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Youth Football Drills – Modified Sumo Drill

Youth Football Drills – Modified Sumo Drill

We call this drill the Modified Sumo drill due to the similarity with sumo wrestling of trying to get the opposition out of the ring. It swrks great for coaching fundamentals because it allows us to give immediate one on one feedback on technique.

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Heads Up Linemen Drill

Heads Up Linemen Drill

One drill that has worked great in the years I’ve been coaching is the Heads Up Linemen drill. I’m sure most coaches already do this or a similar drill, but here’s how we run it.

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Hook and Flat

Learning Seams And Soft Spots Against Zone Coverage

A quarterback’s best friend against the zone defense is be a receiver who understands how to just adjust their roots to find seams or soft spots.  That’s why it’s important when your do your route running drills, you set up a game situation – a cover 2, cover 3, any kind of coverage. There are [...]

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Cover 2 Roofline

3 Simple Coverage Reads To Teach Your Quarterback

One of the first things you’ll want to your quarterbacks when it comes to reading coverage, is understanding rooflines. At the lower levels especially, when teams haven’t yet begun to stem their coverages. When your quarterback has the ability to scan the play pre-snap and get an idea of the coverage they’ll be seeing on [...]

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Blocking The Swim Move

Offensive Line Drills – Stopping The Pass Rush

As an offensive lineman, there are 3 or 4 standard moves that you’re going to have to be able to deal with on the pass rush. They all leave defenders exposed in certain areas, and if you are confident and composed, you can learn to use the momentum and movement of the defender against themselves. [...]

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