Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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This has probably been covered previously and I just missed it but, for those coaches that slant their front frequently, what slant technique do you teach and what is your progression in teaching that technique?
Thanks,
Dave Hartman
CYFL Coach
"It's not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
The lineman who is going toward the center steps at 45 with his near foot to the hip of the next inside lineman. Second step is a dip and rip. Third step is a square-up and find ball. If man lineman is slanting toward fires out or blocks down, the slanter will flatten out and pursue down LOS. If man slanting toward blocks out on slanter, slanter drives offensive man into hole, blocking one gap with blocker's body and other gap with defender's body.
If slanting away from center, first step is a short lateral step, followed by a dip and rip.
Very well explained. We tell our slanter to attack gap (with the above mentioned techniques) and read the near shoulder of the OL. If he down blocks, we squeeze and think trap or option. Our 4 technique slants and has B gap primarily but he could squeeze down to A gap based on the OL's block. If pass set, pass rush through outside shoulder of G. If blocked down the OT, we plant inside foot, redirect and spin out infront of the OL if possible. I tell my guys to not fire up field thru gap on a down block because they will be chasing the RB if they get through.
Thanks Superchief and GCTIGERS57 for your responses.
That's how I've attempted to teach it, but was not very successful getting my young guys to execute it properly last season. I think I just need to make it a priority and devote more time to it next season.
Dave Hartman
CYFL Coach
"It's not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters."
This is a drill I used to help slanting linemen. Place a defensive lineman in front of an offensive lineman. Place a bag 2yds outside the o-lineman (on both sides). Place a RB 5yds behind the o-lineman. You stand behind the d-lineman and direct the RB which gap to attack. On the snap have the d-lineman slant and the RB run to the directed gap. If a player got 3 reps, I might have the back run in the direction of the slant 1x and opposite the slant 2x. I think it's important to work on the RB running opposite the slant.
The next step is to align the d-lineman on one of the bags and have the "real body" in the middle". The RB aligns 5yds deep behind the middle bag. You stand in the same spot. You can have the o-lineman fan block and the back run behind the o-lineman (isolation); you can have the o-lineman block down and the back run to him (veer blocking); or you can have the o-lineman block down and the back can start opposite the d-lineman and cut back.