Tackling Without Tackling – The Technique of the Takedown
One of the most important parts of tackling has nothing to do with physical contact, and everything to do positioning and a player’s ability to react to the offensive player. Learning
Football Drills
Quarterback Drills – Waggle Drill for Quarterbacks & Number Drill
Try these two quarterback drills with your teams. The first one, the Waggle Drill, is to get the QB used to snapping head around quick after sweep fake to read the block of the pulling guard(s). The second drill, the Number drill, helps the quarterback spot his receivers quickly.
Fun Football Drills – King of the Ring & Hot Potato Drill
Are you looking for fun football drills to liven up practices? You’ve come to the right place! Try these two drills below and let me know how they work for you and your teams.
Youth Football Drills – Modified Sumo Drill
We call this drill the Modified Sumo drill due to the similarity with sumo wrestling of trying to get the opposition out of the ring. It swrks great for coaching fundamentals because it allows us to give immediate one on one feedback on technique.
Line Backer Blitz Walk-through Drill
The goal of this drill is to get the LB's into position as quickly as possible and watching the football. This drill is designed for a 5-3 or a 4-4 defense.
Youth Football Drills – Handlebars & Hamburgers Drill
This drill is for the younger kids around 6 to 9 years of age. I do a drill for the offensive line called handlebars and hamburgers. It helps keep the kids interested and makes it fun for them.
Receiver Drills for Football – The Distraction Drill
My idea for a practice drill is one that I call the distraction drill. It is a drill for wide receivers where there are two lines of receivers.
Football Blocking Drills for Timid or New Players
I came up with this blocking drill for my players who were (1) starting football for the 1st time or (2) were timid about hitting. Every team has players who are afraid to hit.
Youth Defensive Linemen Drill
Here is one of our favorite drills for youth defensive linemen (Ages 11-14).
Football Development Drills – Passing Drills
We work on passing skills as often as we can. These drills help younger players with ball control and more seasoned players can hone their skills. The first drill works on long and short passing and the Passing game helps you to assess abilities and quickness.
Running Back Drill
I have my running backs do this drill as often as possible. It works on several issues at the same time.
Football Training Drills – Progression Tackling Drill
For years, I have struggled to teach tackling. Because breakdown is such a huge part of tackling, it's tough to get the athletes to associate the marriage between breakdown, momentum, control, and form. Here is a drill i started doing and has huge impact on how we approach ball carriers.
Defensive Football Drills – Defensive End, Receivers and Tight Ends
Could you use some fresh ideas for defensive drills for your team? Here are two drills that you can use for all of your defensive players--defensive end and for receivers and tight ends.
Defensive Football Drills – Angle Pursuit Drill
This is one of the defensive football drills that I like to run for pursuit angles.
Flag Football Drill
While coaching elementary flag football one of the hardest things to get my flag football players to do was to run north and south rather than east and west.
Quarterback & Running Back Drill
I had racked my brain to get my backs to lead block out of the backfield and "go full speed" off the snap. Most plays at this level, I have learned, are sweeps and/or misdirection sweeps and the fastest kids around the end win. My resolves - A drill just for QB and Running Backs.
Football Training Drill – Thunder Ball
We call this training drill - "THUNDER BALL". It's like a good old fashion game of touch football but with a little twist. It's almost like half court basketball because we try to run the game very quickly and don't give the boys any rest in between plays. It's fast paced and the boys love it.
Offensive Blocking – Updated Old Plank Drill
My primary issue has been adding some excitement to the seemingly boring task of offensive blocking. Recently I achieved some moderate success taking the players through a modified version of the old plank drill.