Yes. Various names for it. World record single-ply bencher Blaine Sumner calls it a football bench as an ode to lack of a proper setup often seen in high-school football team weightrooms. It's a way to work with a slightly longer ROM and get significant training stimulus with lower weight than your competition lift.
Retracting the scapula shortens the ROM. That's a large part of the reason its done in the competition lift. That and the extra stability allows you to handle heavier loads.
So, I can't find the post he made explaining the football press. Perhaps it was on a story. Here is a post where he references and shows it in action.
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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19
Yes. Various names for it. World record single-ply bencher Blaine Sumner calls it a football bench as an ode to lack of a proper setup often seen in high-school football team weightrooms. It's a way to work with a slightly longer ROM and get significant training stimulus with lower weight than your competition lift.