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Zone Blocking Part III - Drills
Zone Blocking Part III - Drills
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The elbow of the off hand is placed outside the knee, which
will square the shoulders. Hand is open and relaxed ready to
strike the defender.
Poor body angles along with poor footwork will defuse the
power need to generate an effective block.
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Geet are parallel and slightly toed out with the weight is on the
insteps of the feet to generate power with a little heel raise and
weight balanced. Also, with the toes slightly toed out and with
the weight is on the insteps of the feet which will allow the
center to make blocking adjustments. Stretch the ball out as
far as possible.
Have the center pick the ball up from the stance. If he cannot
pick the ball up there is too much weight on the ball the
center would need to adjust his weight distribution. Place the
thumb on the second lace of the ball.
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Have the center punch with the off hand or the non-snapping
hand first. Then the center will punch with the snap hand.
This will be a punch, punch on the defender.
Have your center get extra work in early outs on his snapping
and his punch, punch. This is a hard technique to master but
through hard work it can be one.
Give the centers their own footballs and have them work on
snapping, stepping, and punching in your run and pass
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2. aown block or angle block to the right.
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3. Lateral jab step, post step with the post foot to the right or a
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4. wucket step or a kick step with the set foot to the right.
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6. wucket step or kick step with the set foot to the left.
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Push off the insteps of the feet and take short power steps (toe
to instep), pumping the arms. ach lineman will duck
walk for ten yards while maintaining the proper demeanor.
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Place four linemen on a line. I believe it is important to have
linemen work drills on lines for reference and visual landmarks.
Give a snap count and have them duck walk for ten yards
maintaining the proper demeanor while pumping the arms.
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Teaches offensive linemen to have explosive footwork (toe to
instep), body position and body balance in the running game
(run blocking demeanor.)
2. Arch in the back, wide base, feet flat on the ground and
slightly toed in (not on the balls of the feet) and weight on the
instep of the feet.
4. yes up, pumping the arms and not resting on the thigh
boards for 10 yards.
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The objective of the pipe drill is to teach the proper footwork
in 5 blocking techniques against air.
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ach linemen will perform the proper footwork for all phases
of the drill and work up field in the proper run blocking
demeanor past the cones. Linemen will simulate the punch to
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1. Lateral jab step (set to drive)V (covered) is s 6-inch
step to get width. arive the s cnd s to and through the
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2. wucket step (set to reach)V (uncovered) is s is a bucket
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3. aown blockV is s is at a 45-degree angle, thus
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4. Trap-pullV squeeze the toe away. Jerk the elbow
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offensive lineman will take. The is s is with call side
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(set to drive) with the directional step. The s cnd s is the
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departure 45 degrees (with towels as visual landmark).
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1. Check stance.
ach lineman will take two steps (getting the second step in the ground)
and striking the pad. The set to drive (covered step) or the set to reach
(uncovered step) and then the attack step.
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1. Check stance.