Football Blocking Drills – Receiver Crack Block

Learning to effectively and legally block down from the receiver position is an excellent skill to teach.   Try these [tag]football blocking drills[/tag] for your [tag]wide receivers[/tag].

What you need – You can start this [tag]football[/tag] [tag]drill[/tag] with groups of [tag]receivers[/tag] and a [tag]coach[/tag] or a player with a dummy, acting as a linebacker.

How this drill works – On the snap of the ball, the slot receiver, or the wide receiver will execute a legal seal block on the linebackers.   The advantage of this [tag]block[/tag] is that it prevents the [tag]linebacker[/tag] from making a play, but there are disadvantages – your receiver could get blown up by a backer, or they could cause injury to the LB if they don’t execute the block correctly.

–       The block is ALWAYS above the waist – never should this block be executed below the waist.   The lateral movement of the linebacker exposes their knees.
–       The block is NEVER from behind – if the LB has his back turned, you become an impediment to their movement – not cracking them from behind.

The best [tag]crack blocks[/tag] engage the linebacker in the midsection, with the head up, just to get in their way.

Properly executed, this can be a great block to add to your scheme.   Note:   Some leagues do not allow crack blocking, but most at the high school level will allow receivers to down block on LBs and DL.

Result – Another [tag]blocking[/tag] tool for when you run your running plays.