Grf of long snapping with and without blocking

The effect of a secondary blocking action on the primary long snapping action was tested in this study. Comparison of reaction forces (RFs) and linear impulse revealed that players increased posterior RF while maintaining resultant RF with a secondary blocking action. A larger posterior linear impulse with a blocking action was determined to be force-based due to the lack of change in push phase duration across conditions. Ultimately, players in this study regulated reaction force generation during the primary task when a secondary task was introduced. These findings may assist players and coaches as they design interventions aimed at improving performance.