blocking sleds: does anybody have em?

hey EF/MF family: Just wondering if anyone has or has the specs to make blocking sleds, if so holla at me id love to have one for the training field.

Peace Biglock, i'm Mike Jones from Ohio, if you google Wellington electric football or WEFO they have all types of gear like that. They have one that the coach rides on and all that yo! Its crazy!

[Raven maniac]

Biglock get with Will Travers. He made some at the Brawl last year.

Peace

[Reginald Rutledge]

This might not be what you are looking for but this is what I do.

Reg

[Electric Coach]

I have seen quite a few blocking sleds in this hobby. All of them that I have seen are not mounted on some type of base. I believe that by having your figures hit sleds that are based will give you a better idea as to how your player will perform against a moving object.

My sleds are individual sleds that weigh in from 4.1g to 8.2g. Some of my sleds are mounted on tweaked and untweaked bases. Each figure especially my linemen are matched up against all of my different types of sleds.

On my last site, which featured my 49ers and Raiders, I depicted my blocking sleds. I had done this earlier back in 2003 or 2004, but they were rather crude looking then.

I have attached pictures below.

Maurice

The Electric Coach

[Electric Coach]

I made my sleds from shipping parts than came from a ceiling fan that I bought a while ago.

Maurice

The Electric Coach

[Shabby J]

I have been thinking of building some, I have seen a variety of styles. Tell me how you are using yours, are you adding weight and measuring distance pushed, or a combination of distance and speed, etc...
I like the idea on building on top of bases.

[Franny-j-boy]

I love your work. Your sled is awesome,and that field looks unreal. You need to show that whole field off in another picture. I'd love to see it. Keep it up

[Electric Coach]

My players are mounted on different types of bases. My bases are boiled, tweaked, or a combination of the two. An example would be I may use a tweaked total team control frame with a boiled wheel or vice versa. I also use a wide variety of rookie bases. They range from Buzzball speed diamond to Miggle rookie bases.

The heaviest player among all of my teams weighs in at 4.0g. The lightest weighs in at 2.1g. I can go heavier, but I try to keep things in “moderation”. When I say “moderation”, I am saying that I stay away from using excessive amounts of paint. I strive to keep a base as it is; a base, not a brick. A base looks like a brick when the shell is packed with putty leaving only a small portion of the prongs out to contact the board’s surface.

With that being said, I now can explain my approach to fabricating a blocking sled. These are only my opinions. I am not in anyway suggesting that what I say is the law.

I was fortunate enough to find some shipping materials in a ceiling fan that I had bought awhile ago. They were weighted and balanced. Also there was a variety of them in the box. They weighed in at 3.0 to 7.0 grams. The base brought them to a weight of 4.1 and 8.2 grams. This was perfect for my teams because I am always testing my players against heavier objects.

I start by matching one of my linemen against my lightest sled, which weighs 4.1g. The average weight of one of my lineman is around 3.3g on a boiled base. From the very start, I expect that lineman to lose to the heavier blocking pad. How it loses is my concern. If my lineman gets pushed off the line of scrimmage rapidly, there is a problem. Adjustments need to be made immediately. If the lineman gets pushed slowly, that shows me that this base offers some resistance and that it can possibly make my team. Of course, if the base holds its ground or actually wins against the heavier weight, it is a great possibly that the base will start on my team as a lineman. The test is not over.

The bases that show promise will now be matched up against the much heavier blocking sleds. These heavier sleds are also mounted on tweaked and untweaked bases. The lighter sleds are on untweaked bases.

The same test is applied against the much heavier sleds, but with more scrutiny. Not only are the linemen tested head-to-head against the sled. They are also tested with the sled lined up off the left and the right of the lineman. I do this test to observe how well my linemen pick up a block of a heavier object at an angle. Sometimes linemen get hit from there sides. This type of hit can cause a lineman to get spun around and forced in to your ball carrier.

None of my players has ever won a contest against my heavier blocking sleds. The players that make the team as lineman are the players that manage the heavier weight. They get pushed off of the line of scrimmage, but not to such a point that it is a shame.

If the demand is there, I can put my training camp videos on YouTube. I don’t sell anything because www.electriccoach.com is a nonprofit “organization”. Therefore, dvds are not an option. As I said to a coach before, I do this because I love it. This hobby is the one thing that I can afford to be selfless in.

The board was designed back in 2002. My latest board, which was designed in 2007 can be viewed on my site in the Gallery. I will post a picture of them both later.

Maurice

The Electric Coach

I am like you in that my OL don't have to all be roadgraders. If they can "manage" their opponent i.e. work them around the pocket, like both of my OTs can, then that is better than pushing them downfield. Why, some may ask? Because, when that DE is managed around the pocket he's NOT on the LOS where my QB can either step-up or if it's a Run, the RB doesn't have that DE in front of him now. Now all he has to do is get thru the hole before that DL - and my OT - comes back around. WOW! Who woulda thunk you could do this kinda stuff in miniature form? (<<<---Rhetorical question! I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A BELIEVER IN MAKING THE LIL PLASTIC GUYS DO WHAT THE BIG BOYS DO!!!)(HECK, SOMETIMES THEY DO IT WITHOUT US TELLING THEM TO!!! )