I’ve gotten a whole bunch of requests for some of my best youth football drills over the past few days. Here’s an idea that Kenneth sent to me that you’ll want to add to your favorites list.
From Kenneth,
Sounds like a great idea and I would love to be on the list. I don’t know how common this football drill is, but our kids love it.
Defensive Line vs. Offensive Line–typically we do this as a defensive end type drill, but you can use it anywhere.
Put a cone about 5 yards off center. Have an offensive lineman line up in a tackle position relative to the ball. Have a defensive lineman line up opposite him. Coach can have the ball at the center position and simulate a count and snap. When the ball is snapped, a coach with a stop watch clicks start. The d-lineman moves off of ball movement and tries to get to the cone, he has 3-5 seconds. You can vary it depending on the kids.
Typically we tell the d-lineman to line up outside the tackle and act as a DE. If the 0-lineman keeps him from the cone within the time span he wins, if the d-lineman gets the cone he wins.
So the kids love the competition and it’s a great drill to teach skill sets at both positions.
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