Quarterback Drills – Footwork & Arm Strength
If you're looking for preseason football quarterback drills, try this one for improved footwork skills and arm strength.
Football Coaching
Football Offense – Scoop and Go Drill
This is one of my team's favorite football offense drills. We call it the Scoop and Go Drill.
Football Defense – Wave Drill
For our football defense, we like to use a wave drill to teach pursuit and change of direction. We didn't feel we were "changing direction" well, so implemented this to help the players move better, keep pad level down when doing so, and coach hustle and pursuit.
Football Training Drills – Pursuit Drill
We use these football training drills to teach all our defensive guys how to take good pursuit angles and that,if done right, you should have a nice straight line with players right next to each other.
Football Coaching – Tips for Footwork
This is the type of information the young players need to be shown starting in youth football. Save these tips for your football coaching files; they are simple and very effective!
Football Offense – Handoff Drill
One of the football offense drills that I like to use is a handoff drill. This football drill also helps with conditioning, and the kids don't get bored with conditioning.
Football Lineman Drills – 2 Level Blocking Drill
We start these football lineman drills with an O linemen and a D linemen in a three point across from each other. There is a second line 5 yards back to represent the line-backers, in the up position.
Coaching Youth Football – Deciding Player Positions
While coaching youth football, I've noticed that many of the football coaches will decide very early on in the season where each child will play (often before games even start) and not revisit the idea during the entire football season.
Defensive Drills for Football – Defensive PURSUIT Drill
This is one of the defensive drills for football that I use often. I call it "PURSUIT" but I understand there are other football drills called this as well. The variation I run is with the defensive unit.
Football Spread Offense – “FEET IN THE HOLE”
This football spread offense drill focuses on teaching the inside trap whether for the wing T or the spread; backs have to read "feet in the hole".
Football Conditioning Drills – Sports Specific Warm-Up
The idea for these football conditioning drills is to reduce the pre-practice warm-up time and use sports specific skills while doing so. We came up with this sports specific warm-up football drill and it only takes 15 minutes.
Free Lineman Football Drills – The Circle Drill
If you're looking for free lineman football drills, give these two a try. We use these often, the players love them and the results are immediate.
Conditioning Drills for Football – Dynamic Warm Up
I tried a new method for my conditioning drills for football this year. I had my team do pre-game warm up football drills in the gym before we went out on the field.
Fun Football Drills – End of Week Reward Drill
If you're looking for fun football drills for your team, here's a fun football drill--one that kids love, even 17 years old!
Running Back Football Drills
Here is one of the running back football drills we use frequently. It helps for footwork, ball control, and thought processing.
Defensive Football Drills – The Shuffle-Carioca-Explode Drill
I have many good defensive football drills for kids who are just learning how to tackle to get them to explode through the tackle without thinking about it. This one is called the Shuffle-Carioca-Explode drill.
Football Tackling Drills – Form Tackle Drill
When we are working on football tackling drills we always run a form tackle drill prior to a "live" tackle drill to refresh and promote proper form during "live" drills.
Coaching Youth Football – Defensive Backs and Running Backs
If you are coaching youth football, I know you are continuously searching for drills and tips to keep your practices fresh. Here are two football drills that work well for me. Give them a try and let me know how they work for you.