Football Stance
LINEMAN STANCE
1. FEET ARE SPREAD THE WIDTH OF THE SHOULDERS APART A LITTLE WIDER. IF YOU ARE RIGHT HANDED, THE RIGHT FOOT SHOULD BE DROPPED SLIGHTLY AS THE RIGHT HAND WILL BE DOWN (LEFT FOOT AND LEFT HAND FOR LEFT HANDERS).
2. THE RIGHT FOOT MUST HAVE NO MORE THAN A HEEL-TOE RELATIONSHIP.
3. FEET SHOULD ALWAYS BE POINTED STRAIGHT DOWN THE FIELD. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
4. FROM THIS POSITION YOU DROP INTO A SQUATTING POSITION, DROPPING BOTH ARMS DOWN FROM THE SHOULDERS AND SLIGHTLY IN FRONT OF THE KNEES.
5. THE FORWARD FOOT IS NOW PLACED IN A POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE POWER PRODUCING ANGLES AT THE ANKLES AND KNEE JOINTS. TO GET THIS POSITION YOU WILL ROLL THE WEIGHT FORWARD ON THE BALL OF THE UP FOOT. THIS WILL RAISE THE WEIGHT OFF THE HEEL TO A POINT WHERE YOU CAN SEE SLIGHT DAYLIGHT UNDER THE HEEL OF THE UP FOOT. ROCK FORWARD.
6. THE HEEL OF THE BACK FOOT AFTER YOU ARE IN THIS POSITION WILL BE AN INCH TO TWO INCHES OFF THE GROUND WITH THE WEIGHT ON THE BALL OF THE FOOT.
7. THE SHOULDERS ARE PARALLEL TO THE GROUND. THE HEAD IS IN A NATURAL POSITION WITH LITTLE OR NOT MUCH STRAIN ON THE NECK MUSCLES. THE HEAD IS COCKED BACK SLIGHTLY.
8. THE RIGHT HAND IS DOWN, WELL FORWARD OF THE FEET, IN A DIRECT LINE WITH THE KNEE OF THE INSIDE LEG. THE BODY MUST LEAN FORWARD UNTIL THE RIGHT ARM IS VERTICAL WITH THE HAND DIRECTLY BENEATH THE SHOULDER. THE ARM IS PERPENDICULAR WITH THE GROUND.
9. THERE IS AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF WEIGHT ON BOTH FEET AND THE DOWN HAND IS IN A TRIPOD FASHION.
10. THE WRIST OF THE OTHER ARM SHOULD REST NATURALLY UPON THE KNEE OF THE LEFT LEG.
11. STARTING FROM THIS STANCE, YOU DRIVE OFF THE UP-FOOT, FIRING OUT WITH THE BACK FOOT. THE RIGHT HAND MOVES QUICKLY BACK ALONG THE GROUND, WHILE THE LEFT HAND IS "PUNCHED" IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT.
12. LINE UP ON THE REAR TIP OF THE BALL.
13. A GOOD STANCE IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL YOUR MOVEMENT IN OFFENSIVE FOOTBALL.
FULLBACK AND TAILBACK
1. THE FEET SHOULD BE THE WIDTH OF THE ARMPITS AND PARALLEL.
2. THE FEET ARE POINTED STRAIGHT TO THE GOAL LINE.
3. THE HEAD IS UP WITH THE TAIL DOWN AND THE EYES FOCUSED STRAIGHT DOWN THE FIELD.
4. THE HANDS ARE RESTING ON BOTH THIGHS.
5. WEIGHT WOULD BE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ON BOTH FEET. THE WEIGHT SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED MORE ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR FEET.
6. FROM THIS POSITION YOU MUST BE ABLE TO STEP IN ANY DIRECTION WITH QUICKNESS.
7. THE FULLBACK ALIGNS FIVE YARDS OFF THE FOOTBALL AND THE TAILBACK ALIGNS SEVEN YARDS OFF THE FOOTBALL.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN BOTH THE FULLBACK AND TAILBACK WILL WANT TO BE IN A THREE POINT STANCE. IN THAT CASE THEIR RULES FOR STANCE ARE:
1. THE BACK'S FEET SHOULD BE IN A SIMILAR POSITION AS THE LINEMEN'S EXCEPT THAT THEY ARE ALMOST PARALLEL AND A LITTLE WIDER.
2. EITHER HAND MAY BE DOWN.
3. THE FB WILL LINE UP WITH HIS HAND 4 YARDS FROM THE BALL.
4. THE REST OF THE STANCE IS THE SAME AS FOR LINEMEN.
QUARTERBACK
1. THE QUARTERBACK'S FEET SHALL BE PARALLEL AND SPREAD ABOUT SHOULDER WIDTH.
2. THE POSITION OF THE QB'S HANDS IS PARTIALLY DETERMINED BY THE PHYSICAL BUILD OF THE CENTER.
3. THE KNEES ARE BENT OR FLEXED JUST ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR GOOD BODY BALANCE. THIS MAKES FOR QUICK, DEFT MOVEMENTS AND CORRECT HAND POSITION.
4. THE ELBOWS MUST BE BENT OR FLEXED SLIGHTLY, THIS WILL PERMIT THE QB TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE, ABSORB THE SHOCK OF A HARD SNAP, AND WILL PERMIT HIM TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE ON THE CENTER.
5. NINETY PERCENT OF ALL QB - CENTER EXCHANGE ERRORS ARE CAUSED BE THE QB NOT MAINTAINING PRESSURE ON THE CENTER WHILE THE EXCHANGE IS TAKING PLACE.
6. THE WEIGHT SHOULD BE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ON BOTH FEET. THE WEIGHT SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED MORE ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR FEET.
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