The Formation Hit Chart

Formation Hit Charts come in many variations. 

In the first variation below, a chart with 6 boxes is prepared for each formation. Each row of boxes includes identical formation illustrations, with one showing the Formation Strength to the Right and another showing Formation Strength to the Left.

The result is a template that, when completed, looks like this:. The red X's were added to emphasize the point that in this particular game, this particular team used the formation that is charted from only 2 of 6 possible formation/hash combinations. In this particular case, Twins was the second most used formation of the team.

Formation Hit Charts become more relevant when more than one game is charted. A simpler variation of the Formation Hit Chart is shown below. This one does not include the Hash and only shows the Formation with a TE or Passing Strenth to one side. , and therefore can be completed more quickly - even during a game as it progresses.

The result is something like this :

Preparing Formation Hit Charts like the one above requires that totals are calculated, either manually or with the help of tendency reports that are produced by football scouting and game analysis software, which reduces the time required to prepare the chart.