EF Blocking - Holes vs Bulldoze...

[detroitchild]

Now can you show the defensive side of the ball as well? I'd like to see how one would setup the D-Line and LB's using the divider.

Thanks,

DC

[Shabby J]

Jimbo, are dividers available yet? Don't forget your guy out here in Orange County, I tried to get one from you earlier this year.

Seeing yours makes me want to try this style at the next Open Run here in LA.

Shabby J: yours and Coach Harold's (new Coach in Coach J's neck of the woods) goes out tomorrow!

DC: I don't have any pics of the D, but I can gaurantee the PACKERS are playing a 4-3 Cover 1 Man. It didn't stop Bush from going around end for the TD. Here's the PACKERS on O coming back the other way. And then Ahman Green returns the favor with a long TD Run of his own.

[childslovegame]

DM,

You can create holes in the line for your ILB blitz even if your opponent likes to play with OL power game! Stack a ILB on aa magnet behind a DL. Leave a bubble. After the first stoppage, that OL will be 8-10 yards down field. Use a figure and cannot be hooked. Take him off the magnet and let him go inside where the OL just left. Or, again stack an ILB on a magnet behind the DL. Put a very weak DL in front of your opponent's strongest OL. At the end of the first stoppage, your weak DL will creat a hole for your ILB! So, although he has a strong OL, you can use his strength against him. If you play with line splits or not, there's a way around everything.

Smitty

Smitty: this post was dated 11/2006!?! I'm sure DM has figured it out by now.

And your recommendation of a magnet under a stacked LB poses several problems for anyone playing in the MPFL, and especially those that do not.

A. Stacking LBs is illegal in most leagues, unless they are a base-length behind the DL or in a gap.

B. Magnets are illegal in most leagues, or at least within 15-20 yds of the LOS, so a TTC cranked all the way to one side or the other to hold the LB in the general vicinity would accomplish the same thing.

• Don't you know that magnets ATTRACT attention just like chum ATTRACTS sharks!?! You say the OL would be way downfield (how long is the board on for the initial "snap?") and then the LB would have a clear shot? Against a Rookie, maybe, not a veteran Coach. If my OL didn't have a DL lined-up in front of him, you better believe they're looking for a LB at the next level!!! C'mon, now, you know not many Coaches would just let their OL fly downfield!?!

• And, even if your DL played possum and let the OL push him back, wouldn't he get pushed back into the LB on a magnet?

C. Stoppages, again, aren't the mainstay in most leagues. The MPFL and my traveling ILLINOIS Season that I did last year are the only two leagues I know of that use stoppages.

D. If you require the D to man-up on 2 or 3 OL, then the O can increase their splits. Or using stoppages like an initial snap, it wouldn't matter. Even though we use the Strategy Divider here in the MWEFL for all plays from scrimmage, we don't use it on GL situations, 4th and 1s, FGs or EPs, because in REAL life those gaps get closed and it's ALL push. BUT ONLY IN THOSE SITUATIONS, NOT THE ENTIRE GAME!?!?!?!?!

These are more or less questions, not accusations, Smitty! Everyone plays differently, so these are just my thoughts.

[childslovegame]

Jimbo,

My response was to DM and to his style of playing in the MPFL. The MPFL is the only system DM plays in. Length of stoppages are determined by the home coach. There's no uniformity. Some coaches can have their stoppages at 10 yds., 15 yrds., etc. They call it "Home Field Advantage". Stacking is outside of one base length. What I suggested before dose work in the MPLF System.

Smitty

Originally Posted by childslovegame

Jimbo,

My response was to DM and to his style of playing in the MPFL. The MPFL is the only system DM plays in. Length of stoppages are determined by the home coach. There's no uniformity. Some coaches can have their stoppages at 10 yds., 15 yrds., etc. They call it "Home Field Advantage". Stacking is outside of one base length. What I suggested before dose work in the MPLF System.

Smitty

Thanks Smitty! What about the initial "snap?" After that, I would send my unblocked OL after the LBs sitting on magnets purposely, so they aren't just flying downfield all willy nilly. They'd be seek and destroy the LBers, who would never get to the hole because they sat on their haunches waiting, instead of attacking. It's a give and take game. So, if the LBs are gonna give me the hole, I'm gonna take them out!!! Peace. Oh yeah, I play that way too, just a modified version. You know that.