lineman/coaching

Question
Hello I am currently playing  on a JV team on long island,New York Our school
had been struggling in the football aspects. We have a brand new head varsity
coach/assistant coaches/JV coach and assistant coach and basically a new
program. the JV team has not won a game in 5 years. the new jv coach has a very
odd strategy. We never pass the ball we have basically 4 plays that don't really
ever work and he never subs players in to the game and doesn't pratice the whole
team in pratice. Do you agree with this strategy? I also have line man
questions, I'm currently 6"0 -6'1 I weight in about 200-210 pounds what types of
workouts work on explosion and first contact(I want to give the denfensive
lineman a nice jolt)? And do you ave any tips on getting a little bit
agressiver?And is there any drills I can do to help stay low?

Thank you

Thomas Levine


Answer
well thomas, it doesnt sound like this is a great coach, but maybe its not so much his fault. the coach can only do so much, the players must do the rest.  but during a game, players will rarely sub. the starters play the whole game, unless injured or are playing really badly. and in practice, he must work on the starters, and not so much the back ups, but the back ups should get some practice time in, but not alot.  to stay low, just simply stay in a low, squatted stance. lean in to your opponent. for explosive muscle, do heavy weight training, 3-4 sets, 2-6 reps per exersise. you want to do the highest weight possible for the 2-6 reps. if you can do more then 6, then the weight it too light. add more.  on getting more aggresive, i cant help you there really. being aggressive is a mind set.  youve got to think that way and act that way. thats how. you may not enjoy hurting people, but youve got to think that you WANT to. you've got to get mad. its all in your head.