Back to the Boston Bruins Newsfeed

Mastering the Football 4-Point Stance: Agility, Power, and Safety Tips

In American football, the stance a player adopts at the start of a play can significantly impact their performance. Linemen commonly use three stances the two-point, three-point, and four-point stance.

Each stance refers to the number of points of contact with the ground, influencing the player’s agility, power, and speed off the line of scrimmage.

While the two-point stance is favored by speedy defensive ends and linebackers on passing plays, the four-point stance offers a more balanced approach, providing stability and leverage for linemen engaging in physical battles at the line of scrimmage.

Mastering the four-point stance in football requires precision and technique.