OL Individual

) BLOCKING FUNDAMENTALS


STANCE:

Explosive and balanced to enable the blocker to move in four (4) directions with vertical leverage. Eyes are up (strain thru the eyebrows).


LANDMARK:

Point of aim, target. Area on defender to place the hands and direct the feet.


LEVERAGE:

A. Vertical: Pad under pad (PUP)
B. Horizontal: Lateral


FOOTWORK: (Step at landmark with vertical leverage).

A. First step = directional; playside – 6” step – step at the landmark. Adjust your first step to the horizontal alignment of the defender (I.E. width and depth).
B. Second step = quickness to get this step down to create power and suddenness.


HAND PLACEMENT:

Thumbs up with the elbows in tight to your framework.


FINISH!!!!!

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BASE DRIVE BLOCK

PURPOSE:

A) Used at the P.O.A.
B) 1 on 1 block.
C) Take defender where he wants to go.
D) Get movement – sustain.
E) Back – option run.



1. Explode out.
2. Short first step (1/2 way to fingers of down hand; knee rolls over toe – NOT behind).
3. Back flat.
4. Bull neck.
5. Proper aiming point (aim face at throat of DLM; base of #’s of LB). Look the block in.
6. Second step MUST be beyond first step to win. Make contact on second step (most important step). Hit 1 yard through defender.
7. Whip the arms.
8. Blocking surface (drive the elbows inside & make contact with a triangle of hat & hands (thumbs up) to a lockout; contact the short ribs & “lift him out of his socks” on a 45 degree angle with fork lift motion).
9. Shoot the hips (unlock the power).
10. Driving steps.
11. Feet under you – good base.
12. Maintain contact.
13. 2nd & 3rd effort.

QUESTION: When do you whip the defender?
ANSWER: When he tries to escape the block – you come alive and finish (STAY ON BLOCK).

If you zone block the footwork of an offensive lineman is dictated by the way the ball gets delivered. The way the ball is delivered from QB to running back will dictate for the most part the way linebackers will flow. Coach Campbell