How Do You Analyze Football Game Films?
Analyzing football game film as a coach or scout is quite different from watching a football game as a fan. The fan’s eyes will be following the ball. When analyzing game film, your eyes should be following the players–every one of them. That’s because nothing on a football field happens in isolation. A wide receiver doesn’t just catch the ball out of thin air. The quarterback has to throw the ball, the offensive line has to give the QB time to throw, other receivers have to run convincing routes, and running backs have to pick up the blitz or sell the play fake. When you know how to analyze football game film, you’re able to see the order in the seeming chaos on the field. Choose a camera angle that allows you to see as much of the field as possible. This may be entirely out of your control, of course. But if you do have a choice of angles, film shot from a position above the end zone is by far the best. This angle–known as “coaches’ film”–shows all 22 players at all times. The sid
