ISO on 5-2?

Coach,

First, thanks for the reply.

I block it the same way playside as your first example but scoop the backside. Is it better to block back as you said than to scoop backside? In the case I block back what who would the backside TE block?

Thanks,

John

hey coach carbon, its good to see you again... you probably dont remember me but we used to talk Singlewing football i believe. maybe it was the stacked front or wishbone... something like that.

anyway, with 4 tech obviously gives you problems because you don't know where he's slanting too. if you play man principles it should be a good idea to base him with your tackle whose first step should be an inside step at 45 degrees and driving him back. you fullback should aim at the inside hip of your tackle. now if the 4 tech is slanting inside you're in good shape because the tackle hasn't overcommitted his block and he merely seals him down. the fullback should be okay to go to inside backer. if the 4 tech is reading the tackles block the tackle needs to take him outside more. if he slants outside the tackle re-adjusts his second and third steps to drive him outward. the combo on the nose needs to be a good one though because if that four tech is sliding outward then the nose is probably doing the same thing.

thats just my two cents though
-andrew

ps. back in highschool we played a lot of the 404 technique with both tackles slanting inside... the thing that killed us was the outside zone play. the guard would reach our DT and the tackle would go to IB. fullback would take out the safety. thats something to look at. if you ever split your tightend out as a flanker to one side and the tackle slants down you can reach him with the guard and the tackle can block out on the end. fullback takes inside backer and you have a good gain.

4,0,4 we will wham playside; center has nose, playside guard blocks out on the 4 and playside tackle blocks out on the DE. TE can block invert or safety. Backside tackle has the 4 and backside guard has the backside LB. Have your FB lead on playside LB. We tell our TB's to read the center, if the nose crosses his face cut back side, if the nose does not show hit behind the playside tackle's block.

We love the ISO to a 4, 0, 4 look. On the playside, from Guard to TE, all linemen block out. TE on invert, OT on 9 tech., OG on 4 tech. The Center will drive the 0 to whichever side he wants to go, but he must maintain contact. He can not be wrong unless he gets driven backward or loses contact. On the backside, we will block the OG out on the 4 and fold the OT inside for backside LB.

Now this is what we do differently than most teams I have seen. The FB has the playside LB, but he reads the block of the Center as to which path he will take to the playside LB. If the Nose slants playside, then the FB will go behind the Center to the LB. If the Nose either plays straight or slants backside, the FB will continue through the playside A gap the the LB. The TB reads has the same read as the FB as to which hole he runs through. This play cuts back often.

Blocking Iso vs. 5-2:

PSE- Base block on DE
PST-Base block on DT
PSG- Combo NG to BSB
C- Base block NG
BSG, BST, BSE- Track Block (zone)
FB- Iso block on PSB

This is how we would block an inside Iso (42, 44).

If we get a steady diet of pinching on the backside, we will fold block. Gives us better angles. Guard out on 4i, Tackle on LB. Another thing that I did not mention in my previous post is that we also take large splits on ISO. Sometimes as wide as 4 feet across the line. This really opens up some seems.

I think everyone has diagrammed good ways to block the Iso. I've run it all the ways above, and they all work. The only slight technique variation we use when base blocking and doubling the nose with the PSG is that we have the PSG first step with his outside foot at the linebacker. Then, once he plants that foot he works a step with his inside foot down onto the nose with the center. The thing this does for us is to hide our FB from the PSILB because every 50 ILB is tought to fill immediately when the guard downbocks. Since the ILB doesn't get an immediate downblock read from the PSG, it tends to slow his fill. This allows our FB to make contact with him further on the defensive side of the LOS than he would otherwise be able to. This helps open the hole a little wider for our TB. Just something that has worked for us.

Coach W