Football Offense Drills – Half Skeleton

The Half Skeleton is a good drill to add to your [tag]footall offense drills[/tag] collection.   This is a good way for beginning [tag]quarterbacks[/tag] to see what their receivers are going to do on each play.

What you need – Set up with just a quarterback, a running back (to one side) and two receivers to one side.   This will represent a half of an offense for the quarterback.

How this [tag]football drill[/tag] works – When the quarterback drops back, he will see what his players are going to do in each situation when a play is called.   At an early age, they don’t always know what is going to happen during each play – because they don’t know the terminology and where to expect their players to be.

Likewise, this is an opportunity for football coaches to show the RB and WR what they are supposed to do on each play.   You can coach the different point on each play so that the players know what they should be doing for those plays.

The reason it   is done in a skeleton form (without anyone else) is so that players can get that extra attention for skill development and so they get the repetition of the play when it works.

[tag]Football[/tag] Coaches should see that players execute all of the fundamentals on the plays that are called:   proper drop back and holding of the ball, proper pass routes and cuts, and then proper delivery of the ball to the receiver.

Result – The half skeleton will give younger players the chance to see and learn what their teammates are doing on a given play, and when there is no pressure.