**Update* For Info about the Offensive Lineman Training held in Las Vegas, NV
Update: 6-1-11
I have to say thanks to everyone, the response for the offensive lineman manual has been overwhelming to say the least!
With all the requests and questions I have been getting I am thinking about making it an “online database” type of workout. So what is that you may ask? Well it will be a type of "Paying Members Only" area that will include.
1. Online printable 3 month workout.
2. Questions will be answered on weekly bases.
3. Video demonstrations of all of the lifts, exercises, drills…etc.
4. Questions will be answered via video demonstration. (You will have the opportunity to email me with any question and I will post the response in the member’s area) I like this because most of you have repeating questions.
So what do you think? The members area will be a fee charged every 3 months and you can cancel you membership at any time (your access to the member’s area will stop) but you will be able to print out your workout and reuse them at anytime)
Please feel free to respond in the sign up area below!
>>>I have to say i really like this idea! So many of you have different things you need to work on that its hard to develop a GREAT program for all of you!! And I want to put out great information, not just average!
My thoughts on the offensive line!
The 5 guys up front that make up the offensive line are the driving force behind any great offensive! If the big guys up front can drive block an average of 3 yards per-run that’s a first down, and if they can pass block for 4-6 seconds that’s enough time for a play to develop and for the QB to get the ball off.
I am writing this manual because I strongly believe the offensive line is the best position on the field. Playing in the “trenches” is where the fun happens, no other place can you be reward for beating the crap out of the guy across from you. Sure you might think the other guys on the field do the same thing, but if you have ever played on the offensive or defensive line you know there is so much more that you can get away with! That’s why they call it the “trenches”. What about the defensive line you say, well they do not act as a group, defensive linemen are about the show, they make a QB sac and do the dance and think it was all them. On the O-line you work as a group, when you are on the Offensive line, the 4 others guys on either side of you are like your brothers, you learn to trust them! You become close friends, you learn that the Quarterback and Running back are like your little sister (QB’s & RB’s are going to hate that!) but you need to understand that it is your job to protect them at all costs! When you F**k up and get the QB sacked you need to pick him up and brush him off, and when the running back gets tacked down field the first thing he should see when picking himself up is your hand extended out to help him off the ground after a tackle. You should take pride when the defensive linemen across from you gets no sacks and no tackles in a game, total domination should be your goal! Yes, you will give up a sac, and the D-linemen will get a tackle, but you should always strive to be the best at your position!
When the game is over you want that D-linemen to remember your name, he might have gotten a few tackles are maybe even a sac, but he will remember how hard it was, and he will remember how hard you played. I am not talking about cheating or playing dirty, I am talking about never giving up, playing till the whistle, making your opponent earn everything they get!
With that said lest get to the point!
Sample workouts and drills will be giving, but I expect you to use this manual to make changes to your own program as needed!
This manual will cover all points of playing on the offensive line:
-Strength Training (we all know you have to be strong)
-Power (if strength was enough, power-lifters would be the best offensive linemen)
-Speed & Agility (yes the big guys need to be quick, the first 5 yards is key)
-Footwork (the most important factor in becoming a great O-Linemen)
-Head, Hands, Hips (the “flipper” is not the correct use of your hands)
-Pass Blocking- techniques and specific drills.
-Run Blocking- techniques and specific drills.