Coaching Youth Football – Goofy Relays

If you’re coaching youth football, you know that it’s important for kids that age to do conditioning work. But, they hate just running sprints. We started doing goofy relay races at the end of football practice – and the kids loved them!

Here’s an example:
Have four “teams” of five football players each.
The first player for each team starts on the goal line.
The next player from each team starts on the 20,
The next player on the 40,
The next player on the opposite 40 and
The last player on the opposite 20.

On the signal, the first player runs a 20 yard sprint going backwards. The next player runs a 20 yard sprint doing a karaoke, the next player runs a 20 yard sprint doing high knees, the next player runs a 20 yard sprint doing butt kicks and the last player runs a straight 20 yard sprint.

The kids love cheering on their team and don’t even notice that they are doing conditioning football drills. You can have them run the relay as many times as you like.

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