tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52665668263608808352024-03-21T12:49:41.739-07:00Coach RothI coach the Bigs. Therefore, I will talk all things Offensive Line.CoachRoth.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05650529398605287634noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266566826360880835.post-1705655489091892582012-03-27T13:50:00.003-07:002012-03-29T19:37:10.441-07:00Youth Lineman Camps in Washington<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Barton Football Academy is pleased to announce the launch of our Youth <i>(5th and 6th grade)</i> Lineman Camps! </span><b>Every Saturday in April from 11am to 12 pm at Garfield High School.<br /><br />
</b>These will be introductory type sessions that will allow young
players to grow and learn. One thing that sets our sessions apart from
anyone else: we teach skills. We do not run kids through drills and call
it good. Our sessions will consist of 2 phases each approximately a
half hour in length.<br />
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Our focus will be on: </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><i>Defensive Emphasis:</i></b> Proper
explosive get-off, use of proper hand technique and defeating
blocks.</span></div>
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<b><i>Offensive
Emphasis:</i></b> Run blocking fits, playing with angles and leverage, and
utilizing solid pass protection footwork.<br />
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<b>"Start Young, Never Quit"</b></div>
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Regardless of level or
system these fundamental tools will help any lineman become a more rounded and
explosive player. I look forward to the great work we will do!</div>
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Please go to <a href="http://www.bartontraining.com/home.php" target="_blank">http://www.bartontraining.com/<wbr></wbr>home.php</a> to register and
stay updated on the many exciting events we have planned for the summer
months, and information on camps for the other positions.<br />
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Had the privilege the last few weekends to attend the All-Sports Clinic as well as the Glazier Clinic in Seattle.<br />
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So as I mentioned in last years clinic post, I don't go into theses sessions to learn grand schematic changes. I am only looking for better ways to teach, insights that I find interesting, maybe a drill or two that complements what we do, and ultimately if I get one or two 'nuggets' it has been a great clinic. So here you go. Enjoy.<br />
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<b>1. <span class="st">Wisconsin D-Line vs Run and vs Pass by Charles Partridge (Asst H.C./D-Line/Co-Defensive Coordinator) at Glazier</span></b><br />
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<i><span class="st">***** Went to this session to learn the 'anti-technique.' We are oil and water and we need to know what 'they' are doing in order to defeat it*******</span></i><br />
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<span class="st"> a. Pass Rush: Outside arm reach= key to having a good pass rush</span><br />
<span class="st"> b. </span><span class="st">Pass Rush: </span><span class="st">Defensive Ends- Must have depth awareness. Defensive Tackles- Must have ratio awareness</span><br />
<span class="st"> c.</span><span class="st"> Pass Rush: Vertical for 3/4 steps before making decision. Most Ends want to take the path right through the tackle.</span><br />
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<b><span class="st">2. Faster than the Fly: Rocket Sweep by </span>Blair Hubbard (Head Coach at Faith Christian High School (CO) )<span class="st"> at All-Sports</span></b><br />
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<span class="st"> a. 'Hyperactive Outside Zone'</span><br />
<span class="st"> b. Pre-Snap motion means defense has to 'cheat'- roll, move and try to set leverage</span><br />
<span class="st"> c. The speed of the ball getting to the edge means you can false pull and set-up huge backside action (screens and counters to take advantage of the over pursuit of the defense) </span><br />
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<span class="st"><a href="http://www.hudl.com/presview/42461" target="_blank">Some film from Coach Hubbard</a></span><br />
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<b><span class="st">3. Wyoming Spread Run by Head Coach Dave Christenson at Glazier</span></b><br />
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<span class="st"> a. They use huge splits because they don't have great personnel. Allows them to only have to 'wall-off' instead of block</span><br />
<span class="st"> b. QB depth was 6 and TB path crosses the face of the QB for 2 steps before either bouncing or banging</span><br />
<span class="st"> c. It was great to see a college offense using the same types of schemes as you. This was validation for some of the things we will put emphasis on next year. Which I thought was pretty cool.</span><br />
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<span class="st">4. <b>Inside Zone and Outside Zone by Aaron Best (Offensive Coordinator/O-Line Coach at Eastern Washington University) at Glazier</b></span><br />
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<span class="st"> a. In general O-Line coaches have to love technique more than most positions. They are going against guys that are better than them on every snap.</span><br />
<span class="st"> b. "Replace guys"- that will put you were they are at.</span><br />
<span class="st"> c. Think about this: We are the only position on the field with our backs to the ball.</span><span class="st"> </span><br />
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One the better compliments to the 'tight' zone we run is the 'outside' zone.<br />
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We tell our tackles and guards on the playside to 'secure' the playside, and everyone from the Center back will 'punch through the fat guys' and 'get out and run' to the big uglies.<br />
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In practice we go over the different kinds of combinations that the tackles and guards can see and the appropriate blocks to run through the edge. After that I just make sure everyone is running to a spot.<br />
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Here is some film. With the type of kids we consistently get this is probably our number 2 running play.<br />
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<a href="http://www.hudl.com/presview/49341" target="_blank">Outside Zone</a><br />
