Teams love set plays. We love set plays. It's important to distinguish the difference between a set play and organized actions. Set plays are less useful than the response that they trigger. At lower levels we do see set plays or pull plays result in quick goals. At higher levels, plays are more likely going to help your start motion, maybe put certain pieces in predicable spots, but more rarely turn out the way you draw it up. It's often what happens afterwards that is much more important.

In "The Barcelona Way" you read about Action Triggers. In "The Power of Habit", a habit is defined as a cue, routine, reward. "Atomic Habits" defines the habit loop as cue, craving, response, reward. Certain actions on the field should trigger or cue a specific response/routine. The reward? Beautifully coordinated flow, more efficient goals, more wins, and more fun.

The foundation of coordinating an offense is to have principles to fall back on and giving individuals options to adapt to in a moment. Ultimately, you have to let the players on the field do what they think is best.

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