Good defensive linemen are often [tag]double-teamed[/tag] when they are on the field. Fighting through those double teams is a great skill to learn. Use the [tag]football coaching philosophy[/tag] in this [tag]drill[/tag] to sharpen the skills of your defensive linemen.
What you need – You will need two [tag]offensive linemen[/tag], and a [tag]defensive lineman[/tag] – or you can have two coaches with dummies or shields acting as an offensive lineman.
How this drill works – The object of this [tag]football[/tag]drill is to help your defensive linemen understand how to break a double team. It isn’t easy, but they should work on methods of upsetting the offensive line scheme in order to break free of the two [tag]blockers[/tag].
First, they can try to split the linemen by going hard up the middle, and hoping neither reacts fast enough to prevent the split. Second, the DL can fake one way and get the offensive linemen to shift that direction, and then go around them. And third, the DL can try to hit the outside shoulder of one of the offensive linemen, as a speed rush. This might catch them off guard.
The DL needs to learn how they can bust through a double team when necessary. Learning a variety of moves and then when to use them is going to help them build the skills necessary to continue being a menacing [tag]pass rusher[/tag] to opposing offenses.
Result – Improved skills as a pass rusher.
