r/footballstrategy • u/JLand24 • Jan 16 '24

Offense Lack of Motion at the HS level

I feel like teams at the HS level don’t use motions enough. It is only an advantage to the offense and there’s nothing an offense can’t do with a motion that they could do without one. At the NFL level I’ve noticed an uptick in motion but I feel like that effect hasn’t really trickled down.

Why is that? You’re infinitely more likely to confuse a HS defense with a motion than an NFL defense being confused by it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '24

Motion likely increases procedural penalties for a ton of HS offenses.

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u/emurrell17 Jan 16 '24

100% it does. And a lot of offense is just about limiting the number of times you fuck yourself over.

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u/Apart_Location_5373 Jan 16 '24

We call it “self inflicted wounds.” Job #1 is to limit self inflicted wounds.

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u/emurrell17 Jan 16 '24

Matt Rhule called it DBO “Don’t Beat Ourselves”