Blocks
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The Channel one area is the crucible - in Afrikaans “Die Doodsakker”. You have to be physically dominant. If blood makes you squemish, or it is against your religious principles to hurt other people, then please ignore the comments below.
These are Offensive Line techniques. First step is to understand that we are playing the man and not the ball. What we are trying to to is get ourselves between the opposition and the ball, or to prevent them from doing it to us.
Jam - this is defending against an attacker that is trying to get into our face and push us away from the action. The most important thing is NEVER let him get in close to you. Take a strong wide stance in the hitting position and have your feet moving. As he gets in closer, hit out at him with both hands - hard - arms become straight. Punch him with your flat hands, then grab him. Ideally take a hold of his fat flesh and twist. As he starts to cringe, he bends his back. Twist further and then push him away back from whence he came. It will take him a few seconds to recover and come again, by then hopefully the play has moved on.
If you are a little guy and he is definitely going to push you around. Get your hands up sligthly higher, putting them on his shoulders. Slip them down until you fingers are on his clavicals. Then dig your nails in as hard as you can - this is sure to stop even the the toughest of them.
Bull - You have to be really strong in the wrists for this. Starts out as a Jam, but because you have the power, you stay medium close to him and the guide him and throw him back onto his runner. Blocks up their attack.
Shed - Start out like Jam, but with a Kung fu Style you throw him behind and past you, putting yourself in front of him and closer to the ball. A variation would be to come in from below and hit him under the armpit with your thumb and forefinger (The web part like the part you use to strangle someone) Get in with the leverage and rip him out of the ground.
Scoop- When you can’t get under his arm. Same Open hand - reach down onto his hip (the part where you usually hold onto you girlfreind on the way down)- Once you have found the spot hit out as fast as you can. You will be surprised that when a mans hip collapses, everything else goes with him. Do it right and you can rid the game of this guy.
Club - A variation on the shed, but where you have lost the battle for coming in lowest. Strike over the top with a straight arm,clubbing motion, get your armpit onto or past his shoulder, use you other hand to twist him away. Once you have this you are past him and he would have to turn around, hopefully you are gone by then.
Break - when he gets the grip on you. Do not try to break it from the top. I see this all day long in Rugby players. Rip up from the bottom. Either breaking outwards, or rip the inside of you elbow join upwards and into his armpit.
OK Now that you know how to defend against it - how to dish it out.
Scoop - off the first player and onto a second. By making mulitple blocks you use one of us to tie up many of them. Stay on you feet, keep you head up and fcus on them. Leave the fetching to Jake Whites Sons, it you do that rigth and get over the ball its easy from them.
Defensive pull - once you get in close to better two tow of them - get a grip and then keeping you hands close to you body, fall over and pull the defenders away from the hole where we are are trying to run.
Do all the above with the distinct intention to casuse pain and discomfort to the opposition. Carl Hayman is the one getting closest to this at the moment.
Its easier to explain on the field. Come to the next clinnic, that I hold and all will be revealed.
