It is important for offensive linemen to learn to drive block, and continue driving for the entire play. This is a great football drill to use in high school football practice and hones the skills of the offensive linemen.
What you need – To start, you only need the offensive lineman and a coach (or players will work) to hold a tackling dummy.
How this drill works – Often times younger offensive linemen believes they have executed their block correctly as soon as they fire out and make contact. Coaches do not impress upon them the importance of gaining position on the block, maintaining the block and, on running plays, driving that block.
The offensive lineman in this drill will engage the coach holding the dummy with the proper drive block form (head up, feet shoulder width apart, feet moving, hands in tight underneath shoulder pads, etc).
Once engaged, the offensive lineman will hold this block and drive it at least 10 yards before letting go. Coaches should offer a little resistance on the bag, to give the lineman the feeling of having to ‘drive’ a player off the ball.
You can take this one step further by placing a pylon out 10 yards, but at an angle – to demonstrate angle blocking to open a hole – another element of a good drive block.
Result – This drill should help your offensive lineman to understand that blocking is not just about hitting a player once and then letting them go. It is about engaging, maintaining and driving that block out of the hole.
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