Here I will cover the inside zone run against the odd front.

Ace Normal


Play 1:

On the front side of this play the blocking looks pretty good. The tight end blocks man on against the outside linebacker and the play side tackle and guard work a zone combo on the defensive end, the correct blocker comes off the combo as the strong inside linebacker comes over the top. The backside is where we start to see some problems. The center blocks the nose guard however it never looked as though the back side guard never looked to work a scoop block with the center and ended up releasing vertically on the weak side inside linebacker. The back side tackle blocked man on the back side defensive end and the tight end released to the weak outside linebacker. If these two would have worked the correct assignment on the weak side defensive end the tackle would have come off on the weak inside linebacker and the tight end would have ended up on the weak defensive end. The weak outside linebacker would have been controlled by the roll out by the quarterback.
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As I did in covering the inside zone against the even stack front, in this article I will cover the inside zone against the even front.

Ace Normal Inside Zone


Play 1:

The play side safety does not get blocked as both the tight end and play side tackle combo block on a defensive end that is dropping into coverage at the snap. The play side guard carries out the correct assignment in blocking the defensive tackle. The center makes the correct block as at the snap the play side linebacker comes forward to plug the A-gap. The backside guard makes the correct block in blocking the back side defensive tackle; the back side tackle however pulls around the guards block into the back side A-gap to block the backside linebacker. Now if he would have worked a zone combo block with the back side guard on the defensive tackle he would have taken control of the tackle as the back side guard slides off on the back side linebacker due to the A-gap plug. The back side tight end blocks the back side defensive end as he is supposed to. Despite what was two missed assignments the play still had a chance to be successful if the play side tight end would have blocked the correct defender. Clean this up along with the back side guard and tackle combo block and this would be a clean play.
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In an earlier article I covered the inside zone blocking scheme against various fronts, in this article I am going to cover various inside zone running plays against the 4-3 Normal defense in NCAA Football.
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The inside zone concept operates on the principal of the linemen being covered by a defensive lineman or being uncovered. The primary concern is getting horizontal or vertical movement on the down linemen.

If the lineman has a defensive lineman on him he will execute what is referred to as a stretch-base block. With a defender that is head up or on the play side shoulder, the first step is a short four to six inch lateral step to the call. Here the lineman is trying to invite movement.
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