How do the numbering work in the offense in football?

like from the o-line and on.


you can just number across the screen (e.g. 1 234567 8 9)


with two players in the backfield excluding the qb.





thanks in advance !How do the numbering work in the offense in football?
Many coaches do it different ways. The way my HS coach did it was evens to the right, odds to the left. The gaps looked like this, the zero hole is the center--


9 75310246 8


Some do it exactly the opposite, evens to the left, odds to the right. Then in the single wing, evens are to the strong and wing side, odds the weak side, no matter which way the wing is, left or right. Also, as in the question, some number left to right or right to left.


It is all on what the coach is comfortable with, several different ways, no certain way is necessarily the best.How do the numbering work in the offense in football?
there really isn't a true numbering system to players like there is in baseball......3 = 1st Baseman, 8 = Centerfield, etc......however, in playcalling....more specifically, simplified playcalling, you'll typically see a play such as 21 Dive or 31 Dive.....the 2 signifies a halfback handoff and the 1 is the gap he's supposed to go into.....Dive signifies the type of run it is.....31 Dive would be the fullback carrying through the 1 gap...........outside of that, it typically falls on the coach to determine a system that the players will understand for playcalling.