This idea for a football conditioning drill for high school football was sent to me by one of my subscribers. Creative adaptation of a basketball drill used for football that is effective and fun!
From Mike
I adapted some old basketball drills along with the routine football drills. It is good for conditioning, hand off skills and hand eye coordination skills.
You divide the football team equal as possible with skilled positions and lineman on each team.
A cone is place 20 yds down field in front of each team. The first runner goes around the cone but on the way back he must put the ball between his legs three times stopped or running pending on his ability. If he drops the ball, he must go back to the cone and start over. Once he gets the three leg passes done, he returns to the next guy who takes the hand off, but he doesn’t run. He passes the ball over his shoulder to the next man and this continues down the line until the last man in line gets the ball. He then runs and repeats the same sequence until the last hand off to the last guy who now must run to the cone and then finish; however, now every step the ball must pass between his legs. Of course you want a receiver. RB or QB as your last guy.
You can also make this football conditioning drill work by making the players do every other (over shoulder under the crotch) until the last guy in line gets the ball and starts to run. This will add a little more difficulty. If the ball ever touches the ground whatever the skill is started again . If the ball is dropped half way back over the shoulder the ball goes back to the front of the line and the over under is started again. If the hand off is fumbled the player must go back to the cone take 3 under the leg passes and run to the handoff spot again.
As stated before, this drill works on great hand eye coordination, hand off skills, and conditioning. The kids have fun as they love to compete against each other.
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