The sad part is that coaches are teaching their players to “step over that line” on all of their run blocks. It’s called losing ground to gain ground. When doing it like what’s taught here,...you make contact with a noticeable amount of more power. This is a 10 ⭐️ video in my book.
I teach this with your 1st step splitting the crotch and block through their inside number, this gets their hip angle set up to block their man down the line and a little up field to prevent any denting. At the high school level I haven't seen too many successful down blocks with any kind of bucket step. This usually leads to inside penetration or getting dented which if there are any pullers/kick outs is fatal to the play. I do like the "play in traffic" cue, will definitely be using that.
First step to the down hand...second step hip..I still believe in attacking the v of the neck with the screws on gap chargers...slow down and don't commit the head on 2 gap players
If I step flat and work up, most of my problems will be solved. Most problems for OL are caused by stepping too far upfield on that first step and then "oh, shit." In this video, these guys are pretty close to each other. Most of the time, they are more like 3-4 feet apart. That makes a difference too.
good video. But everything now is paddy caking. I use this same technique with a playside fore arm flipper then after contact we get both hands inside and drive or what i say is bench press them away from you.
Have you tested your assumption on the D1 level Erik? If youre overly athletic a lot of things work; but not every Olineman has a 4.5 shuttle and they therefore have to play the angles.
@@gridironplayer6488I said that poorly. I completely agree with what they are saying. Line have to get proper position before you can engage effectively. If you whatch him during the drive out example look at the hip distance to the defense hips after 2 steps. Then look at hip distance when he gets position first after 2 steps, same distance, or closer, but now he can engage with solid hands and has a power base to work from. When coaches teach first step forward they want more aggressive play. Instead of reping aggressive multiple alignment launches, get offs, two steps, coaches blanket teach first step across the line. It's lazy coaching that has caused a lack of good lineman. The other common bad coaching is "block somebody" or " I want him 5 yards down field every play" I am excited that these guys are teaching good line skills. With so much spread offense and inside outside zone running learning how to angle block is important.
All the coach did is flatten out . That's all it is . I get the focus on hip deal . However you are taking a chance of taking a simple coaching point and creating extra thought process . Yes we play angles . But you dont have to talk about the angles . The first example was a open "give ground, gain ground " technique . The second example was actually a step forward (upfield) while driving with his opposite hip . The only thing he did was get off really flat , not really "setting" a tract with his hip but setting an angle with his first step . If he actually set his hip with a two step pivot (like example one ) no way he makes that down block . It looked like some kind of influence move giving the def player the inside , then collapsing on him once he enters the seam . I'm not saying angles aren't the important thing . I'm saying the second example is a better , more explosive down block than the first example .
