1. Offensive Line Techniques & Drills
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Offensive Line Techniques & Drills

2. Offensive Line: Stance Principles
3 Point Stance:
* head up
* back straight
* butt up
* feet under butt
* hand under chin
* down hand is a coaching variable
2 Point Stance:
* chin up, head back
* chest forward, shoulders back
* knees bent
* base wider than shoulders

3. Offensive Line: Rules of Engagement
1. Remember the snap count
* change the snap count on every rep of every drill
2. Never reach
* if you have to reach, you are too far from the
defender
* move your feet to decrease distance
3. Block with your bottom
* run on contact
* do not only use your upper body
4. Use your shoulder when punching
* do not just flip your arm
5. Never cross your feet

4. 6. Maintain ball side lead
* offensive lineman’s ball side foot must always be outside of the defender being blocked
7. Center always snaps the ball
* on every rep of every drill or play
8. Technique references
* terminology of defensive alignments must be understood by players and coaches
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6. Offensive Line: Types of Blocks
1. Base
* one offensive linemen blocking one defensive player
2. Double team
* two offensive linemen blocking one defensive player
* post man: covered offensive linemen
* drive man: uncovered offensive lineman
* hips should connect
3. Combo
* begins as a double team, then drive man leaves once movement is established
* post man kicks drive man off to the next level

7. Double Team

8. Combo

9. Offensive Line: Running Drills
1. Stance
* use grid formation to emphasize the points of a proper 3 point stance
Step
* use grid formation
* on snap, lineman takes two steps, each less than one foot
* load on 1st step, punch on 2nd step
* when loading, thumbs should point to breasts
* should end in a proper 2 point stance
* recoil into three point stance

10. 3. 1 on 1 4. 2 on 1 * use t-bars to run up versus a bag
* bags should always be held tight to the body
* emphasize the rules of engagement
4. 2 on 1
* two offensive linemen block one bag
* coach behind them changes call from a combo to a
double

11. Offensive Line: Passing Drills
1. Stance
* use grid formation to emphasize the points of a proper point stance
2. Mirror
* offensive linemen mirrors defensive linemen from cone to cone
* when coach blows whistle, defensive linemen attempts to
penetrate
3. ½ Body
* defense pressures ½ of offensive lineman’s body
* offensive lineman’s foot on the side being pressured
must remain outside of the defender
* defender can cross offensive lineman to pressure inside leg

12. * 5 on 5, defensive linemen v. offensive linemen
4. Full line, ½ Go
* 5 on 5, defensive linemen v. offensive linemen
* coach tells one, two or three defensive linemen to rush the cone located 5 yards behind the center
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