Offensive Line Drills – No Sled Drill and No Cones Drill

Here are two quick and effective drills to try with your offensive line.   Each drill is a variation on a common drill but removing the sled or the cones and replace them with more effective tools.

No Sled Drill
As an alternative to using the sled for our offensive line drill, we use an opposing line of players.
If there are six linemen in the drill we have three on offense, three on “defense”.

The offensive players start in three point stance and fire off on the snap count using proper stance, hand technique and driving feet.

The “defensive players” are there to provide passive resistance to the offensive players.   They use no hands against the offensive linemen but force the offense to really drive hard to move them backward.

Offense drives the defense backwards until the whistle.   At this point the offense becomes the defense and vice versa.

The two groups drive each other back and forth.   It allows for a lot of reps, smaller groups and a way to keep a better eye on each individual’s technique.

No Cones Drill
This is my most popular drill with the players. I take 5 or 6 drive way markers (reflectors on a 3ft fiberglass pole) & set them up in zig zag patern about 5 yrds apart. This gives the boys a target to get their hips around.

I feel it works better than the cones and they can’t just step over it. Good cut drill strengthens the ankles & hips. You can also add ball carrying along with pass drills.