See Through the Hands starts in the stance with the placement of both the up and down hand to effectively Strike with the Hands in the Eyes with the thumbs up at impact to better protect the head and neck as well as control the opponent.
The up hand is held open at the face mask with the thumb up to get on the opponent faster “if” the hand is at the hip, thigh or hanging down impact can easily occur before the hand gets to the proper and safe placement. The down hand is placed in a “C” Cup position much like in a sprinter’s stance.
Compare Traditional 3-Point Stance vs “C” Cup to eliminate the rotation of the down hand. This enables the linemen to most effectively Strike with the Hands in the Eyes with the thumbs up. As always repetition, repetition, repetition with the teaching buzz words “See Through the Hands!”
In the “C” Cup position the down hand on the lineman ‘s first movement can rapidly get the thumb up in proper impact fit position with the up hand and “if” the down hand gets hit while rotating from the traditional 3-point stance then it can fail in its mission. Stop and think when sprinting the hands are always in the same posture so why not in football get both hands to that posture as fast as possible with the thumbs up. If using a 4-point stance ”C” Cup both hands.
Attention Offensive Linemen: The “C” Cup placement also makes it very efficient to set in pass protection whether drop back or a lateral step pass set.
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