Getting Effort from the Back Side..

Point taken, Bill, but we wont be running IZ.

Well, John, I'm sure you won't be running Diamond T either, but I'll share. We specifically work a "scoop drill" that goes right in sequence with some of our other run blocking drills. Also, when introducing this offense for the first time last season, we showed a highlight film of the school we got it from and specifically pointed out huge run plays that we opened up by the backside scooping and forming the wall for the cutbacks. Hope this helps!

ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAYINGS TO GUYS WHO DON'T PARTICIPATE EVERY PLAY FROM START TO FINISH OF A PRACTICE OR GAME HAS ALWAYS BEEN:

I HAVE ENOUGH CHEERLEADERS! (MY WORD FOR THOSE WHO STAND AND WATCH THE PLAY TAKING PLACE AND NEVER EVEN HARDLY MOVE WHILE THEIR TEAM MATES DO ALL THE WORK AND THEN SAY SOMETHING USUALLY LIKE "WAY TO GO JOE, NICE BLOCK OR TACKLE WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE).

I THEN ADD, "PLAY EVERY PLAY OR QUIT!"

Coach Easton

Coach
Speaking as a player rather than a coach is this a motivational problem ? (self motivation) Do your offensive line socialize together and bond because i know from experience that when the o-line are together as a unit no one loafs and everyone on the unit wants to lay into the opposition on every play because they are playing for each other as well as the team.
I know with younger guys they are learning lifes lessions but they need to work on their PMA ! They need to be the most bonded and most together unit on the team.
Cheers

Whether or not you break down C&G, T&TE depends on the system your using and the combinations the OL have to practice. We end up with a lot of G&T combinations and we also like to pass set with tackle depth based on guard set. Therefore, breaking the line C&G, T&TE doesn't help us - it does help other teams. We have two OL coaches at the varsity level. during drills, each of us take two lines and the players switch sides with each rep. During group, one watches the frontside and one watches the backside, during 9 on 7 one takes starters and one takes second string, during team we go playside and backside, during games one is in the box and one is on the sideline. We breakdown our films together.

Coach,

I always have the line coaches work TOGETHER for the most part. OL must learn about the absolute necessity of working smoothly TOGETHER like a well oiled machine in everything they do. The coaches often times break the groups down for a few minutes individual technique stuff, but it has always been to me about how they WORK TOGETHER that REALLY COUNTS. I always gave each coach a printed out daily practice schedule of what I wanted worked on, always tried to keep the receivers, QB's and DB's together for the most part, OL together and DL together, LB's were pretty much separate. But, I always found that COACHES WORKING TOGETHER can do the TEAM a lot of good. Just my way as always. One thing to guard against that sometimes causes some chaffing on the staff when the coaches work together with their position players is the fact that a G/C coach may get upset sometimes if the Tackle coach is always talking to his guys and not the tackles. The way to completely eliminate this is to simply have them, when they spot something that needs correction or whatever, just tell the coach who handles those kids and let him tell his guys. Some coaches it would never bother, some it bothers a lot. We are all different and in order to succeed, we have to learn to work TOGETHER as a unit.

Coach Easton