(East Hampton, NY...May 2006) Coach Mark Tuthill a Martial Arts veteran for the past 30 years announces the release of a new instructional DVD for football players called "Centerline Football". Centerline football takes martial arts concepts and applies them to football. Centerline basically means Powerline. Understanding where it is and how to use it is the key to getting around the offense and how to control the defense. This knowledge of how Centerline Theory works and how to use it will maximize your players' ability to play offense and defense. It is a particularly useful skill for linemen.
The instructional DVD "tackles" a variety of techniques that can be applied to football directly. Some of the things covered are:
- Controlling the defender's hands
- Popping palm strikes
- Elbow control
- Centerline control
- Springy elbow
- Stripping the football
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Tuthill walks the player through technique drills that can be used to better their performance on the football field, thus bettering the team's record. Translation: more turnovers and more wins. Offensive Line Coach Frank Sheehan of Brown University's Brown Bears utilized Tuthills techniques in last seasons training, which ultimately led to a league championship. Sheehan boasts, "Mark Tuthill's Centerline Football is awesome. It has helped our wide receivers, offensive line and defensive lin tremendously. It gave our guys a better understanding of how to punch and control the hands of their opponent. That confidence helped us on our way to an Ivy League Championship!"
Coach Tuthill also offers seminars on his training techniques for football teams. He will travel to the team's training facility and work with the team as a whole or more likely the linemen. Concentrating on each Centerline Football technique, Tuthill explains the concept then works with the players to execute the techniques on other players to demonstrate its viability.
Centerline may be outside the traditional techniques for football, but it offers an alternative yet commonsense approach to perfecting your game. Integrating martial arts concepts to basic defensive and offensive moves on the field are guaranteed to improve your player's game. Coach Tuthill's DVD can give you a basic idea of the concepts and a seminar with Tuthill will allow hands on training in perfecting the techniques. The DVD retails for $30.00 and can be ordered by emailing Coach Tuthill at centerlinefootball@centerlinefootball.com.