2-point or 3-point?
In the spring of 2004, after hosting the 3rd annual Alercio OLine Clinic with over 700 players and coaches in attendance, I was contacted by K.C. Keeler, who at the time was the head football coach at the University of Delaware. Coach Keeler and his offensive line coach, Kyle Flood, invited me down to Delaware to discuss what had made my clinics so popular.
The Blue Hens had just won the 2003 I-AA National Championship and both Coach Keeler and Coach Flood were well known in the northeast as offensive innovators. I knew a trip to Newark would be a great opportunity for me to learn. Having watched their national championship game on ESPN in December, I was struck by something almost unheard of 15 years ago. They played the entire game with their offensive linemen in 2-point stances.
After sharing the details of my clinic with them, they made themselves and their video available to me. I watched over and over as they successfully ran Power in short yardage and goal line situations with their linemen in 2-point stances. I was sold.
The 2-point stance has allowed our players to look to the sideline for plays in our no-huddle system. It makes it easier for them to recognize fronts and communicate blocking schemes. Pass sets, jump sets, pulls, combos and double teams are all easier to execute from a 2-point stance.
If you are an option team who is 90% downhill run blocking in the sagittal plane, I would suggest you keep your linemen in 3-point stances. If not, I would strongly suggest you consider getting your big guys’ hands off the ground!
Coach Rich Alercio is available to assist with one on one, small group, or large audience presentations. For more than 20 years, Coach Alercio has led, taught, coached and mentored student athletes and coaches across the high school, college, and professional levels of football.
Rich’s National level presentations for clinics like Nike and Glazier, have earned him acclaim and praise for his offensive innovations as a strategist and play caller, and his one on one “techniques in the trenches” offensive line coaching has improved the tactics, techniques and procedures of more than 10,000 Offensive Linemen over nearly 20 years.
Contact Coach Rich Alercio at richalercio@gmail.com
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