Lifting helps with strength. This seems to be more about technique to me. So much is interior. As the game has evolved, there is a lot of using hands to block. Need to keep your hands in. Back in the seventies we were taught to block with our forearms and keep our hands in. A little trick we were taught if we held our own jerseys we couldn't hold theirs. Not sure what techniques are being taught now, but I see FH get called for more holding then any team in the area.
Not really. Martinsburg controlled the game. Fort Hill was fortunate to stay as close as they did for as long as they did. Sentinels only really moved the ball on one drive. Martinsburg drove down inside the Fort Hill 15 twice and turned it over, one being a botched snap. Final reflects how the game went overall. Martinsburg was solidly better, but Fort Hill wasn’t dominated.
I agree that Martinsburg was the better team, but remember FH turned the ball over several times as well giving Martinsburg a short field. Fort Hills failure to sustain drives had a lot to do with so many holding penalties that I mentioned previously. Turnovers and holding penalties were very much the problem for FH. You can't keep shooting yourself in the foot against good teams. Same goes for Varsity. Taking nothing away from MR or Alco, FH was their own worst enemy in both of those games. My opinion is if they don't clean that up there will be no trip to Annapolis.
