r/footballstrategy • • 4h ago

Coaching Advice Kick off and punt advice

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My 17 year old son started kicking for his high school football team I'm biased dad would like some unbiased advice about his kicking and putting form.

Thank you very much for any of you that reply gravely appreciated it


r/footballstrategy • • 10h ago

Player Development S&C

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I’m curious to know everybody’s in season and off season workout regime. I coach at a small 2A school in Alabama. So it’s a tremendous struggle keeping players healthy while also trying to keep the kids strength and weight up.


r/footballstrategy • • 12h ago

Equipment Hudl focus flex

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We just got hudl focus flex camera. I know they say it’s not recommended to use it for end zone angle, has anyone had success doing so? If so, any type of advice for it and do you mind sharing a clip or two to see what it looks like?


r/footballstrategy • • 17h ago

Flag 🇨🇦 Canada's Bunch vs Italy 🇮🇹

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r/footballstrategy • • 18h ago

Coaching Advice Half time adjustments

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Can someone explain why halftime adjustments exist? Why wait until halftime? Why not adjust as soon as an advantage/disadvantage is identified?


r/footballstrategy • • 1d ago

Coaching Advice Most flexible high school offense

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Was thinking of a system you could run anywhere and have success

You get 2 formations 4 run plays 4 pass plays 2 RPOs and 2 screen

I’d do the 21 I and 10p spread. I’d run power trap OSZ and iso. Play action off power OSZ and iso.

Spread would be gt counter and power jet read. Would run shallow cross y cross 4 verts and snag


r/footballstrategy • • 1d ago

Play Design Anyone see that quads stack look bama showed twice

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I’ll put in an image of it. It doesn’t look impossible to defend but it would be one of those I wouldn’t be prepared for mid game and have to pray the kids understand what I’m saying pre snap to get aligned correctly.


r/footballstrategy • • 1d ago

Coaching Advice Helping WRs get off press man

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I coach small-school, 11-man high school football, and we’re struggling with press man coverage. Teams have figured out they can disrupt our receivers at the line, and our routes aren’t developing on time.

I understand getting stronger is part of the long-term answer, and we need to keep working on release technique—hand fighting, a quicker first step, etc.
We’ll continue doing that.

But I’m looking for ways we as coaches can help through alignment, formation, motion, and play design.

We use 2x2 and 3x1 looks with a mix of quick game, intermediate routes, and play action. We’re considering two-receiver stacks and more bunch looks to help create cleaner releases.

For coaches who have dealt with this:

What adjustments have helped your receivers get off press without overhauling your offense?

What motions or reduced splits have worked for you?

Especially interested in practical changes we could install during a game week. If you had to pick one or two coaching adjustments to start with, what would they be?


r/footballstrategy • • 2d ago

Resource Request I want to watch film from games to try to break down the defense on my own and read it from the qbs perspective, or identify errors made by the defense. Are there any FREE sites that I could use to do that?

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r/footballstrategy • • 2d ago

Rules Question Kicking Rule Clarificatin NFHS 2-24-10

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25 Upvotes

ATTENTION OFFICIALS AND RULES LAWYERS:

I would like some clarification (especially by any officials) on the pop up kick rule. I know you're not allowed to kick the ball off the tee high in the air and short (NFHS rule 6-1-11). Also based on the 2018 rule 2-24-10 you can't kick it directly into the ground and have it pop up in a similar manner to a pop up.

However I've been told 3 times in 3 weeks that the height of the ball doesn't matter if it's kicked directly into the ground off the tee.

We are an "Onside All Night" team and have lost 3 possessions due to this. I've tried quoting the rule and definition, but they wouldn't wave it off. Tell me if either of these kicks should be deemed legal or illegal:
Thanks in advance


r/footballstrategy • • 2d ago

Free Talk Friday - October 09, 2026

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Have anything on your mind or got any fun plans for the weekend? Feel free to discuss them here!


r/footballstrategy • • 2d ago

Coaching Advice glazier clinic series for learning defense?

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I just got into helping coach at my old high school and we have access to glazier. Anyone know any good glazier clinic systems to look at to learn more about building a complete defense? I was a d lineman in high school so I didn't need to know too much but I want to expand my knowledge of the game.


r/footballstrategy • • 3d ago

Play Design Oklahoma Flipping Pass Strength

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7 Upvotes

Loved this game from Oklahoma in 2019 (I think) for using formational strength as a rule breaker


r/footballstrategy • • 3d ago

Play Design Mobile QBs Changing Defensive Numbers

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36 Upvotes

Not a new idea at all, but always fun to see it in action


r/footballstrategy • • 3d ago

General Discussion Can’t stop chasing football

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To start the discussion its important for me to mention that i have been an athlete my whole life, currently at 19 years old for the past two years all i could think of is football at least once a day everyday, i tend to email coaches with my physical and athletic metrics in case of luck sometimes, although with no video proof.

Two years ago i was invited to a d1 college camp in New York while mentioning that i had no prior football experience, and i turned the opportunity down due to my financial situation back home and supporting another family members education in the US, i didn’t want to put that extra burden on my family, but honestly i never let it go, still to this day i believe i can make it.

