In blocking the sprint-out pass, we’re thinking that you should use a scheme that works with your run game. Its primary goal should be to quickly get the QB beyond contain and into the perimeter where he can threaten the defense.
Full-Zone is one way to block the sprint-out. So is Turnback. But the most common way to protect a sprint-out is to Hinge which is routinely called Turnback protection but isn’t.
All are area blocking schemes and all are simple to teach.
Full Zone
“Full Zone” is short-hand. It means everyone on the line is using zone blocking techniques and stepping laterally in the same direction. Put more simply, everyone is reaching to the playside.
The most common rule is that each lineman is responsible for the defender in the playside gap between his nose and the shoulder of the adjacent playside lineman.
Zones using Gap Rule
Some coaches, however, will broaden the boundaries of an OL’s zone of responsibility by using a “nose-to-nose” rule. The linemen block the defender aligned between his nose and the nose of the adjacent playside lineman.
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