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Football Opponent Scouting Report.

A printable scouting board for the week’s opponent. SchemeSmith-branded, ten numbered sections filled in at the booth on Tuesday, laminated by Friday. Same form every week — same columns, same tags, same paper. Footer motto: PREPARED · COMPETE · EXECUTE.

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What’s on the sheet

Ten numbered sections.

  1. 1.

    OPPONENT OVERVIEW

    Date, Opponent, Venue, Conference on the top row; OC, DC, Record, Ranking on the second — eight labelled fill-in cells in a 4-column × 2-row grid.

  2. 2.

    TEAM SNAPSHOT

    Scheme identity, Offensive Identity, Defensive Identity, Strengths & Weaknesses — a 4-up labelled fill-in row summarising the opponent at a glance.

  3. 3.

    OFFENSIVE SCOUTING REPORT

    A 4-up tagged box row: Formation Tendencies, Run Game, Pass Game, Tempo / RPOs — the offense you have to defend on Friday night.

  4. 4.

    DEFENSIVE SCOUTING REPORT

    A 4-up tagged box row: Front Tendencies, Coverages, Pressure / Blitz, Run Fits — what your offense is going to see in the booth.

  5. 5.

    SPECIAL TEAMS REPORT

    A 4-up tagged box row: Punt, Kickoff, Field Goal / XP, Return Game — the hidden-yardage battleground.

  6. 6.

    SITUATIONAL TENDENCIES

    A 3-column × 2-row box grid of six situational cells: 1st Down, 3rd Down, Red Zone, Short Yardage, Two-Minute, Goal Line — how they react to the moment.

  7. 7.

    PERSONNEL — IMPACT PLAYERS

    Top: two stacked zebra tables (KEY OFFENSIVE PLAYERS + KEY DEFENSIVE PLAYERS — POS / # / PLAYER / NOTES). Bottom: a 3 × 2 personnel box grid — Names to Know, Injured — Out, Matchup Edges, Players to Attack, Players to Avoid, Captains — Leaders.

  8. 8.

    GAME PLAN / COACHING POINTS

    A wide 8-line ruled notes block for the week’s coaching points — what you are emphasising all week and what you are installing on Friday morning.

  9. 9.

    FINAL NOTES / KEY ALERTS

    Side-by-side split. Left half: KEY ALERTS (2 × 2 mini-boxes — Injuries, Tempo, Personnel, Matchups). Right half: FINAL NOTES (wide 10-line ruled block).

  10. 10.

    OVERALL GRADES / PRIORITIES

    Top: four named star-rating scales — Offensive Threat, Defensive Difficulty, Special Teams Threat, Overall Opp. Difficulty. Bottom: a numbered 1.–5. priority focus list.

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