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<br />CoachRoth.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05650529398605287634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266566826360880835.post-63059702465353217382012-02-22T13:13:00.005-08:002012-02-27T09:25:49.771-08:00Lineman Camps in Washington<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I recently
had the opportunity to head up the Lineman Skills camp at the Barton
Football Academy. For Washington, we offer sessions every weekend during this off-season
time to prepare kids to go into the season ahead of the curve. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The emphasis of these sessions will be on the development of proper
technique, footwork and fundamentals of offensive and defensive line play.</span></span><br />
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<b>Offensive Emphasis:</b> Run blocking fits, playing with angles and
leverage, and utilizing solid pass protection footwork.</div>
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<b>Defensive Emphasis:</b> Proper explosive get-off, use of proper hand
technique and defeating blocks.<br />
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Regardless of level or system these fundamental tools will help any lineman
become a more rounded and explosive player. Sessions are held on Saturday and Sundays at local high schools throughout
the area and are open for registration on-line. Please see the website <a href="http://www.bartontraining.com/" target="_blank">http://www.bartontraining.com</a> for
more information.<br />
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Also, see here for a little video of a recent session: <a href="http://www.northwesteliteindex.com/articles/jordan/feb12/bartonevent1.html" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr></wbr>northwesteliteindex.com/<wbr></wbr>articles/jordan/feb12/<wbr></wbr>bartonevent1.html</a></div>
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More about this opportunity will be upcoming.<br />
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<br /></div>CoachRoth.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05650529398605287634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266566826360880835.post-43504228395283448402012-02-21T16:44:00.000-08:002012-02-21T16:44:14.743-08:00Practice"I'm a strong believer that the structure of your practice is the
singularly most determining reason for your success or lack of success
as a coach." Bob Knight<br />
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<i>So this article took shape
a long, long time ago. It has just been very difficult to FINISH
it...but here is what has been completed. </i><br />
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Practice tenant: "The faster we go the better we get."<br />
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I
have approximately 20 minutes on Tuesday and Wednesday of game week to
do our individual drills. We split those two days up, Tuesday being a
station day and Wednesday being a refinement/scheme/mental day
(depending on what needs to be emphasized or prepared for.)<br />
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Tuesday-3
stations. (I do have the privilege of having 2 assistant line coach
who I absolutely trust. They are extensions of me and I am very
fortunate to have them.)<br />
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We have two stations that that never change: a Drive Station and a Screen station.<br />
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Drive
Station: 7 or 8 players driving the sled. For us, the sled is not some
mystical object that requires us to move it so much per season or per
day. For us it is a way to ease the banging on the body (as the JV guys
just played the day before) while allowing us to work the fit and the
feet.<br />
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Screen Station: Here is essentially what we do. See the video is the best way to show it.<br />
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The
final station I usually lead. It rotates between a pass pro drill and a
zone station. The pass pro I call the 'hot box drill' and it's
emphasizes a quick pass set and the quick short post/set steps that come
from that.<br />
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For the zone station, we use a target system for the foot movement and step over bags for the track.<br />
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Most of this is here. This is from our summer skills rotation:<br />
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If anything jumps out or appears to be odd, please let me know. Would love some feedback.<br />
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<a href="http://www.hudl.com/presview/44983" target="_blank">Zone Presentation</a>CoachRoth.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05650529398605287634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266566826360880835.post-61419306466610463042012-01-18T18:31:00.000-08:002012-02-21T16:43:28.990-08:00Compliments to the Zone SchemeWas playing around with these thoughts after watching a great Glazier eclinic the other day.<br />
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VEER?<br />
As a change up of the backs aiming point, run veer away from the normal stretch of zone. All runs the same, must have tackle execute the sift correctly..ie if backer sits, you must block, if backer flows crack force.<br />
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MIDLINE?<br />
Running Zone towards the back. Same look as veer, but a little bit hard hitting (more downhill.) Here the PST would make an under call, to go under the dive key.<br />
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We see almost all the teams we play slant to the back on our zone plays, and I think these would be great compliments to take advantage of those defensive adjustments.<br />
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Here is a similar concept we ran this year...a simple dive play, with out the reads. You can see, I think, how dynamic adding that wrinkle would make us.<br />
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<a href="http://www.hudl.com/presview/44824" target="_blank">http://www.hudl.com/presview/44824</a> <br />
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The first is a simple power look. We like this action because it starts out looking exactly like zone and then we bend it back over (hence the counter portion of the play.)<br />
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The other is similar action, but it is a tackle wrap play with the QB providing the counter action.<br />
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TED= Tackle and TE working to #<br />
