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Posted on 6/19/15 at 4:20 pm to Tackle74
Posted on 6/19/15 at 4:20 pm to Tackle74
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We had to deprogram most of the kids. The habits and techniques they learned in youth full contact football was horrible.
Can you be more specific? I don't want to be counter productive with what I am doing.
Could it be just a matter of different levels of football require different approaches. For instance, at the levels in which passing is all but non-existent, your linebackers never need to worry about pass protection.
Or are you talking about route running, blocking technique, footwork, hands work, etc?
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Posted on 6/20/15 at 12:12 am to Aux Arc
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Can you be more specific?
sorry been away from the computer, I would say the following were lacking coming from youth ball
1. Blocking footwork was bad, stepping in the bucket, bad hand positioning, combo blocking non existent.
2. Tackling was not fundamentally sound. With new emphasis on concussions I would expect this is improved.
3. Over reliance on the "stud" or fast back who could just run sweeps to the house.
All these could be corrected with good coaching but how many O-Line coaches are drilling footwork and hand positioning?
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