Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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Post by Coach Campbell on Mar 9, 2005 18:05:21 GMT
The nearest ear of the down defender dictates are inside zone scheme for base or combination blocks. Remember the method by which the ball is being delivered by the QB to the running back will dictate the type of footwork you teach. Coach CAmpbell
The length of the first step depends on the alignment of the defender. I tell my guys to line their nose on the defenders playside number and bite it. So your step on an outside shade will be bigger than if the defender is head up. If the defender is inside shade the OL will basically pick up his playside foot and put it down for timing on the combo block with his tandem partner.
JD
"Your work ethic determines your future" Boyd Eply
I went to a clinic last month with The Buffalo Bills' Jim McNally. One great point he had is he never talks about a first step. He always talks about the first two steps. If you talk about the first step, he feels this puts a guy at a disadvantage, because now he is not balanced. He talked about the first two steps, or everything in twos. BOOM BOOM, OR STEP STEP.
Coach McNally is an NFL coach, he obviously knows his stuff. WE ALL TALK ABOUT THE 2ND STEP BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP FOR AN OLM AND THE NEED TO GET IT DOWN FOR STABILITY. But, to not talk about a 1st step to me is to be a little bit remiss as a coach in my book. Just as coach Campbell posts, your initial step on the ISZ (vertical push) is going to be much more accute than on the stretch for example. Plus some's first move is a bucket step not a forward step at all. Not to talk about the right tecnique, and coaching points in general for each method, doesn't seem right to me. Just my opinion. Of course, the NFL spends very little time on technique training on the practice field, and he has athletes who are tops in the profession and he probably just takes it for granted they know to get the step in the right place and the second step down immediately behind it.
Coach Easton
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
Totally agree with you. The reason I posted is when I first started talking zone to my players, I stressed the first step and we seemed to be off balance. It didn't click to stress the second step until I heard McNally's loud "BOOM BOOM" ... "STEP STEP". That's all.
The reason they my be off balance is are they on the balls of their feet? How is their run blocking demenor?They should have their weight on the insteps of the feet and the proper power producing angles. I talk in terms of no base, no balance, no power. The progression I teach is always first step so it is step. Then we will progress to the second step so it is step, step. Then the third step, so it is step, step, step. Then we will work from first step to finish. I always talk in terms of getting the second step down asap. However, the first step will get them in the proper position to allow them to get the second step down. First step should be a directional step and second step is a power step.