Special thanks to Maurice and to Steve for sending these football drills to me. If you’ve looking for some fresh ideas try these free conditioning football drills!
From Maurice – Tennis Balls
I coach youngsters in Pop-Warner and one of the things I rely on a lot is a tennis ball.
Especially for the running backs. I make them practice with it tucked between their bicep and forearm. It teaches them the proper way to hold the football. As you know they have a tendency to run with it out to their side and not tight against their ribcage.
You can also use it for line drills–where they fire out to catch a dropping ball. Wide receivers too -I make them catch tennis balls sometimes to increase their hand eye coordination.
From Steve – The Rabbit
I coach an 89er team and found a fun game to play at the end of practice “The Rabbit”.
I will choose a kid who has had a good practice to be the rabbit. I will the have the rabbit get 5 to 8 yards ahead of the line depending on that kid’s speed. I then choose a cadence to have eveybody take off on. If someone jumps the rabbit sound off 10 pushups for everyone to do. If 1 kid catches the rabbit before the end of sprint (40 yds) they get to be the rabbit.
The kids love it and don’t really know that they are conditioning themselves!
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