YOUTH FOOTBALL DRILL BOOK - Gregory Double Wing

60. Hands UpPurpose:• Ingrain the importance ofgetting your hands upduring a pass rush.CCoaching Pointers:• Review the coachingpointers for stance and takeoff.• Rush the quarterback likemad, get your hands up inhis line of vision or histhrowing path if you can notmake the sack.• Never hit the QB once hehas released the ball.Set-up and Instructions:Have a group of defensive linemen get set in their positions. Oncadence or preferably ball movement, the line executes their normaltechnique. The coach, acting as quarterback, drops back and raises theball in a passing position. Once the defense recognizes that the play is apass, they take the correct pass rushing path to the quarterbackattempting to get a sack or at least to disrupt the QB’s normal throwingmotion by forcing him to run or by getting in the way and making himchange his throwing path. If the quarterback attempts to throw beforethe lineman can sack him, the defenders should raise their arms andhands to get in the way of where the QB intends to throw. Try to knockthe ball down but if not, at least force the QB to change his throw. Thecoach can mix up runs, dropback passes, and play action passes tokeep the defense honest.67