Tag: "football coaching"

5-Step Drop

Football Drills to Effectively Utilize the Drop Pass

In today’s video blog, we are discussing 2 great plays that allow us to send our receivers upfield a little deeper before they have to break to their different routes.  When running these  football drills in your practice, you can learn to adjust the depth that your quarterback drops back and increase your fielders time [...]

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Video: Defensive Back Drill – The Buddy Drill

Video: Defensive Back Drill – The Buddy Drill

This defensive back drill is very helpful with teaching defensive backs to read the quarterback, get their eyes inside, read the front shoulder and transition their feet. It also helps build an understanding of the opportunities to pick the ball or intercept it. Picking the Ball Off I call this our Buddy Drill, and I [...]

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5 Pass Rush Drills for the Defensive Linemen

5 Pass Rush Drills for the Defensive Linemen

The use of the Gilman tall pop-ups is very fundamental to our pass rush drill training. After we’ve done all the basic things – drills, footwork – we transition to this full-speed drill set. This drill set combines conditioning, great take-off, good body turn and use of the hands. Pass Rush Drill Set Breakdown You [...]

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Three-Point Stance

Going Over the Basics: Stances

During today’s blog post, we’re going to talk about two different youth football stances that each of your players should be familiar with. Three-Point Stance The first thing you’ve got to start with in football is how in the world do you get out of your football stance. In offensive pass blocking, there are two [...]

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Running Backs and Ball Security

Running Backs and Ball Security

When you’re coaching football, you want to talk to your running backs about the importance of ball security. We start with the smallest fundamentals, like ball security. You take care of the little things, and the big things will take care of themselves. Grip and Hold If you’re going to run the football, you have [...]

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