| Whether or not you believe it, you soon will | | | | Bottom line, get your offensive line house in order |
| understand that you need to have your offensive | | | | and with that athletic back dominate the |
| line in order if you are going to be successful in | | | | opposition. Evaluate your personal and build that |
| youth football or at any football level. | | | | offensive line into a solid unit. Size helps but isn't |
| Without a doubt your offensive line is the single | | | | the deciding factor. Perhaps the slowfooted middle |
| most important group of your football team. | | | | linebacket that can hit like a mule would make a |
| Without a decent offensive line it really doesn't | | | | great center or pulling guard or that large slow |
| matter who your quarterback and running back | | | | moving kid, with some work on his footwork, can |
| are, if they don't get the blocks then they will | | | | play tackle. Look for certain strengths in the kids |
| struggle. | | | | that your unsure of and mold them into offensive |
| Yea for sure I have seen, especially at the youth | | | | linemen. |
| level, where a dominant athletic back can | | | | Size can be overcome by designing a blocking |
| overcome poor blocking and use his size and | | | | scheme that has more downblocking, better |
| athleticism to move the ball and score | | | | angles, traps and double teams. Speed and |
| touchdowns. But I also have seen the same back | | | | quickness can be a factor as well and close the |
| struggle down the stretch against more | | | | size gap, hit fast and hard, and get a jump on the |
| formidable opponents. | | | | defence. |