TAG= Tackle and Guard working to #<br />
TAB= Guard and Center working to #<br />
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Backside <span class="il">calls</span>:<br />
SLIP= Center and Guard<br />
SCOOP= Guard and Tackle<br />
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So out of a tight end set against an odd defense:</div>
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We work our head/explosion through the aiming points and work the ray technique
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Well another season is in the books. I foolishly thought I might be able to keep some content up on this site while the season was under way but...well....I was way wrong.<br />
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A couple of thoughts before I begin to dig into the evolution of how I teach zone.<br />
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1) I got a flip camera to film practice and I will never NOT film practices again. Mainly focused on drill work through the summer, then only filmed the team time (as I ran into a problem with breaking it down, battery life through the course of practice, and watching JV players run through drills.) Here from our spring scrimmage:<br />
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2) I really learned that no matter how good a teacher of something you are, very few kids will remember what you taught the year before. I will not make that mistake again.<br />
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Ok so...Zone.<br />
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Last season, as seen in the previous posts on the zone concept, we employed a true zone concept (ie step and feel pressure and react.) And we got pretty good at it, so I figured we were on to something. Well, what happened is that group of lineman graduated.<br />
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I was pretty sure I could teach the next group to get off and feel it just like the last. But what I needed to learn was a system that was player neutral, ie we would have success regardless of the Jimmy's. If we had great jimmy's we would explode, if we had average jimmy's we could get consistent yards. So what this year ended up being was a bastard system, one where we evolved from a straight man scheme to a combo team.With that said. I want to emphasis that we did not get there entirely this season. But for next year we laid a ground work, a teaching method, and a thought process that will lead to it. <br /><br />Part of coaching is learning how to do something better, and trying to teach the next group kids who are completely different from the last group.<br />
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More to come on how we are gonna do it better....<br />
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Here are my notes regarding multiple subjects. Just know that when I attend these things, I am only looking for 'nuggets' that either inspire me or will allow me to teach or explain something better.<br />
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From the PEMCO All-Sports Clinic on February 24-27<br />
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Bruce Brown (Motivation/Leadership:)<br />
1) Teaching/Motivating teams requires you to be a creative craftsman<br />
2) Average does not inspire/ Ability gives you credibility<br />
3) Really think about this: Would YOU want to play for YOU?<br />
4) Staff Building: First rate people are confident enough to hire first rate people. Second rate people hire<br />
third rate people.<br />
5) Fearless Play....a direct reaction to how I react to FAILED plays.<br />
6) If you have kids that are looking to check out (in big moments,) look in the mirror.<br />
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John Thompson, DC for Georgia State:<br />
1) In any Cover 3: 10-30 principle....Player responsible for deep 30, the 10 is on me as the coach.<br />
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NIKE Coach of the Year Clinic on March 4-6<br />
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Pat Ruel, Zone Guru and asst Line coach for the Sehawks<br />
1) Terms: Its a 'punch thru' or a 'run thru' block....not a hook or a reach <br />
2) Practice: "I do you".. ie at practice dont wonder about stuff....at practice practice what you do and do it<br />
over and over again.<br />
3) Zone concept: Run the board....similar to run 'your cylinder/foot path' but for me a much more consistent<br />
term to deal with defensive player movement and alignment.<br />
4) Pass Pro: Vertical; press on the inside move....When doing the pipes visualize player movement..get the<br />
mental reps even if against air..CoachRoth.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05650529398605287634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266566826360880835.post-6584533154648085262011-02-17T13:52:00.000-08:002012-02-21T16:45:24.533-08:00Things we are playing with...<span class="fw_sanitized">Like every staff, the off season is used to reflect on what has happened, project what might happen for next season and always answer this question: How can we be more explosive and dynamic?</span><br />
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<span class="fw_sanitized">In answer to that we have thought about:</span><br />
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<span class="fw_sanitized">The midline option is a great fit in our scheme because it controls both B gap defenders simultaneously. </span><br />
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<span class="fw_sanitized"> Here is the trap version:</span><br />
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After we visited Oregon, we talked about this a lot, but never got around to making it a base play.<br />
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This is sweep rt with a zone left look on the backside</div>
