How To Do a Flea-Flicker

  • January 14, 2009
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Catch a good pass defense off-guard with the classic flea-flicker.

You Will Need

  • 1 A football game
  • 1 Possession of the ball
How To Do a Flea-Flicker: Line up on offense

Step 1: Line up on offense

Have your offense line up with a wide receiver on each side, a left fullback and a halfback.

How To Do a Flea-Flicker: Send the wide receiver to the end zone

Step 2: Send the wide receiver to the end zone

Snap the ball to the quarterback, and send the left wide receiver on an end-zone route.

How To Do a Flea-Flicker: Hand off to the halfback

Step 3: Hand off to the halfback

Have the quarterback hand off to the halfback and then continue to drop back as the back runs up the right side.

Once the defense sees the running back with the ball, they’ll think it’s a running play and lose track of the receivers.

How To Do a Flea-Flicker: Block for the running back

Step 4: Block for the running back

Block for the running back just as you would if he were sincerely running.

How To Do a Flea-Flicker: Have the running back lateral the ball back to the

Step 5: Have the running back lateral the ball back to the

Have the running back streak up the right side and, just before passing the line of scrimmage, have him turn and lateral the ball back to the quarterback.

How To Do a Flea-Flicker: Pass the ball

Step 6: Pass the ball

Pass to an open receiver, typically the left wide receiver.

University of Illinois coach Bob Zuppke is credited for inventing the flea-flicker in the 1910s.

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This video is fantastic! I love how all the team members are the same guy.

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Really well done!

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