Football for Youth

Looking for drills for [tag]football for youth[/tag]?   You’ve come to the right place!   Try out this idea below and let me know how it goes for you.

From Larry”¦
Sometimes in [tag]youth[/tag] [tag]football[/tag], the kids come in flat before the game.   Last year I used a football [tag]drill[/tag] I called “The Samurai”.

I divided my 36 kids into 4 groups of 9.   I gave the last kid in each line a football; then pulled the first kid in line out 5 yards, and had him face the rest of his line.   He was the “Samurai”.   I had all the kids start pumping their legs and after each blow of the the whistle, would deliver a blow to the Samurai.   He would be in a linebacker’s position, and his responsibility was to return the favor as well as shed the [tag]block[/tag].   I would blow the whistle in about 5 second intervals.

After taking on the first 8 men, he finally got the reward of [tag]tackling[/tag] the last kid in line.   He would then go to the end of the line.   Repeat this drill through the entire line so everyone got a chance to be “The Samurai” half-way through the season.

Doing the same boring calestenics and stretches before each game, we needed something to fire them up and it worked rather well.