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“ If you are versatile, tough and smart you will be a successful offensive lineman.”
-- Grey Ruegamer (Offensive lineman for the New York Giants)
• As an Offensive Line you
set the tone for the rest of
the football team
• Toughness, Grit,
Nastiness, Relentless
Effort, Intense Focus,
Selflessness,
Accountability, Trust,
Great Work Ethic
• “5 STRONG”-No Man is an
Island, you must draw
your strength from others
WE ARE ONLY AS STRONG
AS THE MAN NEXT TO US!
“Linemen are literally the unsung heroes of the game. Their situation is analogous to the infantry in warfare. They do the
hard, bitter fighting for victory. As the generals reap the headlines in war, the backs reap the headlines in football. Yet in
their hearts, the generals and backs know that victory and the accolades came to them through the work of the foot
soldiers and linemen.”
Gomer Jones
Rules:
1. BE EARLY – 5 Minutes early is late!
2. BE PREPARED – Have manual and playbooks ready to go….bring pen or pencil
3, BE READY TO WORK – No attitudes just ready to go
4. BE RESPECTFUL – Nothing is personal
5. EFFORT- Is not an option, it is to be expected
6. EMBRACE THE COMPETITION- Constant atmosphere of competition
7. KNOW YOUR ROLE- Feed the collective by succeeding individually
8. TECHNIQUE- Is the great equalizer, master it
9. HAVE FUN – What is said in meetings stays in meetings, but laugh when we need to
• Be honest with yourself as a player, did I work as hard as I could have that
rep, that drill, that practice….and that game?
• If it is easy it is wrong
• One Unit – Its about us
• We will be the hardest working position
group on the field. We will be physical,
disciplined and play with great pad level and
technique
• Need to have nasty players all across the
board.
• Score with your man!
• One unit that plays together, bleeds
together and works 24/7 together
• We will block until the whistle blows
• Know your assignment 100% of the time
• Trust your steps and technique
• Need to be violent and aggressive
• We will dominate the line of scrimmage in
the run game and pass game
• Violent with your hands
• Take the fight to them! We will be the
aggressors!
• Win the day every day!
• 100% Assignment Execution
• 100% Hustle and Effort-we will
never walk on the field!
• Play with feet fire and hand
violence
• No selfish penalties
• Protect your quarterback! No
excuse to give up a sack
• No Tackles for Loss ever! Win
with your man downfield
• OWN THE 4TH QUARTER
• Be accountable and do your
job
• Communicate every play!
The more the better!!!
• Establish the line of
scrimmage on every play
• Make first contact with
defenders (with controlled
aggression)
• Aim to finish every block
with a pancake or cut
• The edge of our offensive line.
Needs to be excellent pass blocker
and run blocker
• Has to be athletic to reach blocks
on read plays and physical enough to
play within our inside zone and
power schemes
• Responsible for seeing edge blitzes
and pressure
• Need to communicate to the guards
and tight ends
• Responsible for making sure tight
ends know who to block
• Has to be very athletic in pass pro,
understand pocket depth and be
able to win 1 on 1 situations
• Living on an Island, protect
quarterback’s blind side
• Most physical players up front
• Need to be big and athletic to move
3 techniques as well as assist center
with 0 shade
• Need to be athletic when facing 3
down defenses and they need to
climb to second level
• Need to be good at pass pro and
have to work twist pickup with
center as well as tackle
• Have to be able to get movement
against head up defensive lineman
• Athletic enough to pull and move in
space
• Assist center and tackle in blitz and
front identification and pickup
• The focus point of our offensive
line, he is the general
• Runs the show, needs to make all
front and box identification calls
• Makes combo calls with guards
• Needs to be able to identify blitzes
and work twist pickup with guards
• 100% PERFECT SNAPS! NO EXCUSES
• Athletic enough to pull into space
and get to second level
• Needs to be able to block a 0
Technique in 3 down defense
