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Post by utchuckd on May 16, 2018 9:32:59 GMT -6
I like using one side of a chute. I think some kind of bar/rope/something over their head when they are in their stance helps with going forward instead of up on the first step. Mostly what I do with our chutes (when I have to do OL), is put them in a stance where their hand is between the pipes going up, which puts them right under the crossbar, then put a dummy about a step away. If they go straight up they bang their head, but if they go forward at all they clear the bar and make contact and drive.
You could put together a long sawhorse looking thing pretty easy and cheap for this.
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Post by jtimmerman53 on May 16, 2018 10:30:50 GMT -6
I would work on ankle mobility and lower body flexibility first. From what I have observed in my short coaching career, chutes might get the kids to have low pad level but their leverage is terrible because they're often simply bending at the waist which means their heads are down, feet are too wide, and their arms and hands are out wide and not in line with their hips. Low pad level is important but not more important imo than proper leverage which is a result of lower body flexibility, a good stance, drive/catch, and proper technique in the pressure to pressure phase. If you're into any of teh LB stuff a lot of this probably sounds familiar.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2018 10:37:56 GMT -6
BITD before slingshot goal posts I'd just tie a rope between two posts at desired height. There are still a lot of old fields or practice fields around here with the old school goalposts. This could work for them.
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Post by sam11 on May 23, 2018 18:57:51 GMT -6
I got rid of chutes all together. I just don't believe they make players play with better pad level. Instead, it promotes bending at the waist. Pad level is developed in the weight room and having a great stance at the beginning. Wow. I must be missing something. If I had to chose the best training aid (to translate to success) we have, other than the football itself, it would be the chute. If I could put a chute out on game day for run plays I would do it. Playing low starts from the ground-up. Flexibility begins with the ankles, then goes through the hamstrings to the low back. Chutes do not fix those issues, a strength and conditioning program does. Instead, chutes promote bending at the waste for those that are not flexible to avoid hitting their head. We have all seen this example going through the chute. Take a kid that hasn't been in a chute for one day that has good ankle flexibility, compare him to one that has spent his life in a chute that has bad ankle flexibility, and the athlete with the flexible ankles will perform the task more efficiently if all other variables are equal. I used to do chutes, but it never fixed the issue. The stiff dick is still the stiff dick, but now he knows how to bend at the waist to not hit his head
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Post by Defcord on May 25, 2018 5:52:37 GMT -6
Wow. I must be missing something. If I had to chose the best training aid (to translate to success) we have, other than the football itself, it would be the chute. If I could put a chute out on game day for run plays I would do it. Playing low starts from the ground-up. Flexibility begins with the ankles, then goes through the hamstrings to the low back. Chutes do not fix those issues, a strength and conditioning program does. Instead, chutes promote bending at the waste for those that are not flexible to avoid hitting their head. We have all seen this example going through the chute. Take a kid that hasn't been in a chute for one day that has good ankle flexibility, compare him to one that has spent his life in a chute that has bad ankle flexibility, and the athlete with the flexible ankles will perform the task more efficiently if all other variables are equal. I used to do chutes, but it never fixed the issue. The stiff dick is still the stiff dick, but now he knows how to bend at the waist to not hit his head I fully agree with what you are saying as far as building technique and developing athletes to play at proper pad levels. I think with the old extremely low chutes there is a lot of truth in what you are saying. However, I do think some of the newer chutes are higher and allow players to play with proper technique and not just bend.
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