Football Tutorials

Catching Drills for Football – Wide Receiver Drill

This is one of the classic but effective catching drills for football we use. It is excellent for your wide receivers; we call it the Adjust Drill.

Football Tackling Drills – Progression of Tackling Drills

I have been coaching ages from 6 years old up to 15 and as a defensive coach I always emphasize the proper tackling form. For this matter I use a progression of football tackling drills as follows: The 3 are very well known drills, but drill number 3 has a small "twist" that has made it MUCH MORE effective for my tacklers.

Football Training Drills – Tuck the Ball and Fumble Drill

Here are a couple of football training drills that are perfect for your wide receivers. They emphasize ball control, route running and body control.

Coaching Youth Football – Player-Parent Expectations

If you're coaching youth football you know that all kids, it seems, want to play a position other than the one theyâ€™re assigned by their coaches.

Football Linemen Drills – Offensive Line Drill

I have used these football linemen drills at both the youth level and the high school level and they work equally well at both levels. This drill works on getting off on the count, getting out of stance, pulling technique, footwork and quickness in general.

Football Coaching Drills – Fire Out and Sweep

Here are a couple of my favorite football coaching drills. We fit these in as often as possible; quick and effective.

Wide Receiver Drills – Football Receiver Drill

The objective of these wide receiver drills are to teach players how to catch the ball at the sidelines.

Conditioning Drills for Football

This is one of the conditioning drills for football I modified and use because it teaches several proper techniques and works the cardio. Typically used for defensive backs and linebackers but it is good for all players!

Football Tackling Drills – The Island & Angle Tackling

Here are two football tackling drills we use frequently. The Island is a modified Oklahoma and helps players who may be timid about tackling. The Angle Tackling Drill is one the players love.

Pre-Season Drills for Football

Try these ideas for pre-season drills for football. After pre-season practice, when 2x days are over, begin practicing team time the entire practice.

Football Coaching – Receiver Drill for Youth and Older

This football coaching drill is for youth receivers and older. It helps them learn proper hand position for the three types of catches they basically ever need to make and it makes a good warm up drill as well.

Football Defensive Drills – Defense to Offense Competition Drill

These football defensive drills are fun, work on pursuit defense to offense, and how to plant correctly for offensive players. This is a competition which everyone gets excited about.

Football Trick Plays – Fake Pass Play

This is one of the football trick plays that my running back coach uses. The emphasis here is teaching the running backs to learn how to fake hand offs.

Football Offensive Plays – Double Wing Over Load Right

This is one of the football offensive plays we like. We call it: Double Wing Over Load Right. If your team runs the Double Wing, Power-I or a Wing-T offensive set and you are faced with a 3rd and 10 or 4th and 10, this play will surprise the defense and get you the yards needed for a first down or more.

Football Coaching – Lead by Example

The best football coaching tip I can give to a younger or newer football coach is that I have found out that when I participate in calisthenics, warm-ups, and sprints with my players, I get a lot better effort from them in these necessary and essential parts of football practice.

Football Coaching