Here’s a training device that works well for our youth football training. The team is a 2nd year tackle team comprised mostly of 9 year olds with a few 8 year old highly skilled players.
To teach our boys how to fire off of the offensive line and hit low to drive their opponents back, we use a 9 foot jump rope, suspended between 2 coaches, starting at their chest height. 2 lines on each side of the rope are formed, next to each other, and facing the rope inside of the football coaches.
The first 2 players on each side approach the line of scrimmage and face off in a sumo drill of lock and drive. After an exchange, the coaches blow the whistle and each player rotates to the back of their opponent’s line. After each full round of exchanges the rope is lowered and the players must complete the football drill without their helmets touching the rope.
We call this football drill the SUMO LIMBO–”how low can you go.”
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