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<blockquote data-quote="Rodney Kent" data-source="post: 28145" data-attributes="member: 923"><p>I have been puzzled about the blocking tecniques of today and many, many years ago. Back in our day, you could not use your hands, you used your forearm for blocking, and sometimes grabbed your own jersey at the chest to insure you had the right forearm approach to blocking. Somewhere along the time-line this appears to have changed. I see the blockers using their hands to block and push the tacklers away from the runner or passer.</p><p> </p><p>I see nothing but trouble with this procedure, as a referee could call holding on every linemen on every play if he so desired. I personally believe if a player could only use his shoulders and forearm, it would take away most of the holding calls. Yes, sometimes it is obvious, but there appears to be holding on most all downs. These penalties for holding would tend to be much less when blocking with the shoulder and forearm. Also, it would tend to take the ref out of the outcome of a game and make the game more fair to those teams who do not hold on every down.</p><p> </p><p>When did this concept of blocking change and why?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rodney Kent, post: 28145, member: 923"] I have been puzzled about the blocking tecniques of today and many, many years ago. Back in our day, you could not use your hands, you used your forearm for blocking, and sometimes grabbed your own jersey at the chest to insure you had the right forearm approach to blocking. Somewhere along the time-line this appears to have changed. I see the blockers using their hands to block and push the tacklers away from the runner or passer. I see nothing but trouble with this procedure, as a referee could call holding on every linemen on every play if he so desired. I personally believe if a player could only use his shoulders and forearm, it would take away most of the holding calls. Yes, sometimes it is obvious, but there appears to be holding on most all downs. These penalties for holding would tend to be much less when blocking with the shoulder and forearm. Also, it would tend to take the ref out of the outcome of a game and make the game more fair to those teams who do not hold on every down. When did this concept of blocking change and why? [/QUOTE]
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