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title: "Football Route Tree: Route Names With Diagrams"
description: "The football route tree by route name, with diagrams: slant, hitch, curl, in, corner, post, go and more, the depth of each route and how it attacks coverage."
url: https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/routes/
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Crucible playbook

# The Football Route Tree

The route tree is the shared language of the passing game: each route is a path with a set depth and break, so the quarterback knows exactly where a receiver will be and when.

Here are the most common routes in Crucible’s library, grouped the way receivers are coached: outside routes for the wideouts, inside routes for slots and tight ends, and the running back’s routes out of the backfield. Depths are in yards from the line of scrimmage. Some routes adjust to the coverage, and the diagrams show those conversions as dotted lines.

## Outside Routes

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![Slant diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/slant.thumb.webp)

Slant

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![Go diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/go.thumb.webp)

Go

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![Post diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/post.thumb.webp)

Post

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![Curl diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/curl.thumb.webp)

Curl

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![Comeback diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/comeback.thumb.webp)

Comeback

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![Hitch diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/hitch.thumb.webp)

Hitch

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![In diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/in.thumb.webp)

In

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![Shallow diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/shallow.thumb.webp)

Shallow

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![Snag diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/snag.thumb.webp)

Snag

## Inside Routes

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![Flat diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/flat.thumb.webp)

Flat

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![Corner diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/corner.thumb.webp)

Corner

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![Seam diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/seam.thumb.webp)

Seam

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![Cross diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/cross.thumb.webp)

Cross

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![Stick diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/stick.thumb.webp)

Stick

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![Sail diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/sail.thumb.webp)

Sail

## Running back Routes

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![Swing diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/swing.thumb.webp)

Swing

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![Rail diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/football_11v11/routes/rail.thumb.webp)

Rail

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