I can’t speak to your childhood, but a large portion of my upbringing was spent playing backyard football. The neighborhood gang getting into two teams, and scrapping. Nothing less, nothing more.
But during those games, the play calling was always something of legend, or so we thought. Players screaming they are always open, and quarterbacks saying things like, “Go to the tree and cut in.”
Backyard football at its finest.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has often been referred to as ‘Backyard Ben’ for his ability to ad-lib and make something out of nothing.