Coaching Youth Football: Offensive Line

Description

In this coaching course, Coach Duncan DellaVolpe presents 24 football drills for youth football players who want to learn the proper techniques for playing on the offensive line. Each lesson provides the essential youth football training that young players need to learn how to play any offensive line position.

Lessons

Stance and Footwork Drills

1 Introduction to Stance and Footwork Drills 2 Stance 3 Steps of Champions 4 Duck Walk 5 Box Drill 6 Cage Drill 7 Pull Drill 8 Three-Point Fire 9 Four-Point Fire 10 Six-Point Fire

Blocking Basics

11 Introduction to Blocking Basics 12 Hard Hands 13 Pass Set 14 Set Punch Mirror 15 Line Get Off 16 Finish the Block

Advanced Blocking Drills

17 Introduction to Advanced Blocking Drills 18 Drive Block 19 Reach Block 20 Down Block 21 Trap Block 22 Double Team 23 Line/Board Block 24 Maintain Block

The Coach

Duncan DellaVolpe

Head Football Coach at Warde HS, Fairfield CT

Duncan DellaVolpe was named head coach of the Fairfield (Conn.) Warde High School football program. Previously, he was offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at New Canaan (Conn.) High School, where the Rams won 93 games in 10 seasons. In his 10th season in 2008, New Canaan went 13-0 and won a state championship.

DellaVolpe won three state titles as a high school player in Ansonia, Conn., and went on to play outside linebacker at Central Connecticut State University.