OFFENSIVE LINE PLAY THE PATRIOT WAY

CLINIC SPEAK CHALK IT TALK IT WALK IT EXECUTE IT REP IT, REP IT, REP IT WIN

THE DOWN RULE FIRST DOWN LINEMAN INSIDE THE “ME” CALL APPLIES TO 1-TECHNIQUE ALIGNMENT OL INSIDE OF ME MAKES CALL FREES ME TO GO DOWN TO BACKSIDE LB POSSIBLY TO BACKSIDE LB

THE DOWN BLOCK 1ST STEP: GET POSITION 2ND STEP: ATTACK USUALLY TOE - TO – CROTCH REQUIRED TO BE FLATTER vs. PENETRATOR COCK THE HANDS 2ND STEP: ATTACK HEAD BACK and EYES UP TOP OF SHOULDER PADS DOWN BLOW DELIVERY

THE DOWN BLOCK BLOW DELIVERY BACKFIELD HAND PUNCHES NAVEL of DEFENDER (SUCK THE AIR OUT of the BLOCK) UPFIELD SHOULDER DRIVES INTO HIP of DEFENDER HEAD STAYS in FRONT of DEFENDER

THE DOWN BLOCK FOOTWORK THE LIFT FIGHT PRESSURE with PRESSURE WIDE BASE DRIVE with INSIDE WEDGES of FEET THE LIFT TAKE UPFIELD FOREARM and DRIVE UPWARD through DEFENDER’S ARMPIT FIGHT PRESSURE with PRESSURE DEFENDER UPFIELD? PUSH and ADJUST BUTT DEFENDER OVER the TOP? PRESS with CHICKEN WING and ADJUST BUTT

THE DOWN BLOCK DRILLS 1ST STEP PUNCH with DUMMY DRIVE SHOULDER with DUMMY FIT and LIFT FIT, LIFT, and DRIVE vs. SPINS and ROLL OUTS COMBINATIONS vs. STUNTS / MOVEMENTS TACKLES and TIGHT ENDS CENTERS and GUARDS

THE KICK PULL TECHNIQUE SIX-INCH STEP AIMING POINT: NEAR HIP DRIVE BACKFIELD SHOULDER into DEFENDER’S HIP HEAD WILL BE on DEFENDER’S BACKSIDE - “EARHOLE on BUTTHOLE” SHOOT HIPS / FOREARM LIFT

THE KICK PULL KICK the TACKLE KICK the END SIX-INCH STEP TOWARD CENTER’S FAR TOE TRAP RULE: 1ST MAN HEAD-UP to OUTSIDE THE PLAYSIDE GUARD KICK the END SIX-INCH STEP TOWARD CENTER’S FAR HEEL KICK END MAN on LINE of SCRIMMAGE

THE KICK PULL ADJUSTMENTS DEFENDER CLOSES HARD and CAN’T BE KICKED? PULLER WILL LOG DEFENDER (OVERTAKE HIS OUTSIDE HIP) DEFENDER CHARGES STRAIGHT UPFIELD? ADJUST PATH, BOW IT OUT

THE SQUARE PULL OBJECTIVE SEAL the PLAYSIDE LINEBACKER BACKSIDE GUARDS on 426P/427P BACKSIDE TACKLES on 426/427 LOSE SIGHT of PLAYSIDE LINEBACKER? LOOK INSIDE FIRST BLOCK FIRST OPPOSITE COLORED JERSEY in HOLE

THE SQUARE PULL TECHNIQUE KICK OUTSIDE FOOT to 12 O’CLOCK PULLER CAN GET HIS PADS HIGH GATHER STEP with INSIDE FOOT LATERAL MOVEMENT UNTIL ARRIVING at HOLE FULL SPEED THROUGH HOLE “LAND the PLANE” and DESCEND on DEFENDER CONCENTRATE EYES and HANDS on TOP of DEFENDER’S NUMBERS EXPLODE THROUGH DEFENDER

THE PULLS DRILLS PULL PERIOD B E T T G C 530-531 426G-427G 426P-427P 327-326 CENTERS CAN WORK: DOWN BLOCKS GUN SNAPS B E T T G C GUARDS CAN WORK: KICK PULL SQUARE PULL BOOT PULL

THE REACH BLOCK 1ST STEP: WEDGE 2ND STEP: KNEE to CROTCH TAKE OUTSIDE FOOT and DRIVE INSIDE WEDGE of the FOOT into the GROUND TOE SHOULD COME CLOSE to POINTING to SIDELINE 2ND STEP: KNEE to CROTCH DEFENDER is a MOVING TARGET so the 2ND STEP’S WIDTH CAN VARY

THE REACH BLOCK AIMING POINT: OUTSIDE ARMPIT OF DEFENDER THE LIFT DROP BACKSIDE SHOULDER on 2ND STEP LIFT FOREARM THROUGH OUTSIDE ARMPIT of DEFENDER FOOTWORK RUN HIPS to OUTSIDE of DEFENDER WIDE BASE; WEDGES in GROUND

THE REACH BLOCK SLAM THE DOOR THINGS to REMEMBER USE OUTSIDE ARM to PUNCH and “SLAM THE DOOR” on DEFENDER THINGS to REMEMBER GET MOVEMENT FIRST; NOT POSITION TECHNIQUE CUTS DOWN on O-LINEMAN’S INITIAL SURFACE AREA

THE REACH BLOCK DRILLS 1ST STEP (CHUTES and CAGE) 2ND STEP and SHOULDER LIFT (SLED and CAGE) DRIVE WEDGES (SLED) ONE-ON-ONE

COMBINATION BLOCKS WEDGE 90 USED by CENTER WHEN RULE IS ON-OVER-BACKSIDE PLAYSIDE A-GAP is OPEN 1ST STEP: WEDGE 2ND STEP: UPFIELD 90 DEGREES – USE FOREARM LIFT TO ASSIST BACKSIDE GUARD with 1-TECHNIQUE or SHADE SCOOP and OVERTAKE USED by CENTER and BACKSIDE GUARD vs. 50 FRONT BOTH CENTER and GUARD MUST READ MOVEMENT OF NOSEGUARD