blitzing

Bud,

I believe it really depends on your talent, your defensive philosophy and who you're playing. If I had the talent to stay in a base defense and hold a team down, I don't think I would blitz at all. On the other hand, if I were playing a superior talented team, that had strong tendencies, I would try to do a lot of D line games and combos with blitzes to make their O line think a little bit and hopefully confuse their blocking schemes.

Other blitzing philosophies I have seen in the past have been dictated by field position. Some coaches blitz very little when the opponent is on their side of the 50 yd line, but when they cross their side of the 50, they begin to blitz a little more. As a team gets closer to the red zone and in, they become even more aggressive. The idea behind that philosophy is on a shorter field you can gamble more and be less likely to give up the 30+ yd big play.

It really depends on your style of calling a defense. Just remember, when you blitz, you increase the chances to make a big play on D, but also open yourself for big plays against you if your blitzes are pick up! Be creative and don't be predictable. And you will be fine.

Red Dawg

Old saying: "If you Live by the blitz, you will die by the blitz"

Personally, if I am coordinating offense, I hate to see blitzing teams in high school. Yes, I may be able to gash them with some play calls, but teams that "live and die by the blitz" will also make my offense think way more than I want them to which can lead to issues.