We had Center University today at Oline Performance. A teaching tool utilized was a Crowther Pan Sled. The Pan Sled is designed to tell the truth in terms of properly balanced steps and generally making sure the hips are hitting through a defender and not around. The sled will spin if not hit correctly. A movement we worked today was an inside run reach block. Mechanically, the hips must travel on a 45 degree angle in order to get proper vertical push upfield. A common coaching point to this block is to get the head across to the defenders backside shoulder. I believe the head is the least of a centers concern with this block. The hips are critical and need to be set on track before hat placement comes in to the equation. Why, the head wont lead the hips but the hips can drive the head to its proper place. This thought pattern allows for more force at point of attack and control of defender. If hit properly, the sled will nearly spin in place because of the angle and velocity of the hips. This is a different way to utilize THE best teaching tool ever invented for developing olinemen. OLplay is geometry class at very high speeds... #Oline #OlinePerformance #NotAHobby
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 21:32:27 +0000
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