• Shotgun and Under Center
snapping
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• It is important for our offensive line to identify the difference between the defensive alignments
• Something as simple as a 2i vs a 2 technique could signal a defensive stunt or blitz
• Defensive alignment identification is critical in the run and pass game blocking schemes
FRONT IDENTIFICATION
FRONT RECOGNITION FRONT RECOGNITION
OKIE OKIE NOTES STACK STACK NOTES
There will be a NT aligned somewhere on the All three LBs must be aligned “in the box”
Center There will be a B Gap defender aligned to the
J M Both Guards will be completely uncovered W M S TE (or formation strength in 2 TE formations )
and an A Gap defender aligned away from
W E N T S E N T E
the TE
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Q Q We will still call it Stack if both DTs are
aligned head up on the Guards and there are
three LBs “in the box”
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A T N E A T N E A T N E
Y Y Y
S M W S M W S M W
A T N E A T N E A T N E
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S A T N E A T N E M W
Y Y S A T N E
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M J M J M J
S T N E W S T N E W S E N T W
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C S L T N E W C C S L T N E W C
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GAP 8
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ANGLE – Defensive Line move away from TE SLANT – Defensive Line move toward TE
• EFFORT
• They need to buy in right away
• Must play for each other
• Special group of guys
• Preparation, they must know how to handle everything
• Knowledge allows them to use Great Effort = Confidence
• ONE UNIT
• BALANCE
• Run game and pass game
• Base / Full Foot in the ground / repeated deliberate movements
• Cannot have your head down and your ass up
• FINISH
• Send a message every play
• Nothing better for an offense than physical, violent offensive
linemen
• Score with your man
• SPLITS
• Wider for inside plays
• Tighter for outside plays
• STANCE
• 50/50 Stance
• Comfortable – not interested in robots that look good
• Be able to run block and pass block out of the same stance
• Everything is tight and compact
• 3 point vs. 2 point
Good Stance Bad Stance
Eyes up, Eyes down Elbow resting
Hand not in
Keying defender Poor Knee
Bend Attack position
Hips and
Butt
high
Heels in On toes
ground
• Feet shoulder width apart. Toes pointed
forward or slightly out. Center feet stay
parallel. Guards toe to in-step stagger and
Tackles toe to heel stagger.
• Squat down placing your forearms on
your thigh, bow your neck, Keep all 7
cleats in the ground
• Extend your outside hand in front of you
and sit back in your hamstrings. Keeping
all your cleats in the ground
• Place your hand down on the ground just
inside of the knee. Your hand should be in
the same spot as your eye if it fell out of
your head. Have a flat back with eyes up
ready to scan the defense. Have weight
50-50 on the inside balls of your feet.
From this position you should be able to
run block, pass block and step in any
direction
• Off hand should be in an attack position
ready to strike
• Take the same stagger that
you use in a 3 point stance
• Squat down with knees inside
your ankles
• Your stance will adjust based
on pass or run
• Run Game-flat back, eyes up,
same feet separation as if you
were in a 3 point stance
• RAM ROD you back in pass
pro
• Place hands on your thighs
• Weight 50-50 on in-steps
• Zone = GAP – COMBO – MAN
• Box Drill
• Feet Drive Finish
• Combos
• Chaos
• Zone = GAP – COMBO – MAN
• Work back only when the numbers allow it
OS ½ OF BS # OS ½ OF PS #
IS½ OF BS # IS½ OF PS #
2) POWER STEP
(VERTICAL)
1) POSITION STEP
• Take 6” lateral lead step
(depends on the width of the
defender) (Position Step)
• Aim to get your inside foot to
the crotch of the defender.
(Power Step)
• Keep your shoulders square to
defender
• Punch inside hand to the
sternum of the defender.
• Work to get hat placement
outside shoulder
• Working to get horizontal
displacement, displace defender
from their gap responsibility
• Feet, Drive, Finish!!!!
