Building a Lineman: Low Hips Win!

Building a Lineman: Low Hips Win!
Understanding Leverage is one of my 3 Building Blocks of Success for Offensive Line Play. Striking your opponent with a rising blow by having your hips low creates tremendous power and allows an Offensive Lineman to successfully generate power.
Football coaches love to say (or yell) "Low Pads Win" or "Get Your Pads Down". These are good coaching points and playing with lower pads is a great way to succeed in football. However, I believe the better coaching phrase should be "Low Pads Win!" Just lowering your shoulder pads & helmet doesn't put you in a better position and often is unsafe.
For an Offensive Lineman to lower their hips and generate they must flex their ankle and bend their knees to load the hips. Of course, an offensive lineman's feet must remain in contact with the ground ( • Building a Lineman: Fe... ) and their knees must be aligned, ( • Building a Lineman: Pr... ) but the hips are the source of power.
One great coaching point is to pay attention to an Offensive Lineman's hips as they leave their stance. Coaches stand off to the side or film yourself from the side and see if your hips are staying low after the snap. If an Offensive Lineman's hips are rising before striking the defender they need to work on flexibility and strengthening their hips over a greater range of motion to stay low.
Here's a great Podcast Video with Nolan Clausen of Midwest Movement about Hip Functionality: • Building a Lineman: Hi... .
The Bober Academy was founded in 2019 by 8 year NFL Veteran Chris Bober with the Mission to train and develop athletes to maximize their potential and succeed on the gridiron by coaching the fundamentals of offensive line technique. The Bober Academy believes in laying the the building blocks of O-Line Success first then repeating over and over until mastered. The Bober Academy offers O-Line instruction for all ages and skill levels through camps, clinics, & one to one learning.
Chris Bober went from a walk-on at Division II UNO to NFL starter by hard work, determination, & becoming a master of Offensive Line technique. After graduating from Omaha South High School Chris redshirted then became a 4 year starter helping his team win NCC Conference Champions in 1996 & 1998. He was a team captain and named to All America Team after his Junior & Senior seasons. Chris went undrafted in the 2000 NFL Draft & signed with the NY Giants. He was cut after his rookie training camp, signed to the Practice Squad & finally to the active roster for the 2000 NFC Champion Giants. Chris stayed with Giants 4 seasons becoming the starting Center in 2002-2003. In 2004 Chris signed a free agent contract with the Kansas City Chiefs where he played 4 seasons starting games at Guard & Tackle. Chris retired in 2008 after multiple hip surgeries.
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