| There are many complicated blocking techniques and | | | | during your practice sessions, and then attempted in |
| styles that the youth f football offense will employ to | | | | many unique practice games before you can even |
| seek to increase an advantage over their opponent. | | | | aspire of trying this during a game. |
| By this, I intend they try to establish a numbers | | | | The have the best results use offensive line calls to |
| advantage. A numbers advantage is a position where | | | | confirm every blocker knows his assignment. Nothing |
| you direct more players to an area to block. The big | | | | appears as bad from the sidelines than a screwed up |
| goal is to run to an area where you have more | | | | counter gap play where the defensive linemen run |
| players to block than the defense has defenders. One | | | | straight into your backfield unblocked, screwing up the |
| of the more difficult, but great ways of acquiring this | | | | play. |
| goal is to install the counter gap blocking scheme. | | | | The counter gap technique is accomplished by pulling |
| Now before you rush and try this with your seven | | | | one, two or three offensive lineman to a particular |
| year olds, understand this is a very advanced scheme | | | | area. This blocking plan can be used to exploit a |
| that should only be attempted by experienced players. | | | | monster inside run, but it is most devastating when |
| To have total success you will need to refer to your | | | | implemented while running to the outside, like a sweep |
| scouting report to make sure all defenders are | | | | play. If coached correctly, the half back will jog step |
| accounted for. When you pull two linemen, there are | | | | the reverse way of the play direction and travel along |
| going to be uncovered defensive lineman and you | | | | behind a group of offensive linemen pulling to the area |
| need to make sure th running backs, slot and other | | | | we want to run the play towards. The design of each |
| offensive linemen will fill the gap. | | | | counter trey play must be practiced quite a few times |
| This system of plays, the counter gap, will devestate | | | | to make sure everyone on offense knows who to |
| defenses at every level. The NFL Washington | | | | block. |
| Redskins ran this play to perfection, winning Super | | | | Counter gap, or counter trey techniques should only be |
| Bowls in the early 1980's under hall of fame head | | | | implemented by squads that possess most of the |
| coach Joe Gibbs. If you are coaching a gifted, ripened | | | | undermentioned attributes: |
| offensive line, you can integrate a variation of this | | | | Extremely gifted total depth Extremely athletic players |
| forceful play. | | | | Experienced kids Older age level children Intelligent |
| I must notify you that if you dedicate your team to | | | | participants Kids who can block introductory and |
| attempting to use this difficult style, you must demand | | | | advanced blocking schemes well |
| a one hundred percent effort from the players and | | | | In conclusion, if your team has most of the above |
| coaches during practice and especially during stations. | | | | attributes then by all means feel free to give this |
| The kids will require many reps both in stations and | | | | devastating technique a try. |
| with the whole squad. The execution must be exact | | | | |
