Building the Best Defensive Linemen

When building the best defensive lineman, you have to think outside the box of traditional training. You have to be innovative in your training program as much as you are in your defensive stunts. The following are a few of the defensive linemen drills we use with some of our clients that include such names as Tommie Harris (University of Oklahoma), Casey Hampton (Steelers), Shaun Rogers (Lions), Julius Peppers (Panthers), Indi Kalu (Eagles), Jerry McDougle (Eagles), Hollis Thomas (Eagles), Corey Redding (Lions) and Jordan Black (Chiefs), just to name a few. To begin, you must first understand the factors that determine the success of a defensive lineman: size, power, reaction and determination. Although we can’t teach size and determination, we can improve power and reaction. Yet in today’s defensive lineman training, the only true position specific drill we do for this position is