Category: Football Coaching

Football Development Drills – Passing Drills

We work on passing skills as often as we can. These drills help younger players with ball control and more seasoned players can hone their skills. The first drill works on long and short passing and the Passing game helps you to assess abilities and quickness.

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Offensive Line Progression Drill

We use this offfensive line progression drill a lot to make sure our team knows that offensive line play is very important to us as a team. Everyone understands the concept and can substitute when required–even if they are a defensive player.

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Heads Up Linemen Drill

Heads Up Linemen Drill

One drill that has worked great in the years I’ve been coaching is the Heads Up Linemen drill. I’m sure most coaches already do this or a similar drill, but here’s how we run it.

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Football Conditioning Drills – 5 Minute Box Drill

Our most effective conditioning drill is our 5 minute conditioning “box drill”. 5 Minute Box Drill 4 cones make a box 20 yards x 20 x 20 x 20. The kids form a line at one of the cones. On “go” the first player sprints 20 yards to the first cone, then karaokes to the [...]

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Early Season Drill to Assess Players Skill Level

I like to run this drill the first few practices of the season to identify who my ball handlers will be for that year. It is called “Deer Hunter”.

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