Football Drills for Kids – Down Stances for Peewee Football

I’ve found one of the hardest things as a pee wee football coach is to teach the kids a stance they can launch from. It doesn’t matter how many drills you know, they need help learning how to stay in their stance.

I’ve pushed, pulled, bumped, and nudged them in their stances only to find them leveled on the line. So I decided to have them get in their stance 3 or 4 point and put my hand on their helmet. As they look up from their stance at me I can see first hand how they go.

If they have to put a foot back or side shift their feet or they stand right up I can just push them on their butts. But then I tell them why and what they did. I can have them think about it and adjust before the football moves and our blocking and defensive launching forward has greatly improved.

The idea is they need to be immediately moving forward with my hand on their helmet or any backwards movement or sideways ends with them on their butt.

Category: Football Coaching, Youth Football