Kick Slide

I'm with you, I haven't run it but I think it's a kick(short step backwards at an angle), replace (where the other foot was), kick. I think it's used in 5 step to stop rushers that align wide and speed rush the tackle.

Your "kick" depends on how wide the rush is going to be. For example, when "kicking" to a defender who is just a bit more than an outside shade, your kick step is almost parallel to the LOS. Of course that depends on your blocker's speed and the defender's speed. We call this kicking at the "A" angle. The extreme is an extremely wide rusher. Here we may have our tackle get into a stance with his outside leg way back. We will then "slide-kick-slide" - slide to his outside foot, then kick slide. We call this the "C" angle. It is important not to heal kick, but instead to maintain separation between the feet when kicking. The slide part of the skill is to keep the foot as close to the ground as possible, in order to be able to stop the slide quickly in order to handle a defender who may twist under the block. Picture the pass blocking stance that you have your kids in. The object on the kick slide is to keep that stance as much as possible. Thus don't over kick or heal kick. I hope this helps a bit.

The kick-slide goes directly from your stance. Kick with the outside foot and slide with the inside foot. What you describes is pretty much what I talked about above. From a stance with the foot dropped back, Slide-Kick-Slide.

Thanks guys. I knew pass protection schemes fairly well but I wasnt sure of the footwork, but this thread clears it up.

Thanks