YOUTH FOOTBALL DRILL BOOK - Gregory Double Wing

66. Shed the BlockPurpose:• Learn how to take on and getrid of a lead blocker.Coaching Pointers:• Attack the blocker. Don’t justtake the hit.• Get low, step and take on theblock with your shoulder.• Don’t engage him. Get rid ofhim. Use your arms to tossthe blocker to the side.• The initial contact and theshed are all one continuousmotion.Set-up and Instructions:Set up any players that will be participating in the drill in a straight line.Have the first person in line step out approximately 4 yards in front ofeveryone else, turn, and face the group. With the rest of the players stillin line, give a football to the third player. The first player in line willcharge out and execute a block on the player in front of him. That boymust shed the block with either his right or left shoulder, gather himself,and prepare for the next blocker. The second person in line will comeout immediately after the first block has been shed. He will be followedby the third player who is holding a football and acting as a ball carrier.The player out in front will shed the block, this time using the oppositeshoulder, gather himself, and then execute a form tackle on the thirdplayer without taking him to the ground. After each rep, the player out infront goes to the back of the line, the player who was first in line comesout in front, and everyone else moves one spot up in the line.73