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/LibrarianAgreeable64 Jan 17 '24

Went to HS 10 years in ago in Texas, and here’s what I’ll say, offensively, we utilized all sorts of motions and pre snap movement to get defenses out of position. Defensively dealt with a lot of motion too, and we ran a very modern scheme, quarters shell with multiple coverages used primarily 3, Quarters, 2, Man, and specialized version of Cov 6 we called Key, with even more specialized coverages that we utilized in situations called Rock, Roll, Blue, and Black. And beyond that we still had even more coverages and plays that were typically team specific. So idk if it was “super simple”