Question About the L-step or Lateral Step When Running Inside Zone?

Counter Gap,
Being associated with Coach Campbell for numerous years using his concept and terminology, the L-step is used to push the near ear of down defenders on the inside zone or any type of run play that goes from guard to guard. To answer your question, the TE will L-step a 9 tech. pushing the near ear. Remember Coach Campbell's philosophy behind the scheme, L-step (lateral step ) with the 1st step being an influencing step which implies 1st step "TIES" and 2nd step pushing near ear which implies 2nd step "WINS". Hope this helps!

Coach Campbell, That is a great point. We work this on the lev sled.
We start off with the first drill, flat step/grab your guns. Each lineman takes a flat step to the playside and they grab their guns. Then we progress, by the numbers to L-step/pound your heel and punch. We give the command to flat step grab your guns, then give the command L-step pound your foot and punch. Then we progress to fit and eventually to finish, then put the drill together as a whole, then we go versus a man. Most high school kids have to be drilled thousands of time to get the foot down before contact is made. We were better at this, but not as good as we will be. Great point coach. Can't wait until you come to NY.

Coach Campbell,

Is the Stomp the arch drill similar to the old duckwalk drill? What do you have the lineman do with their arms during this drill?

Both feet are in the air at the same time?

We use the duckwalk drill a bunch, a good term to get them to pound is "pound the KNEES". Focusing on the knees has been a big help.

The initial step for the inside zone vertical push is flat and to the nearwest ear of the down defender, the second step goes up the field so what it looks like is an "L" thats why its called the "L" step. Coach CAmpbell

Coach with the gun offense where you allow your QB to read the backside defensive end and you try and run the inside zone which uses the vertical push is most useful versus a defensive end taking the QB or playing soft and widening with the QB. The back can replace the defensive end with his running path. Coach CAmpbell

for the inside zone scheme for the inside run is to L-step your offensive linemen creating a vertical push, the back will cut this back outside replacing the backside end who is reading and playing the quarterback. The stretch requires the offensive linemen to dropstep with their payside foot and this becomes a good play when the defensive end is playing the run and not looking at the quarterback. Coach CAmpbell

Coach a real key to an inside vertical push for a true inside zone play is having a tight end that can base block a 7 tech which inturn would allow for two inside combos. Remember, what ever discriptive word or numbers that you use they need to push straight up the field with no hip rotation, don't chase the second level backers let them come to you. The second step is how the QB opens up and meshes the hand-off. Explain to me how you are doing this. Linebackers will scrape at the same angle the ball is being delivered. If the QB takes the ball straight back off the hand-off then the linebackers will step up and into the vertical pushes and the two combos taking place inside to the 4 man front. Coach CAmpbell

Coach with no tight end you will need to use a dropstep by your offensive linemen focusing on the playside jersey number with the backside arm. If you use a tight end then you can take the blocking scheme to the next man over. Coach CAmpbell

Why not take it up the gut with a QB Draw with the FB leading?

Guards Turnout the 3 tech's

Tackles Turnout the 7's

Center Blocks BS LB

FB on frontside LB