Stack and shed
What it is
Meeting a blocker with locked-out arms to hold the gap, then discarding him to make the tackle.
Why it matters
The two halves are separate skills judged together. Stacking is a leverage problem — hands inside, pads under, arms extended so the blocker is held at a distance where he cannot reach either shoulder. Shedding is a timing problem: the defender releases toward the ball, not away from the blocker, and the moment is chosen by where the ball is rather than by how the block feels. A defender who sheds early gives up the gap he was holding; one who sheds late makes no tackle at all.
Also called
Programs call this stack, shed, lock out or hold the point. The Coach answers to any of them.
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