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E-MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS. GLAD TO HELP IF I CAN... BUT, PLEASE... REMEMBER TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF - FIRST AND LAST NAME AND WHERE YOU'RE FROM Maybe it's the influence of the Web and its culture of anonymity, but it used to be that everyone knew that it's common courtesy to identify yourself when you call someone on the phone - or to sign your name when you write. As a coach, I learned long ago to hang up on anonymous callers and to throw away unsigned mail. You will learn this, too - if you haven't already. I don't do anything anonymously, so I won't take the time to reply when people won't let me know who they are. But I do answer my mail, so if you've written to me with a question and you haven't received an answer... please go back and read what you wrote. (Maybe you forgot to sign your name!) 194. What do you think of the "Severe Angle Block" technique. Play side blocks at 30 degrees and takes the D lineman in their path. Sounds like it would be beneficial against those teams that are shifting, and bringing the LBs at the last second. Do you thing it is worth investigating? Seems like it would be easily taught to young kids...
Of course there is a place for this. It is essentially what we teach when we teach "down" blocking, which is very useful in certain situations. As I understand it, it is being suggested as a do-all, all-purpose block, and perhaps it can be used that way at the youth level. But probably at the middle school level, and certainly at the high school level and above, we need a lot more. I should mention here that while the concept is easy from the standpoint on remembering the assignment, there is a lot of work involved in being able to get kids to block down, much less to do it that sharply and that consistently. Coming down that sharply as a steady diet means that while you will pick up linemen and probably blitzing linebackers, you will not pick up scraping linebackers. Against good defenses with fast-flowing linebackers, you would find those linebackers meeting you at the point of attack. Finally, when the teammate to your inside is blocking down at a 30 degree angle, that eliminates any chance that you'll be double-teaming with him. And for us, unless a particular defensive front dictates blocking down, there is nothing like a Double-Team at the point of attack. Again, nothing wrong with the idea of blocking down when the situation calls for it. But if it is being advocated as a steady diet, it will not take long for defenses to figure out your intention- and they'll use it to their advantage. Yes, if done correctly it will seal off to the inside, and it is good against gap penetrators and certain blitzers. But it is not an aggressive form of blocking in terms of moving the defensive front backward. I would look for defenses to put their biggest, toughest kids right over the tight end, because a smaller wingback at the point of attack is not going to make much progress against a larger defensive end. But I'm not saying it doesn't have its place. I'm just telling you why I wouldn't do it as a steady diet. 193. What are your thoughts on running Super Power to the short side of unbalanced? For example Over Tight 99 Super Power Under Tight 88 Super Power It is an excellent play to the short side - mainly when a defense adjusts to the unbalanced (which seldom happens, by the way) The logic behind the “On/Off” call is the same, but we may have the wingback make it, rather than the tackle, because the wingback is more familiar with the whole thing. Unlike when a man has to be "ON" the TE for us to double-team him, in this case, unless the defender is clearly outside the tackle, we usually like to double-team him. It is also a good play to run to either side from Spread (Double Split) formation, except that I without any tight ends to cut off chasers, I advise running Super "O" and pulling only the backside guard. I don't advise pulling the tackle as well as the guard, or you might have trouble being run down from the backside. E-MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS. GLAD TO HELP IF I CAN... PLEASE... ONCE AGAIN - REMEMBER TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF - FIRST AND LAST NAME AND WHERE YOU'RE FROM! |
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