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INSTRUCTIONS
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Thank you for checking out the Madden 24 Playbook Creator.
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This tool was originally designed for the USFL Sim League on Xbox
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Series X|S, to help users identify and declare their offensive and
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defensive schemes, plan out their custom playbooks, and streamline
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a lot of smaller spreadsheets into one master document.
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Here's how it works Sheet by Sheet.
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First things first, make a copy of this sheet for you to edit.
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     File -> Make A Copy
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Scheme 101 Sheet
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This sheet goes through and breaks down how we in the USFL
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look at identifying and declaring our schemes by grouping all plays
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into various concept buckets. Some more niche concepts are
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grouped together with like concepts.
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Every team will select 12 core concepts that are what they will be
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calling more than 3x a game. This is a soft cap. But we found the
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Scheme Declaration process made a perfect roadmap for how to
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build an ideal custom playbook for our Real Football Strategy
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focused Sim League. So the Scheme 101 Sheet in tandem with the
top of the Planner Sheet will be a great starting point to focus the
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Custom Playbook you will be building with this tool.
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At the bottom of this sheet is a link to the Madden Scheme Guide
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which goes into real schemes more in depth.
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Planner Sheet
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Now that we have a good overview of Schemes, we know
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everything we need to know to fill out the Scheme Declaration
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Form at the top of this sheet.
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Once that is complete, There are 50 formation slots where you
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select from the dropdowns: Formation & Set. If you put together a
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combination that doesn't exist a warning message will pop up that
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says: "No Formation Exists". If the combination does exist in Madden,
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then the chalkboard area will pop up a visual representation of the
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formation, including what personnel lines up where.
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To the right of that you can fill in your 4 Audibles and up to 12
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additional formations. "But how do you know what plays are in a
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specific formation?" or "How do I know which formations exists?"
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Even when you are nowhere near your gaming console of choice
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you can plan out yours now with this tool. Using the OFF Play Log,
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DEF Play Log, OFF Formation Guide, and DEF Formation Guide, for
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the first time ever you can map out your whole playbook while
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riding in a subway, at your local cafe, or while enduring a dull
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family reunion.
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Further down is the same set up for Defensive Plays & Formations
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If you keep scrolling down you will also get to a Gameplan Planner.
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This helps you pre-plan what plays you will be rating on the console
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later for various situations. You need 25 plays rated for every
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scenario, ideally reated between 3 and 5 stars. These plays listed
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here also get pulled into our playcall sheets later on.
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Find a playbook that has the formation you love the most for your
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scheme, it could be Singleback Dice Slot, Pistol Strong, Gun Doubles
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Y Off Wk, Gun Spread Y-Slot, or literally any other formation in the
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game.
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Use that playbook as the starting point for your custom playbook.
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Rate 1 Play Action play in that set half a star for all scenarios. Then
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delete all the other formations and all unneccessary plays. The game
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does require a Conserve Time and a Play Action play be left in the
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playbook.
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If you are unsatisfied with the plays left, you can retry with
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another playbook that has the formation and perhaps have
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different results.
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Sometimes, depending on the playbook you start with or the order
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you delete formations in, it may not let you remove all other
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formations, but get the playbook to where its usable for your
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purposes.
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Next, add formations in the order you want them in. Pre-Planning
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with the Planner Sheet makes this part a breeze.
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Things to consider when planning your formation order:
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     * You want to avoid formations with WR2 on the left, in
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       between sets with WR1 on the left, as audibling between
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 those formations will make both outside WRs swap sides.
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     * You want to arrange formations so when you audible between
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       sets you can simulate realistic motions, shifts, and trades.
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       EX: Gun Empty Base Flex -> Gun Trey Open Offset
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       This example has the RB come from wide left to the
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       backfield but nobody else moves.
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     * Your base formation left from emptying out a team playbook
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       will be your first formation. Plan around that. Keep in mind
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       that your last formation is as close as your third formation
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     * You can only audible between formations with the same