Chalk Talk · How-to

Animating the Primary Pass Route

In OnChalk you mark one route as the primary pass target, press play, and the animation carries the ball there, so your players watch the read instead of just reading about it.

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the OnChalk play editor with a route segment selected and the Primary pass target checkbox turned on in the Properties panel
Spread Option PA Peter Crossroads · the H crossing route selected, with Primary pass target checked
Where it lives

The target is a property of the route, so you set it on the route itself, not on the player. Click the last part of the route to select that segment, then open Properties.

Pick the route that gets the ball

On this play, the H receiver runs a crossing route underneath the play-action fake. That crosser is the read, so it is the route that should carry the ball. Click the last part of the route, the final segment ending at the catch point, to select it.

Check Primary pass target

With the segment selected, open Properties in the toolbar. Turn on Primary pass target. That one checkbox marks where the ball is delivered, and the receiver picks up a small star so you can see the target at a glance on the field.

Press play: the line blocks, the back sells the fake, and the ball travels to H on the crosser

Press play and watch the throw

Hit Play animation. Everyone runs their assignment in time, the quarterback carries out the fake, and the ball travels to H right where the route ends. Your players see the concept the way it happens on Saturday: the fake, the crosser coming open, and the throw that finds him.

Where to start

Open any pass play, click the route you want to feature, and check Primary pass target. Then press play. It is the fastest way to turn a diagram into something your players can watch and remember.

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