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Youth Flag Football – Blocking Drill

I recently coached a youth flag football team for the first time! The kids were 5 and 6 year olds and quite a challenge! In our league, blocking is done by just guarding, as in basketball. The kids weren't really getting it.

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Youth Football Drills – The Tornado

We had many youth football drills that we practiced with our tiny mite football team, but if I had to pick one that works on almost everything, it would be the "Tornado". Don't forget, this football drill is for the younger age group.

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Football Practice Drills – Jersey Pull

For years we struggled with how to get our running backs to "run down hill". We came up with some simple, but effective football practice drills that we do at every practice, without fail. We do this football drill during our position warm up (we dropped team warm ups early on).

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