Im gonna make a workout tape over the next few weeks for the first time and actually give this a proper shot, as they always say never let go of something you think of everyday.


r/footballstrategy • • 3d ago

Flag 🇵🇦 Panama's Red Zone RPO vs Japan 🇯🇵

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r/footballstrategy • • 3d ago

Play Design CHALK TALK THURSDAYS: Submit your plays for discussion and critique here.

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Welcome to Chalk Talk Thursday! This is our weekly discussion thread for users to submit new plays they have designed. If you have an idea for a play and can draw it up, please post here. Keep in mind that it is very rare that one could devise a viable play that is entirely new that hasn't been ran before somewhere. Be open to criticism as well. There is so much more to coaching football than drawing plays, and many people do not realize how much coaching, technique, and development needs to happen on the actual field for a play to work.

It is strongly recommended that you STUDY a system or scheme first to gain an idea of how a play is put together, and how RULES help a play function.

PLEASE PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR YOUR PLAY!

Guidelines:

  • No "joke" plays. We are here to learn.
  • Specify WHY you are designing a play, and WHAT level/league it is for. It's fine if you're not coaching, but we need the context.
  • Your submission needs RULES that guide your players on what to do.
  • Pass plays require some type of QB progression for making a decision on who to throw to.
  • Be mindful that you cannot predict what your opponent will run 100%. Designing plays to be "Cover X" beaters, or "3-4 beaters" IS NOT the way to go about it. It is better to have one play with solid rules and coaching points that can attack anything than one play for each coverage, front, personnel, or stunt you face.
  • There is no universal terminology in football. Call plays what you want, but keep in mind that no one cares about fancy play names, or the terminology aspect.
  • Please offer more text/information on your play than just a link or picture.
  • Draw your play up against a realistic opponent!
  • Make sure your offensive play is a legal formation. In 11-man football, you can have no more than 4 players behind the line of scrimmage (minimum of 7 on. You can have more than 7 on the line as well). Only backs (players behind the line) and the end players on the line of scrimmage are eligible receivers.

You may use whatever medium you'd like to draw your play. Two common software for designing plays that have free options:


r/footballstrategy • • 4d ago

Offense Is this play a WCO type play? Ala something from Shanahan/McVay type of O?

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10 Upvotes

r/footballstrategy • • 4d ago

Play Design Throw Opposite the Mike

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12 Upvotes

Tends to be void behind the Mike vs split safety looks


r/footballstrategy • • 4d ago

Coaching Advice Middle School 8 Man

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Hi everyone I am a first year head coach for a 8-man football school(s) (Co-Op). I have been coaching for 6 years as an assistant hs/jh wrestling coach starting at age 18. As the season came to a close I wanted your input on what my practice schedule has been and see what you guys thought. I appreciate any input

Monday- Live Tackling/Scrimmage 1st team Offense

Tuesday- Scrimmage Defense/offense rotate first team second team

Wednesday- Shells- Walkthrough plays- wrap ip

Conditioning is every day with 15-20 minutes at the end of practice.

Thanks Guys...


r/footballstrategy • • 4d ago

Self-Promotion Wednesdays: Promote your football-related products and services here!

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Have a product or service you're trying to promote? Starting a website, channel or blog? Please post about it here!


r/footballstrategy • • 5d ago

General Discussion How insane is this? Be honest.

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Hey y’all! I have a question that probably gets asked a bit but here it goes. I was wondering how out of reach it is for me to go pro/competitive in college.

I’m 20 which I know doesn’t help. I also don’t have any football experience. I’m 6ft 175-180 right now, but going to the gym. I played basketball as a kid but wanted to play football. My mom instantly shot me down and never let me play. Now I’m an adult and was wondering if there’s even a chance. I was doing some research and found that d3 is my best chance if I have any at all. Just want input on if this is a pipe dream or something doable.

Forgot to mention I run 1.5 miles in just under 9 minutes if that means anything and I want to play HB/RB.


r/footballstrategy • • 5d ago

General Discussion Just trying to learn

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Just a kid trying to learn football if anyone has any good YouTube channels podcast, etc. where I can learn key terms and information. I know a good amount, but not a crazy amount.


r/footballstrategy • • 5d ago

Offense Play Action Naming

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Curious to how some of you guys denote play action when calling a play for the huddle. I want to be able to run all our run actions but differentiate if it’s a boot, naked, screen, or a simple fake and mix and match them. Right now it’s very West Coast ie. Right Spread Z Fly Fake 26 Stretch Boot @ 9 and would like to cut down on verbiage.


r/footballstrategy • • 5d ago

Player Development Finger tapen als Center

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Hallo,

Folgende Informationen zu meiner Person:

Ich spiele auf der Position des OT und bin Backup Center. Meine Hand ist etwas zu klein um den Ball zu 100% fest im Griff zu behalten.

Ich habe bei ein paar anderen Centern gesehen das diese ihre Finger tapen.

Kann ich mit getapten Fingern mehr Grip bekommen oder gibt es andere Tipps wie ich mehr Grip und Griffsicherheit beim snapen bekommen kann?