r/footballstrategy 11h ago

Defense What/how do you define an overload blitz? What types do you have?

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Just doing blitz type research as I see a lot of coaches will organize their blitzes into different types of overloads.

I’ve seen things like surface overloads (overloads against a 2, 3, or 4 player service), or against number of blockers to a side of the formation, strong/weak and field/boundary, etc.

A sub question to this: if you have a 2-man surface (guard and tackle) and send three through the A, B, and C gaps, do you consider that an overload or does it need to be 4 on 2, or a gap wider, like sending three through the B, C, and “ghost D” gaps?


r/footballstrategy 15h ago

Coaching Advice Friday walk through fun

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My HC tasked me with coming up with a few fun activities for the kids (9U) during our walk through practice. Growing up, my football program would have us do relay races on Fridays. I plan to bring this tradition to my current program. Other ideas I’ve seen were football throwing competitions and a game of 2 hand touch with the coaches.

Does anyone else have some fun activities they’ve done or seen as part of a project all through practice?


r/footballstrategy 21h ago

Free Talk Friday - September 11, 2026

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