Football Stance for Defense: Breaking It Down

In today’s video blog post, we are breaking down the proper football stance for your defensive players.  This is a very powerful football stance, allowing you to get penetration across that line of scrimmage.

Football Stance for Defense: Breaking It Down

In the primary football stance, 60% of the weight should be forward, and 40% in the back.

1. At shoulder width apart, stagger the feet (for example, right handed stagger) with good heel to toe relationship.
2. The hand on the ground always corresponds to the staggered foot.
3. The back is flat.
4. The eyes are looking straight through the opposing players eyebrows. Never look at the ground.
5. The thumb of the up hand should be pointing up, ready to strike so that when he comes out of the stance, the block becomes a natural progression.

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