chalktalk
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JSON

The exact schema the Python package reads: Play.from_json(...)

Open a playbook

Help

Getting started

  1. Pick a play from the Library on the left, or start from a blank formation.
  2. Click a player to select it, and drag to move it. To draw a route, select a player and click the field; for a player who already has a route, press Draw first.
  3. Press Save. The playbook is kept as a file on this computer.

Controls

Select a playerClick it, on the field or on the bench below
Move a playerDrag it, or arrow keys (Shift for a full yard)
Draw a routeClick the field, or Draw and Extend
Finish a routeDouble-click the last point, Done, or Enter
Change a routeDrag a yellow handle; double-click one to delete it
Let go of a playerClick open field, or Esc
Flip the playF
UndoCtrl+Z
Find any play, formation or commandCtrl+K
Open, Save, PrintCtrl+O, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+P
Playbook, Game panelP, D; [ and ] turn pages
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Your playbooks

Saved in . Open lists them. To share one with your staff, send them the file; they open it with Open, then From elsewhere.

Printing

Print makes the playbook, call sheet, wristband, practice script, install book and the game-day sheets. To keep a copy as a file, choose Save as PDF as the printer.

If something goes wrong

Save the playbook

Print

Make variations

Build the game plan

The game

Name the game, say who you play and what your team can run. Then let chalktalk draft the rest from the book: it fills only what is blank, and says why for each play.