Offensive+Line

Offensive line techniques.
=__**WINNING POINTS FOR OFFENSIVE LINE BLOCKING**__= = =
 * 1) Get off ball quickly; anticipate snap; explode from stance.
 * 2) Keep shoulders low and square, back straight, neck bowed with head up; eyes focused straight ahead.
 * 3) Keep feet on the ground; generate power through the legs and back.
 * 4) legs drive with short, choppy steps; maintain wide base.
 * 5) Finish block with hip thrust and arm extension forward amd upward until play ends.
 * 6) When pulling, do not lean in direction of pull.
 * 7) On double team blocks, maintain hip-to-hip relationship, drive up and through defender; finish block together.

** LINEMAN STANCE ** 1. FEET ARE SPREAD THE WIDTH OF THE SHOULDERS APART A LITTLE WIDER. IF YOU ARE RIGHT HANDED, THE RIGHT FOOT SHOULD BE DROPPED SLIGHTLY AS THE RIGHT HAND WILL BE DOWN (LEFT FOOT AND LEFT HAND FOR LEFT HANDERS). 2. THE RIGHT FOOT MUST HAVE NO MORE THAN A HEEL-TOE RELATIONSHIP. 3. FEET SHOULD ALWAYS BE POINTED STRAIGHT DOWN THE FIELD. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 4. FROM THIS POSITION YOU DROP INTO A SQUATTING POSITION, DROPPING BOTH ARMS DOWN FROM THE SHOULDERS AND SLIGHTLY IN FRONT OF THE KNEES. 5. THE FORWARD FOOT IS NOW PLACED IN A POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE POWER PRODUCING ANGLES AT THE ANKLES AND KNEE JOINTS. TO GET THIS POSITION YOU WILL ROLL THE WEIGHT FORWARD ON THE BALL OF THE UP FOOT. THIS WILL RAISE THE WEIGHT OFF THE HEEL TO A POINT WHERE YOU CAN SEE SLIGHT DAYLIGHT UNDER THE HEEL OF THE UP FOOT. ROCK FORWARD. 6. THE HEEL OF THE BACK FOOT AFTER YOU ARE IN THIS POSITION WILL BE AN INCH TO TWO INCHES OFF THE GROUND WITH THE WEIGHT ON THE BALL OF THE FOOT. 7. THE SHOULDERS ARE PARALLEL TO THE GROUND. THE HEAD IS IN A NATURAL POSITION WITH LITTLE OR NOT MUCH STRAIN ON THE NECK MUSCLES. THE HEAD IS COCKED BACK SLIGHTLY. 8. THE RIGHT HAND IS DOWN, WELL FORWARD OF THE FEET, IN A DIRECT LINE WITH THE KNEE OF THE INSIDE LEG. THE BODY MUST LEAN FORWARD UNTIL THE RIGHT ARM IS VERTICAL WITH THE HAND DIRECTLY BENEATH THE SHOULDER. THE ARM IS PERPENDICULAR WITH THE GROUND. 9. THERE IS AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF WEIGHT ON BOTH FEET AND THE DOWN HAND IS IN A TRIPOD FASHION. 10. THE WRIST OF THE OTHER ARM SHOULD REST NATURALLY UPON THE KNEE OF THE LEFT LEG. 11. STARTING FROM THIS STANCE, YOU DRIVE OFF THE UP-FOOT, FIRING OUT WITH THE BACK FOOT. THE RIGHT HAND MOVES QUICKLY BACK ALONG THE GROUND, WHILE THE LEFT HAND IS "PUNCHED" IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT. 12. LINE UP ON THE REAR TIP OF THE BALL. 13. A GOOD STANCE IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL YOUR MOVEMENT IN OFFENSIVE FOOTBALL.

Basic Blocking Schemes