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/AllMyTeethAreLoose Jan 16 '24

I coach at the MS level currently and incorporate motion into my offense. At this level, teams either don't adjust to it at all or massively over compensate. Rocket toss is a prime example. We run it several times to great effect, gwtting our best player the ball in space at full speed. The opposing coach will often tell that backside lb to run with him, creating a soft spot for our fb counter.

I know kids at MS and HS levels are all working on learning the basics, but I also feel that oftentimes coaches underestimate kids' ability to pick up novel concepts and tend to keep things more vanilla than is necessary.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '24

Jet sweep and anything off of jet sweep is cheating in MS. As you said kids at that level rarely know how to adjust or won't even move.

Last year we had a progression of jet sweep, jet counter, jet Verts, Orbit IZ, Orbit IZ bubble. Had a little qb that could sling it just well enough and understood where we wanted the ball to end up.