OL Building Blocks

OL Coaching Clinic and Resource Sharing. Coaches helping coaches make better lineman! #FINISH

[Duke Manyweather @BigDuke50]

I’d absolutely double down here, because it gets to the root of why so many players plateau.

The mistake a lot of players & coaches make is believing their problem is ONLY technique, when in reality it’s multifaceted. Technique only works if your body is in a position to execute it.

Starts with the stance. If the stance is non-functional, it doesn’t just affect the 1st step, it changes everything that follows. It dictates your weight distribution, how efficiently you produce force, how quickly you can redirect, and whether you can stay engaged through contact. Once posture is lost, your hands become reactive instead of intentional. If your eyes are late, your feet are forced to solve problems they were never supposed to solve.

Master the mundane.

Fundamentals aren’t always what you graduate from and progress, without ever returning. “Ground-up” Fundamentals are what allow everything else to work.

[Coach Dan Casey @CoachDanCasey]

Real Men of Genius

Today we salute you, Mr. A-Gap Power Fullback Maxxer 🫡

Every time you shift 3 Meatheads from the T-Formation to the Maryland-I, a Bald Eagle gets its wings 🇺🇸

[Riley Herechuk @HerechukR]

I've been to a lot of clinics and camps over the years. What @BigDuke50 brought to Hamilton this weekend was special. The best OL development resource that I have come accross.

No disrespect to the COOL Clinics at all. They have done so much for the OL world. This is just different. No X's and O's. Purely OL skill development and the details to playing the position.

Between the time spent in the classroom, the constant dialogue between Duke and coaches/players, and the on field portion where the classroom knowledge is put into action, this needs to become a must atttend event for Canadian OL coaches and players. Good news. He'll be back 👀

[Mitchell Schwartz @MitchSchwartz71]

The people who said CMC couldn’t run inside the tackles or was too small to be an effective inside rusher did not watch him in college. Stanford was gap/man/inside oriented and he dominated. Should’ve won the 2015 Heisman.

[OL Building Blocks @OLineBB]

@MitchSchwartz71 Depends on the player? Some work well with it and need it as a way to stay square and keep their base. Others, might not be best suited for.

[Mitchell Schwartz @MitchSchwartz71]

Curious to hear from some OL people what you think of the Gallop technique? Especially on gap scheme double teams for the outside guy (T in deuce, G in ace)

[Duke Manyweather @BigDuke50]

Can’t wait for this one!!!

[Ken Campbell @Ken_Campbell27]

So J.T. Miller breaks Thomas Chabot's forearm with an unpenalized crosscheck, an injury which requires surgery and could have a very significant effect on the Ottawa Senators playoff hopes, and we're all just OK with that? Carry on, then...

[Duke Manyweather @BigDuke50]

Pioneer, created the entire space!

[Your Best Version @YourPrimePath]

Dear old people, waking up at 6am, tending to a garden, eating dinner at 5pm, reading books, and going to bed at 9:30pm feels amazing.

I was wrong. You were right.

[OL Building Blocks @OLineBB]

@hawgwhisperer @AlwaysCFB @davidpollack47 You can stay square and get vertical with a lot of MEAN. My guys do it, both on our Duo game inside and OZ/WZ. Get the leverage point and run them back!

[The Church of Alf @PraiseAlfie]

One year ago, Ottawa lost a good one.

Miss his humour and analysis. He always wanted the best for Ottawa, the Sens and the fans.

#RIPSimmer

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

In Iowa mythology, he was begat by Thor mating with a Valkyrie in the back of a Trans Am with "Free Bird" blasting on the 8-track

[Tim Baines @TimCBaines]

Great addition for the #Ticats with @BobbyLADyce taking over special teams. I'm also a proud papa with @JBaines18 promoted to Hamilton's offensive co-ordinator along with his QB coach duties. Jarryd is a @StPatricksOCSB alum. #CFL

[Coach Johnny Croyle @CoachCroyle]

...🏴‍☠️...

[Kyle Murphy @Warhogs56]

Happiest of birthdays, @mominacube.

We love you so much and none of us we be who we are without you.

You do so much for our family and in particular for me.

You’re tough, resilient, kind, thoughtful, protective, & caring.

Hope you have an amazing day.

All my love.

[OL Building Blocks @OLineBB]

@Warhogs56 Silver Fox!

[Allan Walsh🏒 @walsha]

The NHL app is an embarrassment of epic proportions. It just flat out doesn’t work. Mind boggling that a $7 Billion industry can’t get it right.

[Alex Adams @alexadamsBTP_]

Brady Tkachuk’s next contract.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley: “Charlie Kirk did not deserve to be assassinated. But I’m overwhelmed seeing the flags of the United States of America at half-staff calling this nation to honor and venerate a man who was an unapologetic racist and spent all of his life sowing seeds of division and hate into this land. And hearing people with selective rage who are mad about Charlie Kirk, but didn’t give a damn about Melissa Hortman and her husband when they were shot down in their home, tell me I ought to have compassion for the death of a man who had no respect for my own life. I am sorry, but there’s nowhere in bible where we are taught to honor evil. How you die does not redeem how you lived. You do not become a hero in your death when you are a weapon of the enemy in your life”