The “Wait for..” menu provides two options for having players delay during play execution – Wait for Snap and Wait for Time:

Wait for Snap

The Wait for Snap action is added by default as the first action in every player’s script and controls when each player’s animation starts.  When every player is waiting for the snap the ball is snapped and, if there’s no motion or pre-snap defensive movement defined in the play, that will be as soon as the “Play” animation button is pressed.

If there is motion or pre-snap movement that motion will occur before the snap and the players that are in motion will have their Wait for Snap action at the waypoint that defines the end of their motion.

Here’s a quick example:

This HB has no motion and will wait for the snap before moving:

This WR has motion and will go in motion before the snap:

And will wait for the snap at the end of his motion:

The play designer will add, remove, and re-order the actions in the script based on your menu selections to make sure that the Wait for Snap action is first in the list.  If for some reason it’s not, you can left-click on any of the actions and drag and drop it to reorder the script.

To remove the Wait for Snap action hover the mouse over it in the script and click the “Remove” button:

Wait for Time

The Wait for Time action lets you tell a player to pause for a specific amount of time at any point during the play.  In the above screenshot, the player will wait for the snap then wait for 1.5 seconds before taking his next action (which in this case is nothing as “Wait for 1.5 sec” is his last action).

The Wait for Time menu allows you to choose the length of time the player will wait:

Wait for time is useful to control the play animation for more complex plays.  For example, you might have a halfback move to a spot to block, wait for a second, then receive a delayed handoff.  Or, if you have two players in motion at the same time you might want to have one pause for a second before the snap:

(This illustrates a case where you’d have to re-arrange the actions in the script as the “Wait for 1.0 sec” is, by default, placed after “Wait for Snap” and you want the pause to occur before the snap.)

To change the amount of time or remove the delay hover over the action in the script: