Coaching Football Defense – 8 Cone Drill

When my focus is on coaching football defense I use the following football drill. It is good as a conditioning drill as well as a tackling/blocking football drill.

8 CONE DRILL

Use four lines of players with cones 5 yards apart.
At the whistle, everyone runs to the opposite cone, touches it and comes out to do their job. The ball carrier can only run within the boundaries of the cones and reads the block of his lineman to determine the best route to take. The good blockers usually hit the first defender and move on to the second defender. The tacklers get rid of the blocker and tackle the ball carrier before he reaches the last cones (touchdown).

This is a very fast paced football drill ! As soon as a tackle or touchdown is made the players get out of the way because the next group of (4) are being whistled to begin. Players exit the drill and go to the back of the next line over.

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