Pass Protection Drills

Offensive Line Phrases and Coaching Points

The Passing Game



Must Practice Like the Best No Mental Mistakes

Must Act Like the Best Great Effort

Must Be the Best Be Physical

Must Believe You’re the Best Steps and Sets

Landmarks and Techniques

Passing Game Phrases and Terms



Reach To a Hinge – Term used on Play Action and 800 & 900 Sprint Out passes


Show Your Numbers – With all pass sets the offensive linemen show your jersey numbers to the defender it will set your hips underneath you


Sit Down in The Chair – Term used for pass set to get hips down as if setting in a chair


Pound The Nail with Your helmet – Helps with quick pass set for linemen, helps throw the head back.


Look Up Through the Window – Hand placement by offensive linemen to top of jersey numbers of their defender, always look up through the window not out through it


Circle The Wagons – Term used on sprint out passes 800 – 900, alerts the footwork to be used


Drop Step Crossover Rip Through – Used on sprint out passes


½ Man to The Outside Foot – Used on drop back passes


½ Man to The Inside Foot – Used on sprint out passes


Trolley Protection – No Back Protection


Tuff – Alert for uncovered lineman on the backside of the right or left call by tackle that a potential stabber off the edge is up


Soft – Alert for uncovered double read lineman backside that no potential threat looms off the back edge


Hard – Alert for a full slide away from right and left call in 500 protections


Stay Protection – Keeps tight end in to pass block and sends back opposite the right and left call


Nasty - Calls protection down and tells the back he has EMLOS in pass protection.


Double Read – Tells the back and uncovered lineman to read their Lber to outside invert


Set The Anchor – Sets the outside foot to a stagger in 500 protection


Ball’s Gone You’re Gone – After ball has been thrown linemen should release down field


Shoulder In The Hole – Inside shoulder lean on 300 & 500 pass plays


Read The “V” Of the Neck – Landmark for tackles on their defender on 500 pass plays, dictates the footwork and angle of kick slide


Nobody Touches Our Quarterbacks – Pride in never allowing your assignment to touch our quarterback


Who Will Give Up The First Sack – Don’t be the first lineman to give up the sack


Mollie / Collie – Mollie (guard), Collie (center) uncovered alert for double read with 500 passes


Party In the End Zone – All offensive players meeting in the End Zone after a score


Reach and Hinge Back – Phrase used on sprint out passes by an uncovered lineman


B.O.B. – Big on Big protection principle on all dropback passing schemes with 300 & 500 passes.


Aggressive Run to A Pass Set – Used on all 300-pass plays


Hand Check – Uncovered lineman throwing his hand as help to an adjacent covered lineman


Shoulders Opposite the Punch – Shoulders on pass sets should always move opposite the punch


Uncovered Hinge Back – Term used on Sprint out passes for any lineman coming uncovered