Here is one drill we have used with our youth football team specifically for our lineman, both offensive lineman and defensive lineman.
Youth Lineman Football Drill
We use cones and a stand up rectangular blocking dummy. First we set up the cones to create three “lanes” and set up the stand up dummy behind the third lane as a ball carrier or QB. Then we line up a defensive lineman across from an offensive lineman.
On a cadence call (or a coaches snap of a ball), the defensive lineman and offensive lineman practice both keeping their feet moving and their blocking and rushing techniques.
Contact between the two lineman in the first “lane” then out and into the middle “lane” for contact and finally in the last “lane” the defensive lineman rushes all out for the stand up dummy (ball carrier) while the offensive lineman practices keeping the rush away from the dummy ball carrier.
This drill takes approximately 10 seconds to go through per group. Most times we set up two stations of this to get more reps in. Finally, since in our youth league all players play offense and defense, the players usually rotate lines so that each player gets an opportunity on both offense and defense.
We run this drill for approximately 15 to 20 minutes total and then we are ready to move on to a new drill.
