2 Point Stance For Offensive Line

Hard to get kids on the balls of their feet when in a 2 point
Ive never had a problem with the exception of extremely obese kids of getting into a good 3 point.

:(The 2 point may be good for some but I would never never have a young linemen start in a 2 point stance. They need to start low and finish high, and if they are in a 2 point they will stand up!! at the start and will get blown back.

Hello, I am a highschool freshman offensive lineman not obese not skinny. But I would like to know how to become explosive from a two-point stance, because personally I like the 3 point stance best, in which I have been switching from throughout middle school to the two point stance. Anyways some advice would be nice thanks.

We all are hearing more and more about the 2 pt. After helping out with the highschool last year, these were my observations. This school is a powerhouse with atheletes. They fought this for a month. I would not want to try 2pt with a youth team. Just my opp.

LOW STANCE - Flat Back - Just because they are in a 2 pt stance, you still have to run the ball and leverage is key.

NO FALSE STEPS - Couple ways to help teach this. Place dummy behind their heals... Mental weight off first step foot.... Knock knees slightly



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This intrigues me a lot. I can see pros and cons both ways. I double team at the POA, and for those a good 3 pt would be best, but my guards pull a lot so a 2 pt would serve them better, even with their down blocks I don't think a 2 pt would be too bad, as long as they kept good form. I would be scared of them getting lazy as raiderx said. Most of my kids can get in a good 3 pt so it's prolly a non-issue for me, but I've got a big 'un that's real tight thru his hips and can't get into or out of a 3 pt, I might experiment with him tomorrow at practice.

I am not the smartest guy but I would think this would put you at an instant disadvantage in youth football. The D line who would be in a 3 pt stance could shoot under and have instant leverage driving your players back in a best case situation. We played two teams that tried this against us last year and both ended with negative total yards for the game. I could see an advantage at the high school level and above or possibly a older select team.

The 9/10 year old team in my former league won the Championship last year running I formation with OL in 2 point.

Why would you want them on the balls of their feet?

If the goal is to teach technique so they excell in youth, intermediate, HS, and college, why would you teach them the 2 pt for O lin anyway? Teach the kids right the first time and they will be better players for it.

If your in TX.... All of them.

That's not the point. Out of those 1200, I bet the majority DID play youth football. If you are going to COACH football, coach it right. 2 Pt stance on the O Line is not teaching the boys how to play the game correctly.

You are in CA, I lived in OC for 13 yrs. Football is not as big of a deal in CA as it is in TX and especially in the rural areas. The study you are referring to was out of Michigan St. Michigan is a state that has a heavy hockey and lacrosse participation so that is not a very strong study either.

Not saying it's 100%, I was trying to prove a point but I will bet you it is 50 - 60% of youth football players play in middle and high school.

So what? You can't travel backward in time. The question is what to do for the kids you're coaching now, not to pick some subset of them in the future and muse about how they should've been coached.

The way to "play the game correctly" is the way that gives you the best winning chance today. Not against opponents you might meet some years down the line if you're in the minority that keeps playing the game -- at which time you can always learn another way to play.

People who play certain sports over a number of years sometimes even have to change their game as techniques they favored are outlawed or other developments of the game make them obsolete or disfavored. Just during the years I took wrestling in school, we had to relearn one move when the chicken wing was outlawed.

There are chess openings that make sense for lower level players to use because their opponents are unlikely to find the comebacks to them that make them unplayable at grandmaster level. There are similarly lots of things I think are appropriate in children's football that would be inappropriate at higher levels of play, for the same reason.

I would think that in areas where participation is greater, the proportion of children who would go on to play in HS would be even lower. The only way I could see Texas HSs to accommodate larger number of players would be for them to have extra teams besides varsity, JV, and frosh; maybe varsity A, varsity B, then JV A, JV B, etc. I doubt many schools have such extra teams.

Of course it's possible, as here in NYC, that HS age players could have opp'ties to play other than interscholastically, i.e. on club teams, but that's not what you wrote about.

Our second grade team is using 2 point stances. Never done this before and it has really worked out well for a number of reasons. Yes they do play high….but so do all of the opponents so it’s a wash.

Teaching. A 2-point stance is simple for all. Teach it and move on never having to constantly adjust them since they are so young. Tons of time is now spent on technique rather than a good 3-point stance.

Stance. Since their stance is naturally a bit high it hides the backfield actions. Didn’t expect this at all. Counters are deadly.

Aggression. When you watch our line fire off the ball compared to the opponents…there is no comparison because their feet are further forward and their hands are locked and loaded. We are twice as fast off the football.

I am not convinced this would be a good idea as the kids progress a year or two down the road, but for Super Smurfs who are all learning to play football to include the DL….the two point stance has been a spectacular idea.

Penetration is a non-issue. It happens on occasion just like with any team but it really isn’t a problem.

Im glad this thread popped back up.

I posted a year ago and can now say I don't think I will ever teach anything BUT a two point stance again....any age group...any level.

Cant even begin to tell all of you how well it has worked out.