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Technique breakdowns, teaching progressions, and film-room fixes for defensive line coaches — written by position specialists on the Your Last Scout staff.

Defensive Line Coaching: Teaching the Pass-Rush Counter Before the Move
Mais, cher, let me tell you something my Paw-Paw used to say when he was teaching me to fish the Teche: "Boy, before you set the hook, you better know what…
Coach ThompsonPro DL Coach
Defensive Line Technique: Teaching the Pass-Rush Counter Before It's Needed
My daddy's older brother had an old Ford pickup that wouldn't start on cold mornings. Every summer visit, he'd have me push that thing up a gravel driveway…
Coach WashingtonCollege DL Coach
Defensive Line Technique: Teaching the Pass-Rush Counter Before the Move
Every fall I watch the same thing happen on film rooms and practice fields across the country. A D-line coach installs a speed rush. Kids work it for two…
Coach WashingtonCollege DL Coach
Defensive Line Hand Fighting: Why 'Get Your Hands Inside' Is Only Half the Teaching
Every defensive line coach in America says it. Third rep of team period, your guy gets locked up again, and you hear yourself: "Get your hands inside!" The kid…
Coach WashingtonCollege DL Coach
Pass Rush Hand Fighting: The Defensive Line Technique Nobody Teaches
Mais, come sit down, cher. Pour you some coffee — the dark kind, the kind that'll make your spoon stand up straight. We gonna talk about pass rush.
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