Drills needed to keep OL low

Here are couple of things we do.

Rope drill - Two coaches hold a rope (Can be a long broom handle) at varying heights and we progress down the field on a series of snaps. Guys go in two's so we can even practice crosses, twists and switches.

Suicide Dive - Linemen simply explode into a shield with no arm use and end up flat on their faces after contact. We progress this to include a positioning step, a drive step and finally bring back the arms. Again we work in two's because the relationship keeps guys low.

In contact drills I set the hitting point lower in practice when we coach footwork. Contact has to be on hip pads for a footwork drill and numbers for scrimmage.

We also use bear crawls as thishelps get muscle memory recorded for lower angles etc.