Heads Up Linemen Drill

One drill that has worked great in the years I’ve been coaching is the Heads Up Linemen drill.   I’m sure most coaches already do this or a similar drill, but here’s how we run it.

Heads Up Linemen Drill

• Place four cones on the field in a diamond shape.
• The two “points” of the diamond are about 6 yards apart, with the other two cones in the middle   a few yards away from each other, serving as both boundaries and a line scrimmage.
• Two linemen lineup head to head, one on D and on on O.
• Defense’s goal is to tag the cone behind the O lineman, while the Offense’s goal is to drive the D linemen back to the cone behind the D lineman.

The two “points” can be moved horizontally to simulate different pursuit/blocking angles.

Some coaches like to insert a live RB and LB element, however I like to keep it simple to make optimal coaching time and opportunity for the two linemen to improve (less kids to watch at once).