Coming up with new ideas for quarterback drills can sometimes be a challenge. Here’s a receiver/quarterback drill to try at your practice.
From Harold,
A receiver/quarterback football drill.
Set 2 cones at 10 yards, 1 yard apart. Place one more cone on each side at 10 yards, 3 yards out from the inside 2 cones. Have one line of receivers run “down and out” or “down and in” patterns. The receiver makes his cut after going throught the 2 cones and must come back in front of the cone 3 yards out. Receivers concentrate on cutting sharply and coming back slightly for the ball. Quarterbacks concentrate on anticipating the cut and crisply putting the ball were the receiver “will be”.
After the receivers and quarterback have the concept, insert a DB or linebacker. The defensive player lines up at 5-7 yards. They practice their back pedal until they read the cut. Then they break on the ball. This cements in the idea to the receivers to cut sharply, not give clues to the pattern and begin utilizing subtle fakes.
Be sure to have the receivers run some “out and up” patterns once the defensive player has been inserted. This will help the defensive player avoid jumping the cut and strengthen the reward for receiver if he “sells” the pattern.
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