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Coaching kids at the 60 pound level (5-6 year olds) I noticed that one thing the kids like to do is block in the back on a long gainer. I came up with the following ideas for [tag]youth football blocking drills[/tag] to correct this.

The goal of this [tag]football drill[/tag] is to help them remember to not block in the back.

  • Line the kids up in front of a [tag]football coach[/tag] holding a dummy.
  • Have another coach with a stand up dummy, that has a picture of a helmet on one side, lined up about 5-10 yards down field from the first dummy.
  • On the word “go”, the player blocks the first dummy for about 3 seconds, then peels off and goes after the second dummy.
  • The coach can either keep the helmet side facing the player or suddenly turn the dummy so the “back” of the dummy faces the [tag]football[/tag] player.
  • If the helmet is facing the player, he blocks the dummy.
  • If the helmet is not facing the player, he runs past the dummy.
  • If the player hits the dummy while the helmet side is facing away from him, he has to do 5 push-ups.

After a few times through this drill, most players learn not to hit the dummy in the “back”. Our blocking in the back penalties decreased dramatically since I came up with this drill.

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