Defensive Line Hit Progression Drills

Defensive Line Hit Progression Drill
Overview

Purpose

These Defensive Line Hit Progression Drills help to teach and work on taking on the contact correctly with full body control.

Description & Coaching Points

1. Coach holds football on ground
2. Defensive Linemen on knees and toes, hands in crotch, sitting on heels.
3. Coach “snaps” the football
4. Defensive Lineman gets off on snap, hand shiver pad
5. Throws hips, arch back, head up!
6. Hips should be end up on sled pad
7. Knees should come off the ground
8. Go three times

1. Stay in hit position, cannot stand up
2. Shiver sled pad using hands and arms only
3. Take three good shots with locked elbows
4. Don’t take a step

1. Same as Hit, Hit, Hit but with a six inch step
2. Strike the pad with locked elbows
3. Hands and foot hit at the same time
4. Don’t stand up, take three shots

1. Sit on heels with toes under you.
2. Arms relaxed hands in crotch
3. Strike pad and extend your hips to pad
4. Force should bring knees off the ground.

1. Fire out from a good stance
2. Leave feet back in starting position
3. Face on pad and lockout arms
4. Force will cause you to land on belly

1. From a good stance fire out into pad
2. At the same time you lockout, snap feet under you
3. Don’t move sled
4. You should end up in a good hit position

1. From a good stance, fire out and lock out
2. Simultaneously snap and “chop” your feet in place
3. Don’t drive sled, stay in hit position
4. Keep feet moving until “Break”

1. Fire out and lock out
2. Simultaneously snap your feet under you
3. Without stopping your feet, drive the sled
4. Drive sled until “Break”