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Football Drills

Developing fundamental skills is the most important job of the football coach. In this section, we will break down a series of simple, fun and effective football drills designed to engage your kids in practice and rapidly improve their skill level. You will find dozens of proven techniques and strategies designed to work with all ages and ability levels.

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Football Linebacker Drills – Contact Drill & Back Pedal Drill

Here are two football linebacker drills. The first drill is for offensive and defensive linemen.   It is great for younger players especially to get them used to contact.  

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Football Training Drills – Quick Hands Drill

This is one of the football training drills I use to work on offense.   This quick hands drill is a good football drill for your quarterback and their work

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Youth Football Coaching Drills – Red Rover and Sharks & Minnows

Try these youth football coaching drills to keep your younger players engaged and motivated. Keep your practices fun and the results will speak for themselves. Tackling Sharks & Minnows One of the

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Line Backer Football Drills – 4 on 4 Drill

About twice a week we use these line backer football drills. This is a great drill to see blocking, DL and LB techniques, and tackling.   We call it the

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Youth Football Drills – 4th Quarter Conditioning

Here is one of the youth football drills I used when I was coaching a team of boys 9-10yrs old.   We not only practiced hard but the boys "loved"

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Football Training Drills – The Gauntlet

This is one of the football training drills we have started using;we call it the gauntlet.   It may not be original but it is a great one to incorporate

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Football Basic Drills – Sharks & Minnows

I transformed a soccer drill into a tackle football drill.   The soccer drill is called Shark and Minnows.   To save time explaining, here is how I intend to

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Defensive Tackle Football Drills – Variation on the Oklahoman Drill

I'm a big believer in a "back to basics" approach to coaching. These defensive tackle football drills helps with practicing lateral motion and tackling technique. They also helps players to understand

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Football Drills – Drive Block Footwork

In this video, we review the footwork pattern involved in a drive block. These key football drills and pointers will set your team up for success. If you enjoy the video,

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Ideas on Coaching Football – Foot Fire Drill

Here are some ideas on coaching football that I use not only with my wide receivers, tight ends but with the entire team. The first drill for wide receivers will

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Youth Football Coaching Drills – O-Line Drill

If you need some new ideas for youth football coaching drills,here is an excellent offensive line drill for younger football players. I've used this with a team of 8 year olds and it worked well!

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Running Back Practice Drills – The Gauntlet

One of my favorite running back practice drills is the gauntlet. This drill emphasizes   proper technique for transitioning the ball as well as protecting it. The Gauntlet I have everyone except

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Youth Football Offensive Line Drills – Quick Release Drill

At the middle school level of play, we see quarterbacks struggle getting the pass off either in time, or in proper throwing motion. So, we have developed some of our own youth football offensive line drills to address this.

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Football Defense – Team Run Pursuit Drill

I coach a 3-3-5 or 3-5-3 football defense. This is the Run pursuit drill I like to use.

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Football Offensive Lineman Drill – First Step is the Best Step

This football offensive lineman drill teaches young lineman to use the correct first step, the value of knowing the count,and the fact that it does not take much to make a good crease. I call this drill First step is the best step.

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Football Practice Drills – Receiver Drill

This is one of the football practice drills that I have used to add some fun to receiver breakout practice.

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Tackling Drills Football – Conditioning & Proper Tackling

Here are two tackling drills football that also work on conditioning and competition. These give you the chance to reinforce correct tackling procedures. Only use the second drill after the correct tackling procedure has been taught, and once the staff is convinced the tackling procedure is correct.

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Football Conditioning Drills – Fatigue Fighter

I attempt to be creative when planning my practice plans for the week. I try to change things up frequently, make the drills fun, competitive in position and team drills. This is one of the football conditioning drills I enjoy AND so do my players.

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