Balance Drill for Agility & Footwork
Purpose To improve balance, agility and footwork Drill Setup All players grab a football and spread out so they have plenty of space around them How it Works Players hold ball in irght
Football Practice
Circle the Tires
Purpose To work on agility, speed, and acceleration Drill Setup Setup 4-6 large tractor tires about 4 yards apart Players grab a ball and line up on one end How it Works 1st
6 Tips for Planning an Effective Practice
In today's blog post, I am sharing some tips for putting together an effective football practice plan. 6 Tips for Planning an Effective Practice The key to any successful practice is to: Be
Quarterback Conditioning: Core Strength
In today's blog post, I am featuring a couple of quick quarterback conditioning exercises that a quarterback can do on his own to build up core strength! Quarterback Conditioning: Core Strength Do
Practice Plan Preparation for a Successful Season
In today's blog post, I want to talk about practice plan development and organization. Hopefully you will be able to use some of the tips that I talk about today. I'm
Ultimate Football Plays: Weak I Left Bootleg Right
If you are looking for more great football plays, I have got another killer play for you today! The "Weak I Left Bootleg Right" Football Plays - The Strategy Some QB’s
5 Non-Contact Leverage Circuit Drills
In today's blog post, we are continuing to talk about the leverage circuit, and some fabulous non-contact leverage circuit drills to work on this important aspect of the game. The key
Ultimate Football Plays: Big I Left 24 Counter
If you are looking for more great football plays, I have got another killer play for you today! The "Big I Left 24 Counter" Football Plays - The Strategy If you’ve
Teaching Your QB & Wide Receiver to Read Coverages – Part 2
Today, we are going to continue to talk about football practice plans and teaching the quarterback and wide receiver to read coverages. Remember, one of the reasons you're trying to
5 Effective Warm Ups for Receivers
Today, I'm going to talk about 5 football drills for Receivers, that are great for warmup, and incorporate your quarterbacks as well as receivers. Stance Drill What we're going to emphasize
Quarterbacking: Perfecting Technique and Understanding Fundamentals
Today we're going to talk about two facets of quarterbacking: technique and fundamentals--two things you should focus on during football practice. Throwing the Football: Techniques As we talk about techniques in throwing
Combined Receiver/Defensive Back Football Drill
The good thing about this combined receiver/defensive back drill is that it can mimic game positioning for both DB's and receivers and gets many reps for everyone in a short time.
Football Training Drills – Wind Sprint Alternative & Tackling Drill
Kids hate the wind sprints at the end of practice so why not let them get the benefit of wind sprints while enjoying themselves with this variation. The tackling drill is fast -paced and works well to encourage your non-hitters to give tackling a try.
Football Practice Plan – Warm Ups and Stretching
An important aspect that we changed to improve the team is at the start of the practice, during warm ups. We found our young players were not responding or stretching well enough using our static stretching routine. The kids were too sore or getting hurt in practice. We did 2 things.
Football Blocking Drills for Timid or New Players
I came up with this blocking drill for my players who were (1) starting football for the 1st time or (2) were timid about hitting. Every team has players who are afraid to hit.
Coaching Youth Football – Basic Practice Tips for Youth Teams
I have had the recent opportunity to coach very young players - 7, 8 years old. The biggest mistake I saw, dealt with time management. Too many of the youth coaches are tied to the same routines they went through when they were in high school.
Football Training Drills – Progression Tackling Drill
For years, I have struggled to teach tackling. Because breakdown is such a huge part of tackling, it's tough to get the athletes to associate the marriage between breakdown, momentum, control, and form. Here is a drill i started doing and has huge impact on how we approach ball carriers.
Football Training Drill – Thunder Ball
We call this training drill - "THUNDER BALL". It's like a good old fashion game of touch football but with a little twist. It's almost like half court basketball because we try to run the game very quickly and don't give the boys any rest in between plays. It's fast paced and the boys love it.