Maskill Sled

In all the demo's I've seen of the Maskill sled it isn't usually used to teach blocking TECHNQIUE.

It's usually used to teach leg drive and as a conditioning tool.

IMO many sled only REALLY teach leg drive and conditioning. I'm not blessed to have a sled right now, and in my previous position we didn't have one either except at the end. I found we did more technqiue drills and focussed more on arm thrust and hip snapping without the sled.

The exception is a one man or two man Rogers/Gilman type-sled where the guys can thrust and lift the sled and practice running their feet as well.

I think the sled is an easy tool... but that's also its downfall - it really doesn't teach much in the way of blocking technique... you need bodies to do that!