Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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Does anyone have any good suggestions for teaching wr stalk blocks? In the past I have worked hit, recoil and mirror; I've also taught hands inside, stick to the db and drive him where he wants to go and make the ball carrier cut. Does anyone teach anything different or have any good drills?
I agree with you coach, especially about taking the defender where he wants to go. I think one good thing to emphasize is that there are two phases of the block. The first part you are trying to stop is charge and just hold your ground (punch and recoil like you said). Once the defender starts to move in a direction, that is when we teach them to latch on and drive the man. I think it is very difficult to drive a man if space off of the initial contact. Some of our guys will try to drive the defender too early and they usually end up over-extended. I think you can also work a drill with the backs that teaches them ways to use their blockers. Pitch the ball to a back and let him work to the perimeter as the receiver begins the block. If the defender has outside leverage on the wr, the back stretches the run to the outside and then cuts underneath at the last minute. If the defender has inside position on the receiver, then cut up as though to run inside and then bounce it outside at the last minute. Use the defenders leverage against him.
I did a couple of things that worked pretty well last year. 1st we showed them the proper fundamentals such as athletic position, aiming points, fit postion, thumbs up etc. After they learned the fit position we ran a mirror drill where the WR had to put his hands behind him and mirror the DB trying not to let him get by. We then progressed into a game where the WR and DB were about 10 yds apart. I put a football behind the WR about 5 yards. The DB tried to get to the football while the WR tried to shield him away. This got very competitive and sometimes to get more reps we spread the kids out in groups of 4 or more with 4 footballs (1 for each line). You have to be carefull not to put the balls to close or you risk knees getting rolled up on. The last thing we would do is set up cones about 5-7yds apart. The WR lined up as normal on the LOS with a DB about 10 yards off of him. We would pitch the ball out to a back and he had to stay between the cones. The DB tried to shed the block and make the tackle. This was totally live. This was a great drill becuase the DB's got reps on getting off blocks and making open field tackles, the WR's worked on stalk blocking and the RB's learned to use their blocks. One coaching point that stuck with me from Bowling Green's WR coach that I saw at a clinic is that they teach their WR's to punch recoil, punch recoil etc. So they don't get called for holding which is a tough call becuase usually if the backs get that far it has been a productive play. Hope that helps some.
Thanks for the input, guys. I like your point, coachchad, about receives getting overextended. That's exactly where we lost our blocks in the past. I'll empahsize that this year. I havent' sone anything different than what's been mentioned. I do like your idea, stick, of shielding a DB away from a football. I was thinking that it might be better to stand up a blocking bag so that I wouldn't worry so much about someone rolling an ankle on the ball.
Thanks, guys. We'll have a lot of speed this year, so I'm hooping that if we can stay on DB's for a few seconds longer we should be able to break some big ones.