Football Coaching Tips – Linemen Parachute Drill

This is one of my favorite football coaching tips. I use this football drill when teaching offensive and defensive lineman the proper way to fire out and stay low.

We play tug of war during football practice but differently than the usual way. We have two harnesses for the parachute system and we have added webbing to make it stronger. The two lineman put on the harnesses and are tied together with a four foot rope between them. Each player gets in a 3 point stance and fires out on the whistle. The player who pulls the other pass the line to gain, which we set at 5 yds in front of each player, wins and moves to the next round.

This teaches the players to stay low and drive forward on an angle to be able to pull the man behind to the line to gain. This football activity has helped our offense to fire down field and knock the opposing lineman off the ball, while helping our defensive front to get into the offenses backfield to attack the ball carriers and blockers.

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