luthor (Shortened to “Luthor” or “Lex”). Your only limit is your imagination.
These are just a few of the examples we put together in The Playbook Terminology Handbook!
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