5-man mechanics on KO (Fed)

[chris s]

Originally posted by Mike Simonds
The 5 man mechanics we use have the R and U deep near R's end zone on opposite sidelines. This is according to the California Official's Mechanics manual for 2003 written by John Pemberton.

However, our association here in Hawaii is also authorized to use the old formation where the R and B are deep, HL and LJ are on the 40 and 50 respectively, and the U is with the kicker.

For varsity and JV we use 6 man, so the only time we see 5 man is in Pop Warner.

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We use our guru's 5 man stuff. Guru is really a great official, game management stress. Showed up at last years mechanics meeting packing his Glock .40 cal(who's gonna argue with a cop??)

R deep at 5, ready to bust for TB(visitors side) Picks up all the trash after R80 is moving upfield

U opposite up at 10-15...same basic stuff

HL has K's line

LJ has R's line

BJ is with the ball, raises hand and points to each other official and gets a hand up from each to show ready, then points to R and backs up, prefer BJ to float to the offside the reciever is heading and work as a deep winger....but he usually ends up working similar to U in a scrimmage play