Do a key drill daily to work on reading your keys and getting on the move.

Block
recognition drills teach defensive ends different blocking schemes they will face and
how to react to them. One on one pass rush vs. an offensive linemen to teach proper
angles at the qb and different pass rush techniques. Punch and seperate drills to
keep the outside arm and leg free if playing a 5 tech. on a tackle. Skate drill to
defeat the cut block and to stay on your feet. Some sort of angle/form tackle drill
daily. Some form of the Oklahoma drill where you have to punch and seperate off of
the offensive lineman and then make a tackle. Luke

Defensive Line Check list

1) Rule for defensive linemen
a) Attack and move the line of Scrimmage
b) Control your gap responsibility
c) Defeat the block, escape, pursue, tackle

2) Run Technique
a) Stance
i) Inside hand down; inside foot back (left on right/right on left)
ii) Toe to instep relationship
iii) Feet shoulder width apart (narrow stance)
iv) Weight on balls of feet
v) Back flat
vi) Eyes up—focus on elbow of OLM

b) Alignment
i) Credit card alignment to start
ii) Flex off the ball if you are being beat
iii) Align DLM inside foot from outside eye to outside foot of OLM

c) Pre Snap Read

i) Light Hands or Heavy Hands
ii) Tight or wide splits
iii) On or Off Alignment
iv) What does PSR tell you about Potential Play
(1) Drills—DLM will make calls in all drills involving blockers
(a) PSR V. Common Blocking Schemes
(b) Half-Line
(c) Inside Run
(d) Protection

d) Key on the run

i) Read V of OLM Neck
ii) High hat, Low hat, V-toward you, V-Away
iii) Pressure Key is adjacent man
(1) Drills
(a) One on One Block Protection
(i) Base
(ii) Reach
(iii) Scoop
(iv) Down

(b) Two on One block Protection

(i) Down/Kick Out/Pull
1. Cross Face
2. Pull Collision
(ii) Double Team
1. Split
2. Spin
3. Spill Two
(iii) Reach Scoop
1. Jump Through
2. Ricochet

(c) Anti-Trap/Log
(i) Spill Drill
(ii) Scwartz Drill

e) Initial Movement
i) Get off with a power step (replace your down hand)
ii) Second step (6 inch step) at the V of the OLM—Stab OLM
iii) Get third foot in ground
iv) Burn grass as you explode for penetration
v) Defeat block or Pass rush as Key
(1) Drills
(a) No Fish Hooks
(b) Movements V. Trash Cans

f) Blow delivery
i) Step with proper footwork (i.e. shaded foot first)
ii) Back Flat, hands stab cuff, thumbs are up
iii) Get eyes in the “V” of the neck
iv) Stab the cuff
(1) Drills
(a) Six Point Progression
(b) Stab Drill Progression
(c) Type Writer Drill

g) Separation and escape

i) After blow delivery establish body control
ii) Lock out arms
iii) Escape
(1) Push/Pull Rip
(2) Push/Pull Punch
(3) Wipe
(4) Cut
(a) Drills
(i) Pipes and escape
(ii) Pre Fit escape
(iii) Press, squeeze Shed

h) Pursuit
i) Never follow the same color jersey
(1) Drills
(a) Ahead, Even, Behind
(b) Backside End BCR
(c) Effort Pursuit
i) Tackling
(1) Tackle Progression
(2) Knee Progression
(3) O,1,2
(4) Angle Tackle
(5) Finish Tackle
(6) Take-Away Progression
(7) Drape the Quarterback
(8) Chicken in the Ring

3) Pass Rush
a) Stance
i) Hand out in front of you
ii) {censored} up in sure pass situation
iii) Elongate the stance

b) Keys
i) Elbow of OLM
ii) Set of OLM

c) Pass Rush Rules

i) Have a Plan
ii) Crowd the ball
iii) Attack Half a Man—Active hands
iv) Hand and feet work together
v) Dive upfield and run the hoop

d) Initial movement
i) Big First Step
ii) Burn Cushion
iii) Lead with head, shoulders, hat, and hands
iv) Work hands and feet together
(1) Trap chute take off Progression
(a) Explode of Stomach
(b) 3 pt stance take off
(c) Stab progression

v) Pass Rush Technique

(1) Karate Progression (Pre-Practice Daily)
(a) Cut
(b) Hook
(c) Saw
(d) Strike
(e) Walk-n-Spin
(f) Speed Slip
(g) Power Slip
(h) Walk-n-Spar
(i) Spar Conditioning

(2) Pre-Fit Technique

(a) Rip
(b) Punch
(c) Power Slip
(d) Speed Slip
(e) Jab-O-Lay
(f) Rub
(g) Hump
(h) Roll

(3) Gauntlet Progression

(a) Club Rip
(b) Club Swim
(c) Jab-O-lay
(d) Rip to Spin
(e) Punch to Spin

(4) Defensive End Special Drill

(a) High Number, Even, Low Number
(b) Pogo
(c) Spy

(5) Draw and Screen

(a) Draw
(i) Attack and react to draw
(ii) Plant, snap hips, redirect (no fish hooks)
(iii) Retrace your steps to find ball

(b) Screen
(i) First person through OL accelerate through QB on double retreat
(ii) All other DL Plant, Snap hips, and redirect to the direction of quarterback eyes
(iii) Find the ball from inside out
(iv) Punch the ball out from behind

Block reaction
Base-we counter with a bench and throw (we bench for separation and throw
ourselves into the hole).
Reach-push-pull-rip (push the reaching shoulder, pull the BS shoulder, and rip our
near arm and hip through keeping the reach-side arm and leg free).
Down, we punch and squeeze (we punch his shoulder hard try to knock him off
balance, go down with him and squeeze the gap keeping our shoulders square to the
LOS getting our eyes inside looking for a trap/kick).
Pull-we get in a Pulls hip pocket fast.
Of course this is all after we have attacked the appropriate V and are working to the
spot their heels were pre-snap.

Get off with hands

I will be on a knee, holding a medicine ball, at one end of an agile bag, and the D-
lineman will be in a good stance with his hand behind the other end of the agile bag.
We will have a ball key inside. Both the lineman and myself are keying the ball.
When the ball snaps, I throw the medicine ball at his facemask. The D-Lineman's job
is to key the ball, and the moment it snaps, he fires off low and hard, shooting his
hands with his thumbs up. If he shoots his hands quickly, as he should, he will
deflect the medicine ball and keep running, if not, he gets smacked in the facemask.
Chris-Sumo Drill
Two players face off with their fists touching the ground in the circle of the wrestling
mat, or put tape lines on your floor about 6" apart inside a taped 3'x3' box. Their
fists must be no farther than 6 inches apart from their opponent. When the whistle
blows they fire out and attempt to push each other out of the circle. Key is to fire the
hands out and get your legs moving while a staying low. Good technique will let a
smaller guy win quite a few bouts.

Lb’s against zone blocking

Youngdc is correct about having your backers closer, but 1 yard is too shallow IMO.
My rule of thumb for Zone teams is LBers at 3 yards vs a man blocking team LBers
at 5 yards. By placing the LBers at 3 yards it forces the OL to come off of their
combo blocks much faster and you create more one on one blocks so you have a
better chance of someone beating a block. Also you can have your 2i tech and 0 tech
hold the hell out of the guard and center and not let them up to the second level,
just make sure the backside LBer must play slow through the cut back lane.