How do I draw an option route or multiple routes or breaks for a player?
Use the Multi Line Segment Tool to branch a second, third or fourth break off any point in a route you have already drawn, so one receiver can show a choice of breaks on the same play card.
Drawing the route
- Open the play, then select the Multi Line Segment Tool from the drawing toolbar (labelled Multi Line), or press Ctrl + 5.
- Click the player you want to draw for.
- Click the field to set each break in the route. Every click adds a segment, and the arrowhead moves to the newest one.
- Click the round handle at the point you want the option to break from. It takes a bolder outline to show it is the point the next line will be drawn from.
- Click, don't drag. Dragging a handle moves that break point instead of selecting it. A short click leaves the route exactly where it is.
- Click where you want the option to end. The new segment is drawn from that handle as a dotted line and takes the arrowhead.
- Repeat for as many options as you want: click the same handle again, then click the next end point.
- Double-click the field, or press Enter or Esc, to finish and return to the Select Tool. Save the play.