Offensive line technique — fundamentals
Stance, first steps, hand placement, leverage, finish through contact, and second-level climbs for offensive linemen.
Offensive line technique is the highest-leverage time investment in football. A 270-pound lineman with perfect technique beats a 320-pound lineman with sloppy technique most reps at the high school level. The technique cluster covers the details that produce that result.
How to use this library
Stance first — without a balanced, repeatable stance, everything downstream breaks. First-step technique second (zone, gap, kick). Hand placement third — inside, locked elbows, on the chest plate. Leverage and finish through contact follow, then second-level climbs for blocks at the linebacker.
Each guide breaks down the mechanical detail with film comparing varsity-level execution to average execution. Offensive line technique compounds with reps and rewards precision over volume — five perfect reps of a specific block beat twenty sloppy ones every time.