• TARGET: OUTSIDE ARM PIT WITH EYES
• POSITION STEP: OPEN, EYES TO TARGET
• POWER STEP: HAS TO GET TO THE CROTCH
• PUNCH: SHOULDER AND STERNUM
• WIDE BASE: RUN THROUGH THE TARGET
• FEET: RUN
• DRIVE: ON TRACK THROUGH TARGET
• FINISH: CREATE AN EDGE
2) POWER STEP
(VERTICAL)
1) POSITION STEP
(MORE LATERAL)
1 -1 -3
2 0 -2
• Combo blocks are what we use in
our Zone scheme runs like Zone,
Molly, Book and Cycle
• These double team blocks are
extremely physical
• 4 EYES, 4 FEET, 4 HANDS vs 2 eyes, 2
feet, 2 hands-use all of these body
parts combined to overwhelm the
defender (your 4 vs. his 2!)
• The OL is responsible for identifying
who we are double teaming to
• Emphasis is vertical displacement of
defender
• Cannot get caught up in combo
blocks if you have a PS gap
defender!
ZONE CALLS
FAN SCOOP STICK TAT
SCOOP STICK
• TED-TIGHT END DOWN WITH THE TACKLE PULLING
AROUND FOR OUTSIDE LINEBACKER
TED
• TAT-TRUE DOUBLE TEAM BLOCK WITH THE TACKLE. WORK
VERTICAL THROUGH THE DEFENDER UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL
DEFENDER. DO NOT LEAVE BLOCK UNTIL LEVERAGE IS SECURED.
COMMUNICATE WITH TACKLE. COMMUNICATE WHETHER YOU
ARE WORKING IN THE BOX OR TO OVERHANG DEFENDER ON
COMBO TAT TAT
PUSH
BOX/PUSH CALLS
-2 -1 0 2
-3 1
PUSH
ZORO VS PRESSURE
PUSH
PUSH
BOX
1 -1
0 -2 -3
2
• ZONE READ AND BOOK
• In Zone Read and Book the QB will call out the
read man. The offensive line will adjust their
calls off of this
• BST is the adjuster, hardest spot to play up front,
needs to be athletic enough to take on those
tough blocks
READ
GAT
READ READ
BOOK
• GAP = GAP - COMBO - MAN
• Every lineman (including tight end) is responsible for a gap
unless he is the puller
• Down Block– Aiming Point-Combo Block (Blitz=TIMBER!)
• Power– Skip Pull Technique / Identifying PS LB
• Counter / Trap- Kickout Technique– Execution
• 1 Back vs. 2 Back Power
Gap Scheme responsibilities:
• PS Tight End: C Gap
• PS Tackle: B Gap
• PS Guard: A Gap
• Center: A-B Gap
• BS Guard: Puller
• BS Tackle: C Gap or Puller
• BS Tight End: D Gap
• Combo blocks are what we use in
our gap scheme runs like Power and
Counter
• These double team blocks are
extremely physical
• 4 EYES, 4 FEET, 4 HANDS vs 2 eyes, 2
feet, 2 hands-use all of these body
parts combined to overwhelm the
defender (your 4 vs. his 2!)
• These combos usually work back to
the first or second LB head up to
backside of the Center
• Emphasis is vertical displacement of
defender
• Cannot get caught up in combo
blocks if you have a PS gap
defender!
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TREY
W M S W M S
R N T E R N T E
DEUCE
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T T
W M J J M
R N S R N T
T W S
TREY
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DEUCE TACO
• Own your man!
• Mentality of back to a cliff,
only you stand between
defender and quarterback
• Balance and control of body
• Patience vs. Aggressiveness
• Developing a good punch
• Weight loaded on foot
opposite of direction you
are kicking/posting
• Shoulders back/proud chest
• Ramrod your Back!
• Hands ready in attack
position!
