Coach Mountjoy

Defender is in the "CTR BOX" if he is on either shoulder OR head up - on or off the LOS - up to 5 yds deep.

PS: you are correct - this DOES go back to the "Split-T". It has been widely used in ALL systems, including by such all-time greats as Sid Gillman; Vince Lombardi; Bear Bryant; etc. Probably 50% of NFL & Major Colleges use it today!

PROGRESSION FOR TEACHING INSIDE/OUTSIDE ZONES

1. TEACH BASE MAN BLOCKING # ASSIGNMENTS

A. CENTER BLOCKS #0

B. GUARDS BLOCK #1

C. TACKLES BLOCK #2

D. H & Y BLOCK #3

E. #4 ACCOUNTED FOR SEVERAL WAYS.

F. NOTE: IF “0” IS NOT IN THE “CENTER BOX” – CENTER DESIGNATES “0” AS THE FIRST DEFENDER TO THE SIDE HE IS BLOCKING.

G. IN A STACK – THE DLM GETS THE LOW #.

2. TEACH “COVERED/UNCOVERED” (TO DETERMINES WHO ZONE BLOCKS
AND WHO MAN BLOCKS).

A. IF YOU ARE UNCOVERED – ZONE WITH YOUR PLAYSIDE TEAMMATE.

B. IF YOU ARE COVERED – ZONE WITH YOUR BACKSIDE TEAMMATE (UNLESS HE IS COVERED THEN YOU MUST MAN BLOCK).

NOTE: IF YOUR MAN IS STACKED IN A “TANDEM” – ZONE WITH TEAMMATE WHOSE MAN IS ALSO STACKED.

3. BLOCKING CALLS (ONLY IF NECESSARY – “GRAY AREAS”)

4. TEACH LANDMARKS (AIMING POINTS) FOR COVERED AND UNCOVERED
BLOCKERS (IN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ZONE).

5. TEACH THE 3 SITUATIONS THAN CAN OCCUR IN ZONE BLOCKING (DLM
GOES INSIDE, STRAIGHT AHEAD, OR OUTSIDE).


NOTE: TERMS OF IMPORTANCE:

A. COVERED = THE ALIGNMENT OF A DL HEAD-UP OR EITHER SHOULDER OF AN OL ON THE LOS.

B. UNCOVERED = THE SAME AS COVERED EXCEPT THE DEFENDER IS OFF THE L.O.S. BY ONE OR MORE YARDS. UNCOVERED ALSO INCLUDES A VOID (NO ONE IS ALIGNED IN FRONT OF AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN).

This has probably been covered here but I'm drawing a blank, if there is a Nose shade AND a MLB in a 00 technqiue, who is 0, Mike or the Nose? Assume we run INSIDE ZONE to the left

IS the numbering like this:

---------2-----0------2---
------3------1-----1-----3
--------T--G--C--G--T--Y

or this:

---------1-----1------3---
------2------0-----2-----4
--------T--G--C--G--T--Y

My guess is #2 is correct and the combos would go like this: LT and LG combos RDE to Will, C man blocks shade, RG and RT combo the 3 technique to Mike, Y has backside cutoff and the QB boot holds the LDE?

Thanks coach
CD

Thanks for the email coach

---------2-----0------2---
------3------1-----1-----3
--------T--G--C--G--T--Y

So with this look, there needs to be a FB or HB to account for that extra hat because that leaves the LT vs the OLB and the DE as it stands.

Coach Mountjoy, are you familiar with the numbering system Carson Newman uses? If so, how similar to theirs is this?

Carson Newman number inside out, but do some very interesting things (i think) on how they do it...for instance if a MLB is stacked on the nose, the MLB has the 0 assigned him, not the nose which is different than most I've seen. My veer rules involve gaps, not numbers...seems to work well for when I've got defenses that try to adjust alignments constantly.