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The most important thing to remember about the game of football at the high school level is <i>skill development</i>. To that end, we emphasis the following “BIG SIX:”</div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">A good attitude in an offensive lineman can’t be over-emphasized. A player with a good attitude can be taught what he needs to be successful. A player with a bad attitude will have a negative impact on the entire offense. A player has to be <i>selfless</i> before we can develop <i>unity</i> on the offensive line. Once we develop <i>unity</i> we can create an<i> identity</i>. Once we create an <i>identity</i>, then we can establish <i>tradition</i>. <u>It all starts with attitude.</u></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“We work the hardest; we’re known the least. But who cares? For we are the reason.”</span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">2. Effort:</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">No one should ever question your effort -NEVER! We determine effort by players who <i>go to the echo of the whistle</i> and <i>finish blocks and games</i>. An enthusiastic player will give you great effort. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Be a Hitter:<b> </b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is why you play! You must relish contact. <i>It's the player who hits first, the hardest, most often and the longest that win Championships.</i> When it comes to being a hitter actions speak louder than words. We want an aggressive player who plays with his head, heart and pads</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Commitment is fundamental to our success. Ranging from excellence in the class room, to active participation in the community, to even ensuring the pads are brought out everyday to practice, commitment encompasses a wide variety. The following quotes sum up the general philosophy, followed by four areas of emphasis:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">“The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">-<i>Thomas Edison, renowned inventor</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">“Are you here to do something, or are you just looking for something to do?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Loyalty: </span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Playing on the offensive line is about trust and honesty. <u>If trust is ever broken, failure is inevitable.</u> Loyalty is the key to the togetherness needed on the offensive linemen and the team. Loyalty is demonstrated by showing respect for your coaches, yourself, and each other. <b><i>Loyalty is the key to having “one heart beat” on the offensive line.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Strength: </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">You can not be ‘allergic to iron’.</span></b><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> The key: how it translates onto the field, not just in the weight room. Explosive strength is priority one, with overall strength being next. Strength training helps eliminate injuries, and it allows us to dominate in the tight spaces of the line of scrimmage.</span></div>
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Because it is a double screen, we used a mirror count system....ie the tackle would have the overhang player, guards would have inside linebackers and the center would pick up the most dangerous player, usually a safety or we would get a double team on an inside backer. This way the line play is consistent in a 2x2 set as well as a 3x1 set.<br />
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We use these progressions for most screens (Bubble has a different progression for us, as we block that more like playaction) for ease of learning and to maximize the reps.<br />
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Playaction game next....CoachRoth.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05650529398605287634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5266566826360880835.post-33239900611267885392011-02-09T13:11:00.000-08:002012-02-21T16:46:37.055-08:00Complimentary Plays (2)- OZ/Stretch and variationsAs a base inside zone team, one of the great compliments is a stretch or outside zone play.<br />
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As defenses began to make adjustments to our inside zone play, we began to see more and more pinching and slanting to take away the off-guard track of the running back. To counter act this we decided to run around it.<br />
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This is one of the better blocks for gaining leverage on a defender, as it really allows us to pin the player right where we want him <br />
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Where this play gets 'fun' is with the play of the playside guard. We can do several things with him, depending on how the defense is playing. The DE pinches really hard, he can pull around him leading the back to the edge for a true stretch play feel. If the DE plays up on the tackle, the guard can squeeze to the knee then work up his cylinder and it becomes an Outside zone play.<br />
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Here is a progression of the playside guard off of a <span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Fly-sweep</b></i></span> <br />
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<i>Even if we get hat-on hat..we can still be out numbered.</i> <br />
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Thus it is vital that we have a strong complimentary system to deal with these numbers games. The obvious one should be a strong passing game, either vertically off of playaction or horizontally off of bubbles/screens. These compliments must be there in order to ensure a numbers a gap/numbers advantage. Without them, the defense can bring force players and suffer little to no consequences.<br />
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Another solution, if the passing game is not adequate or up to the task would be to have a complimentary 'gap' scheme. This creates problems for a sound defensive front. See below.<br />
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I believe that this scheme, as evidenced by our success with gut and counter, is a 'cheap' compliment to the base zone looks., with the pulling lineman creating that extra gap space. <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">It will also maximize </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">how we can me limit OL assignment while manipulating the backs</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">.</span></span><br />
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Here we married a traditional fly sweep with a Quarterback counter the other direction.<br />
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The beauty of packaging these two plays is that they really force the defensive end to really be wrong no matter what. If he plays the sweep (by expanding and trying to spill or contain the motion man), we run counter with the Quarterback. If he plays the counter (by stepping down on the pulling lineman) we have a clean edge (meaning more players to block than defensive players to defend in a particular area.)<br />
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Here, because of our success with the fly portion, the defense over rotates creating this:<br />
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Combined with our other zone play principles, we have made it our mission to confuse and confound the defensive ends in any system to the point where they are non-factors.<br />