• 6 Man “Man” Scheme Protection-Offensive Line Zone Side is to the call, Man is Opposite
• Number of DL plus LB(s) away from Mike ID
• 1 RB/TE/WR in protection with OL
• RB has # 1 to #2 inside out on the MAN SIDE
• Zone side alert for possible “HARD” call vs. edge rush
• Protection alerts RB which side he is reading/defending
“ID”
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ZONE MAN
LUCKY Q T
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MAN ZONE
LUCKY #1LUCKY #2
ZONE MAN
RIP
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• 6 Man “Gap” Protection
• Responsible for blocking and cutting play side gap to call side
• 1 RB in protection with QB
• RB has 1st defender off of the BS Tackle
• Inside-Out for RB protection, cannot get beat inside
• QB alert for check to pressure
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We will use 3 Types of Pass Sets:
• Jump Set
• Kick Set (Drop and Drag)
• Vertical Set
• This is an attacking pass set use mostly by centers and guards but can be
used by tackles to switch up their set vs. a heavy or tight technique
• Snap your head up out of your stance
• Mirror defenders feet with yours exactly how you would on inside zone
landmarks
• Attack the inside number and sternum with a 2 hand punch
• Stun him off the L.O.S.
• If you can lock up do so, if not pull punch back and reset off the L.O.S
• Kick Set (Kick and Post)
• Snap your head up and
back out of your stance
• Set to the near point
• Be patient with your
punch
• Make him commit to one
direction (Outside)
• If you land a solid punch
inside, lock him up and
anchor. Never get beat
inside!!!
• This set is used by our tackles when they have to block a wide
technique or speed rusher.
• Tackles must gain ground on the first 2 initial kick slides.
(maybe 3)
• DON’T BE A SLOOPER!!! Stay Square in your kick slide. Don’t
turn until the DE makes you turn. Then Punch near target and
make him go around
• Keep your inside toe pointed straight up the field. This will
help keep your shoulders square and you can change
directions vs. a counter move inside and brace against the
bull rush
3 YARDS
3 YARDS
5 YARDS
5 YARDS
QB
• Tackles have 5 yards of depth to work with • Tackles have 5 yards of depth to work with
• Cannot allow inside penetration • Cannot allow inside penetration
Shoulders
Leaning forward
Hands
ready Hands
to strike ready
to strike
“ I make my practices real hard…..because if a player is a
quitter I want him to quit in practices, not in a game.”
Bear Bryant Alabama
“The heart and soul of any good football team is its offensive line. There's no position that
requires more discipline or technique than offensive lineman. Success as an offensive football
team hinges on their ability to control the line of scrimmage.”
1. SELFLESSNESS-BECOMING A MAN MEANS SERVING SOMEONE OR SOMETHING GREATER THAN YOURSELF.
CHANGE THE THOUGHT PROCESS FROM SELF TO “US”. “No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual
manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.” ~ Woodrow T.
Wilson
2. CONSISTENCY-REAL MEN ARE PEOPLE THAT OTHERS CAN COUNT ON. ANYONE CAN DO THINGS RIGHT ONCE IN A
WHILE, A REAL MAN DOES ALL THE TIME. SHOWING UP TO CLASS, DOING HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, MAKING
WORKOUTS EARLY NOT ON TIME! ETC CONSISTENCY IS THE GAME FOR PROS, WHO ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE
COUNTING ON THEM, MEN WITH REAL RESPONSIBILITY, REAL MEN.
3. HUMILITY-REAL MEN ARE SECURE IN THEIR ABILITIES AND DO NOT FIND IT NECESSARY TO PLACE THEMSELVES IN
HIGHER ESTEEM THAN THOSE AROUND THEM. REAL MEN CHOOSE RESTRAINT AND HUMILITY. TAKE CARE OF
YOUR TEAMMATES AROUND YOU, TEACH THEM HOW TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.
My power will be in humility ~ Walter Russell
4TH QUARTER
THE PAIN OF COMMITMENT
COMMITMENT CAN BE PAINFUL. INDEED, IT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF
PAIN, THAT COMMITMENT FINDS MEANING AND POWER. OF WHAT
VALUE COULD COMMITMENT BE IF IT DID NOT HAVE ITS PRICE?
CHOOSE YOUR COMMITMENTS
EXPECT PAINFUL TIMES
BE READY TO MAKE SACRIFICES
BE READY TO SEE IT THROUGH