Wrong Arm -- How do you teach it?

I am a LB guy....I teach our OLBs who we occassionally play in a reduction front how to handle this.

When we "wrong arm" we are really teaching the 9 tech to create a log jam in the backfield.
Once he clears the LOS we have him look inside for the pulling guard....ideally we want the 9 tech to go after HIM (outside shoulder to the blockers inside thighboard). By doing this, it kills two birds with one stone, leaving the runner trapped in the backfield. (creates a log jam with the guard who hasn't built enough 'steam' yet and since the Fullback / lead back is most always looking for that DE ....and doesn't see him, will hesitate and not block anyone).

Versus Power J-block, with no OG pulling, the same technique is utilized, the EMOL is ripping through essentially placing his outside shoulder on the far-side (inside) thigh board of lead back.

We drill this, with the 9 tech placing inside hand on TE in one-step (or OT) who simulates a down-block (block read), then peeks inside. I (coach) will either be BSG pulling with a hand shield or a lead back with a hand shield held really low. They are to attack the hand shield that is slung low off my inside arm. It's a tough move for the guy with the hand shield, but you don't want it close to your body. I do the 'block' because I don't know if I trust a kid to do that (in fear of getting a knee clipped / blown).


just my thoughts.

the bottom line, is to wrong arm into the inside gap...quickly.
If your guy is meeting the FB at the LOS, it's a wash, although he is still bouncing it for width.

The point is to be aggressive and force the runner to make decisions earlier than he wants to, while negating the lead block.

The old-school "alternative" to wrong-arming is for that End to stay square to the LOS and hold ground by lowering his shoulder into the blocker. Unless your kid outweighs the blocker by 80lbs, it probably is not going to happen....

good points....I found the best thing to do with my guys was show them tape of why / how this works....because naturally they don't want to be "pawns" on the field.

I used cut-ups of Romonowski doing this during the Super Bowl a few years ago, taking on (burying) Alstott in the backfield allowing run force to swarm on Michael Pittman....it was a good visual for the kids.

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Originally posted by: RushLB49
Brophy, I'm with you again!
I swear i'm gonna make entire tapes of cut-ups of each technique we use (good and bad) and show them all to the kids. actually i'm surprised that there isn't a series of videos/DVD's out like that.

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LOL! There probably is!
thanks to this site.....i got this website from one of the coaches here (http://www.onlinesports.com/pages/I,COC-827008034390.html ) ~ great buy, too it's the 4-tape Sandusky set on one DVD ....averaging out to $25 / tape.

I am going to break this tape up into 15 minute segments and let the players watch it / hear it from someone other than ME....

** one thing I do quite a bit (probably too much) is tape ALL of our drills and one-on-one sessions. The kids really enjoy watching themselves and others on TV and we can use it to pick up the moves / footwork / hands frame-by-frame.

I had a few tapes aquired and after being so frustrated with a kid (who was a phenomenal athlete) that just couldn't get the hit-and-shed technique down despite all my efforts to "tell him" and "demonstrate" for him - - from the tapes I was able to show him how he was successfull when he planted his inside foot / and how he would get creamed when he didn't....it later sunk in.

Coach,
The only reason I got into coaching was because I was so disenchanted with what was taught to me in HS once I got to college (frustrated that I was never taught properly)...(that, and the fact that football an unrelenting passion in my life).

For defense, we will use the weekend to breakdown / grade film / and scout.
Monday - I sit with the kids in a 20 min chalk talk about the what and hows of what we will do, then we walk thru on the field. We also preface practice with film from our game last week.
Tuesday & Wednesday - These are the full fire implementation days, lots of hitting and read work during indy.
*On Monday, I send a tape of our next opponent home with 2-3 of our linebackers (they will either keep watching it or pass it on to another backer).
** On Tuesday, we sit and watch a cut up of tendencies of opponent (1st down / 3rd & long / goal line / formations)....sometimes we watch it in slow motion to see how fast it takes them to pick a play up.
*** before installing the defense, I have cut ups from several colleges that use our defense as a highlight / what our defense should look / act like.

We've just used a series of VCRs and a big screen in the past. This year, we've made the switch to DV. This summer, I hope to burn a few DVDs for these guys with cut ups of game films and drill work, that they can take home and study in the off-season.

*** as far as finding time...needless to say, I'm divorced ( :-) )