playbook
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- noun
- /ˈpleɪbʊk/
- Specialized
:
libro de jugadas
- The coach handed each player the playbook to study before the big game.
- team playbook
- coach's playbook
- offensive playbook
It's almost like we've got plays a playbook like NFL or NBA now.
- It's almost like we've got plays a playbook like NFL or NBA now.
- It's a lot of alpha peacocking, like an NBA playbook.
- The spread offense was he has a lot to do with that running game being implemented throughout all playbooks right now.
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The entire Panther playbook does not need to be published on Twitter.
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Once I learned how, once I learned my playbook, my rookie year, football became easier.
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We're running out of plays in the playbook.
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You see, the quarterback is supposed to know the playbook better than anybody.
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I think it's possible that the fact we have zero 7-step drop plays in the playbook can hurt in these situations.
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Husker defense ready to learn the other half of the playbook.
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I'm worried about Madlock not being able to learn our playbook.
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Speaking of Kaepernick, we finally saw the 49ers open up the playbook with him.
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I regularly average over a hundred yards a game rushing in New England's playbook.
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On offense, they mostly scrapped the playbook, as Rivers says, "because they don't know it."
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Etymology
Playbook in sport comes from play ('a planned move') and book ('a collection'), meaning a book where a team keeps all its plays so players learn their positions and moves.