Youth Football Drills – The Tornado

We had many youth football drills that we practiced with our tiny mite football team, but if I had to pick one that works on almost everything, it would be the “Tornado”. Don’t forget, this football drill is for the younger age group.

The tornado goes like this :

The team lines up side by side, facing the opposing end zone.
A football coach stands behind them, and throws the football to a desired location, long, short, it doesn’t matter both are good.
The players then run to the ball and jump on it like it was a fumble.
The player that gets it, stays at that location for the next round and blocks whom ever he chooses.
The next player that gets it stays and also blocks, and so on until everyone has retrieved the ball.

This was a great drill for us because, at the end of it, the player who got the ball first owed me only 1 push up. The second kid owed me 2, all the way to 14. This football drill works on several skills–running, blocking, avoidance, ball location, closing in, and determination.

This put initiative in the team. It’s not easy for a 6 year old to do 14 push ups. It made them strong mentally and physically.

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