Offensive Line Manual for the Gap-Down-Backer Blocking Scheme: Unleashing the Power of Angles & Leverage Paperback – March 9, 2025

This manual will benefit coaches and their players at every level. The Gap-Down-Backer blocking scheme is best for teams with limited numbers, inexperienced linemen, or both. It allows you to maximize your practice time by maximizing your reps. When your team practices down blocks, they practice three or more plays simultaneously.The manual contains detailed instructions, diagrams, and QR codes that will take you to videos that bring the book's contents to life. It also has drills you can use with an eight-year-old novice or an experienced 18-year-old on the varsity team.This manual covers the Gap-Down-Backer blocking scheme, from soup to nuts. The GDB scheme is used by football teams in the NFL, college, high school, middle school, and youth teams. It is the base blocking rule for the play side of offensive lines all over the football world. It is primarily used on Power, Counter, and Buck. The scheme also involves a kick-out block on the play side and a wrap from a backside player that picks up a linebacker on the play side. It is a “progressive” blocking rule that is remarkably easy for young offensive linemen to learn. Because it is simple, it enables the OL to be sure of themselves. Football players who are “certain and sure” are more aggressive and play faster than those who are tentative and unsure.Get your copy of a book written by a 40-year high school coaching veteran who used the GDB scheme to help teams win many football games at several different levels, including two Alabama state championships. Read more