Youth Football Practice Drills – Team Challenges

I have started doing what I call “Team Challenges” to keep practice fun.   My focus is to keep practice fun. I believe if it’s fun the boys will work harder and I want football to be a positive experience.

Team Challenges
Challenge 1:
Split the team into two teams.Give them a practice dummy and a football.
They line up on the goal line and have to carry the dummy to the five yard line and then run back.
Tag the next guy who then runs out and gets the bag and brings it back.
The next one in line goes with the football and puts it on the ten yard line then runs back tags the next player. He gets the football and brings it back and so on out to the 40 and then back.
This drill helps with conditioning and keeps the boys competitive.

Challenge 2 is with 2 tractor tires:
Have the boys start on the goal line.
They flip the tire 10 yards then back to the goal line.
Tag the next guy who takes it for the length of the field.
The boys enjoy it and it breaks up the monotony of practice.