Line Blocking for Option

Duke,
Would you care to elaborate more on "Crab" blocking?

Duke,

I am a huge fan of "crab" blocking, I call it "scramble" it works great when used correctly.

As far as option drills:
1. To help players "pick grass", take a softball and place it about a foot or two in front of their inside foot. On command, players lateral step, lead step then pick the ball up off the ground.

2. To help blocking LB's, I recommend a drill someone posted on here called the "cage". Place cones in a square 5-7 yards on each side. Place on player inside the cones and another on anywhere outside. On command, the player outside fires out after the player inside and attempts to settle himself down and lock up with the player inside the "cage". The player trying to block should attempt to drive the other player outside of the "cage". Note: If the player inside the cage is a LB, he will likely try to shed the blocker and run through the front of the cage. Instead, these players (those in the cage) need to stay inside moving around (aggressively) making the other player work at shortening his steps and control his body before contact.

3. Working double team blocks "ace" "deuce" and "trey" on barrells is great, if you don't have barrells try the one man sled or any other blocking sled. You can have challenges by placing a pair of blockers at each end of the blocking sled and have them attempt to turn the sled on the pair of blockers at the opposite end.

These are just somethings that come to mind, hope they are what you are looking for, if you would like more just let me know and I'll see what I can come up with.

Nate

Whether inside veer or speed always take your blocking scheme backside of the read, the best option is to zone block everything backside of the read. Coach CAmpbell