What Can OL & DL Do To Get Better In Summer

[AuburnNTexas 7,133]

In the summer I know there are no organized practices but players can work out on their own together. For QB's and receivers it is easy practice running routes together to get your timing and routes down.  Same for DB's practicing covering them.  What kind of things do O-Line and D-line do besides working out to get stronger and quicker.  I doubt if they are allowed to put on pads, so no hitting maybe just working on knowing playbook and technique.    Anybody know what kind of drills they could run on their own? Are they allowed to use School equipment like blocking dummies, sleds, etc?

 

After I submitted I realize this should be in Football thread not recruiting and maybe its own topic please feel free to move or delete if needed

[ellitor 33,077]

Lol! @AuburnNTexas I was in the process of doing that while you were editing your post. 🙂

[bigbird 60,445]

D-line:

Hand fighting Hand fighting Hand fighting.

Work at adding new pass rush moves and perfecting the ones they do have.

Work on first step explosion in the pit

Change of direction 

O-Line:

Pass blocking angles, drops, depth,  and setups.

Run blocking steps, angles, drive, dbl team body/head/positions, hand positions

Balance

Footwork

Initial punch

Hand fighting

[Sizzle 3,909]

 

[AUGoo 2,659]

What is hand fighting?

[api1957 1,783]

5 minutes ago, AUGoo said:

What is hand fighting?

Well....this is a family forum.

 

[api1957 1,783]

3 hours ago, bigbird said:

D-line:

Hand fighting Hand fighting Hand fighting.

Work at adding new pass rush moves and perfecting the ones they do have.

Work on first step explosion in the pit

Change of direction 

O-Line:

Pass blocking angles, drops, depth,  and setups.

Run blocking steps, angles, drive, dbl team body/head/positions, hand positions

Balance

Footwork

Initial punch

Hand fighting

So, everything. I agree.

[cctiger 571]

Goodness, back in the day our old High School coach told us to watch what we eat and to lay off the coca-colas and smokes during the summer.. Mighty hard back then to stay away from mama's fried taters and cornbread! First day of fall practice he would make us run 2 miles first thing and would be right behind us yelling "sweat out them cokes and smokes!"...LOL! 

[Warbird82 160]

I wish they all would have wrestled in high school...it would have helped them with most of the things in Bird's list, but especially the hand fighting.  Ask Nick Coe if wrestling helped him.

[McLoofus 35,182]

3 hours ago, AUGoo said:

What is hand fighting?

Actually, it's "hand fighting hand fighting hand fighting". 

[ellitor 33,077]

4 hours ago, AUGoo said:

What is hand fighting?

[toddc 13,194]

26 minutes ago, ellitor said:

Glad this isn’t a thread asking for captions! 😂 It’s a family friendly site.

[ellitor 33,077]

30 minutes ago, toddc said:

Glad this isn’t a thread asking for captions! 😂 It’s a family friendly site.

 Not sure I want To know the reference.

[Dual-Threat Rigby 8,648]

I know someone on our DL knows someone that has graduated from Clemson's DL in the past couple seasons. That's all I want to say

[Carnell 592]

The S&C coach can have direct contact with players.  The players take full advantage of getting stronger and increasing endurance.  

[bigbird 60,445]

 

On 7/19/2019 at 3:09 PM, AUGoo said:

What is hand fighting?

 

[AUsince72 11,084]

Lots of bench presses & squats.

Lots of stadium steps & marathons.

.....and Krav Maga.

[AUGoo 2,659]

16 hours ago, bigbird said:

 

 

So, OL has a similar set of drills to counter these counters?

Thanks Bird.

[bigbird 60,445]

23 minutes ago, AUGoo said:

So, OL has a similar set of drills to counter these counters?

Thanks Bird.

That's where proper footwork, body positioning, and maintaining balance come in.  If an OL is off balance then they can't effectively recover from moves as well.

[WFE12 9,191]

 

[gr82b4au 5,568]

Work on playing mean. This ain’t no tickle fight. 

Our best players on the OL and DL were nice off the field and mean on it. 

[oracle79 3,569]

1 hour ago, WFE12 said:

 

Any idea where Horton wound up on that list?

[bigbird 60,445]

12 minutes ago, oracle79 said:

Any idea where Horton wound up on that list?

On his butt...

[ellitor 33,077]

1 hour ago, bigbird said:

On his butt...