This article was originally posted on the Glazier Coaching Blog.
Looking for ways to improve the explosiveness of your defensive line’s ball get offs? Check out these four every day drills with Oscar Giles, Defensive Coordinator University of Houston.
The video is a segment of his Glazier Drive Clinic “D-Line Fundamentals”
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We have listed some of our takeaways from the lesson below the video.
The ABCs of Defensive Line Fundamentals
Agility: Movement for the position.
Blow Delivery: Block protection for the position.
Contact: Tackling for the position
The explosion for the get off comes from head, hands, hips, then feet.
Your drills should mirror your installation for the day.
You can teach effort in practice and drills and it will show in a game. Effort is not a given.
Have an ending spot for your drills so that your players will develop the habit of running through the ball.
Run Progression
- Stance
- Alignment/Assignment
- Ball Get Off (BGO)
- V of the neck/hand Placement (BGO)
- Pursuit/Containment
- Tackle/Strip/Create Takeovers