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CALL - Kickoff Team
In this basic alignment you will have 10 cover players plus one player who
will be the kicker. The cover players should line up behind the kicker and
start moving forward as the kicker moves to kick the ball. Alert all
players that they must stay behind the kicker until he kicks the ball.
Cover players are usually numbered.
PURPOSE OF THE ALIGNMENT: This type of alignment gives a balance of
players across the field and provides good field of vision for each player
as he sprints down the field. Ideally the cover players will have some
speed and be good tacklers.
As with each phase of the kicking game you will need an opposing phase
of the game. To match up with the kickoff team you would introduce the
kickoff return team.
Another phase of the kicking game will be the punt and punt return
teams. In this section we will present a spread punt formation. In this
phase of the kicking game you will need to focus on three specialized
skills that certain individual players must develop.
These skills will include:
- A player who can serve as the center and snap the ball back to the
punter who will be lined up ten or more yards directly behind the
center.
- A player who is the punter, who can catch the snap from the center,
regardless of where it is, and properly punt the ball high down the
field.
On the return team you need two players who can catch a punt and have
the running skills to return the ball up the field
CALL – Spread Punt Team
In this alignment we have one center who must concentrate on making the
snap, then help with the blocking and finally sprint down the field once
the ball is punted as part of the coverage team. In addition we have seven
players who must serve as blockers until the ball is punted and then
immediately become part of the coverage team and two player who are lined
up wide on the outside and can sprint to cover the instant the ball is
snapped. The remaining player is the punter who must make certain to make
the punt. Remind your blockers that they must hold their blocks and wait
until the ball is kicked before sprinting down the field. The center and
punter must work as one team; the center making the snap to the punter and
the punter fielding the snap and punting the ball correctly.
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