Pistol-Flex Football Formation

Pistol-Flex or Pistol Double-Slot^[1] is a hybrid of two well-known American football formations: Pistol and Flexbone formations. It was pioneered in 2009 by coach Paul Markowski who is currently an Offensive Consultant for Chestnut Hill College, Philladelphia, PA.^[2]^[3] By combining the strengths of each offensive set, the end result is a formation that is very effective both in the passing and running styles of play. The triple option can be used from this set very effectively.^[4] Markowski has developed a true quadruple Option play run out of the Pistol-Flex formation.

The base formation of the Pistol-Flex has the QB in a shotgun set four yards behind the center. The B-back is in a three-point stance with his down hand two yards behind the QB's feet. The two A-backs are set one yard directly behind the O-Tackle to their side. The offensive line splits are all 3 feet. There are multiple formations that the Pistol-Flex can be run from (Open, Tight, Bone, Box, Twins).

At any given time, there are at least four eligible receivers within one yard of the line of scrimmage which bodes well for the passing attack.

References

↑ "Other Pistol Formations". OptionFootball.net.
↑ "PISTOL-FLEX BASE FORMATION". Share Football Knowledge.
↑ Clell Wade Coaches Directory. "Updating the Pistol-Flex Offense - Five new enhancements make this offense...[ARTICLE]".
↑ "AFM Videos Has the Best in Offense, Defense and Special Teams Football Coaching Videos - Streaming Videos you can watch right now!".

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Systems

Offensive strategy

Scheme	A-11 Air Coryell Air option Air raid Buck-lateral Hurry-up Marty Ball Option Pro-style Run and shoot Smashmouth Spread Triple option West Coast

Routes	Chair Corner Curl Drag Flat Fly Hot Jerk Out Post Seam Slant Sluggo Stop-and-go Swing Wheel

Trick plays	Play-action pass Draw Double pass End-around Reverse Spinner Fake field goal Fake punt Fake spike Fake procedure Flea flicker Fumblerooski Hidden ball Hook and lateral Statue of Liberty Halfback option Hard count Pyramid Swinging gate Tackle-eligible

Other	Clock management

Defensive strategy

Scheme	Man-to-man Zone Tampa 2

Coverages	Bump and run Double Zone

Other	Icing the kicker

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