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At the professional level of football, the play most used has been the bootleg pass(think the Denver Broncos.) In the college ranks, the in vogue thing has become the zone read, or zone option (think the Oregon Ducks.)<br />
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For us, we had a hard time this past year being consistent with either of these. So lacking these two common 'constraint' plays, we as a staff decided with our overly athletic quarterback to go to a tackle 'wrap' play as a compliment. We called it 'Gut.'<br />
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As you can see, the reason it is a compliment to zone is that the interior lineman block the zone path to the left.<br />
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The right tackle here, due to alignment of the defensive end, will block out.<br />
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The left tackle will wrap into the first open hole, with an emphasis of staying tight to the guards block.<br />
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The backs will mesh like zone left, with the tailback hitting hard to once again deliver the linebackers were we (the offensive line) need them. The quarterback will then disengage and follow the tackles block into the hole (and with the action of the back delivering the backers,) having the 2 way go of a cut to the left or the right.<br />
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This was our second best play over the course of the season, for three main reasons: 1) We had a tough tailback that defenses HAD to respect, 2) A quarterback as fast as anyone who was a threat to take it eighty yards every play and 3) a tackle who could adjust to the linebacker in hole.<br />
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Great play for our athletic quarterback...great complimentary play to zone.<br />
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Once we have laid down a framework of identification and a thought process for who we are attacking prior to the snap, the focus now shifts to player movement post snap.<br />
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Here is an example of post snap movement. The play is zone left.<br />
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As you can see every player has stepped to the play side, and we have followed our covered/uncovered principles. 58 has worked to the knee of the next down defender, as he was an uncovered player. His next thought, as the defender did not crash his gap is to climb. </div>
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We define the climb as working in the cylinder (here the gap area between the offensive tackle and the center.) Others define it as a track.</div>
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This is another example of a zone left play. Here the guard did not step all the way down to the knee, instead climbing to fast. When the defender crashed the playside tackle had no help, so he got beat. This is the area that needs the most emphasis...FAT GUYS FIRST; Then climb to the Big Uglies. The reason for this is the onus is on the backs to "DELIVER" the linebackers to the lineman. </div>
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When referencing schemes, or plays in particular, one first must understand that in all reality there are a million ways to do one thing. So for us, and for the sake of the kids that we coach, we try to keep things as simple as possible (the KISS principle...Keep It Simple Stupid.) <br />
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The first framework, when discussing my philosophy of zone blocking, is 'Covered/Uncovered.'<br />
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Covered/Uncovered is used in dealing with multiple defensive fronts, allowing us to ask this one question and block any defense we see. Again, <b><i>this is a pre-snap framework.</i></b><br />
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In doing this, we first must define the defenders. This helps us understand <i>who</i> we have to block.<br />
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We define them in a couple of ways: First level of defenders, usually the defensive line (from here on referred to as 'Fat Guys') and second level of defenders, usually the linebackers (referred to as 'Big Uglies.')<br />
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Who am I and why would you care? These are the first questions that I always ask when looking over other peoples blogs.<br />
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As you can tell by the title, I am Coach Roth. I have been an assistant coach at Lakes High School for the past 5 seasons. My goal is to provide other coaches little nuggets that will help. If I can impart one nugget to one person, than this blog has done its job (even if it is me who finds the nugget.) Because really that's what I like about other peoples blogs as well.<br />
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I have had the privilege to coach in an offense the last 5 years that holds very true to my core beliefs...spread them out, play fast, be as wide open as you can, and when in doubt back it up with a mentality that says 'I will physically dominate you.'<br />
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One of the keys to this has been the implementation of a zone blocking scheme. This allows us to accomplish two major factors in the above: spread you out and have a physical mentality.<br />
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The basic tenants of zone blocking are these: 1) Each offensive lineman is responsible for the playside zone 2) The defense moves, so how do counter act that? 3) We have five offensive lineman, it is therefore our job to block five defenders.<br />
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Here is a diagram of Zone Left.<br />
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So what about rules? Most (if not all) O-line coaches will go on and on about rules. I, however, prefer to think of it as a framework, more like an "If, Than," statement. I want my players to have freedom, with in that framework, to figure out how best to accomplish the result I desire.. For us, that process will start with a question: "Am I covered by a defender, or am I uncovered by a defender?"<br />
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Here is a video of zone.<br />
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Here are some cut-ups of Oregon running the zone play.<br />
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