Formations/Plays

You don't need big blockers at the youth level. Most little guys can snot-knock a big guy. They have a faster step and are underneath the big guy and, as we all know, lowest man wins. One of my best blockers on my team of 10-11 year olds this year weighed 69 pounds. Another HUGE advantage of a small line is in "G" blocking (or "sweep" blocking). This is where, if the ball is going to the right, the RT and RTE block first person to their left while the RG pulls and kicks out the end man on the LOS. Little guys do this really well. Big guys don't do it worth spit. This may be what you installed last night and what you called "angle blocking." Another thing you can do with little guys is double team the inside defender at POA. I do this with my WB. Still another thing you can do is "triple" team a defender. This is how "wedge" plays were originally run. Here's an example:

                S             S
  B          B     B          B
     E    T     N     T       E
       O  O  O  0  O  O   O
                O             O
           O
                O

This is my "Super" formation against a 5-4 defense. The linemenmen do not block downfield on a "triple wedge". The FB (behind QB) runs the ball behind the left foot of the LT. The LTE, LT, and LG all shove the DT back (outside guys have hands to DT's near shoulderpads). The HB blocks the DE. Center cuts the NG. As the FB stays behind the LT, he's running behind FOUR blockers since the DT going backwards now becomes an extra blocker for the defense. The LBers have to get through those four guys to get to the FB. Pretty tough not to get four yards. We hold races between the left and right side of the line to see which side can push their DT back the furthest, the fastest. You can actually teach the three wedge blockers to steer the backwards moving DT into a LBer. I'll write a separate post on the "Sumo" drill. I need to update it anyway.