While I was a youth football coach and we would onside kick a lot, especially the younger teams. An effective, high repetition football drill that the kids loved was our "Onside Kick – King of the Hill 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.
Here's a youth football coaching tip for end of the season football practice. You can also turn this around and use it at the beginning of the season, record the results and repeat at the end! Use this to show how far the team came during the season.
Here are a couple of ideas for football practice drills to use with your teams. One helps to take the boredom out of regular football drills and the other is crucial for keeping the whole team fresh on their skills.
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.
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!
We started to incorporate this offensive drill for football into our practice plan 4 years ago, and it has helped us to become more competitive at a higher level. The football drill we use daily is called "run tech".
Here is one of my favorite conditioning drills for football. I use it as a "cool down" drill for the entire team. I like to do at the end of football practice.
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.
Try these fun football blocking drills with your youth football team. After mastering the base stance I turn my focus to teaching body posture during the drive block.
After coaching flag football for a few years now, I've noticed that one of the things a lot of kids do in the beginning is once they get touched, they stop running regardless, even if their flags are still on them. I came up with these flag football drills to address this.
A big part of being a good football defensive player is quickness (your ability to cut off an offensive player, your ability to slide out into the passing lane, etc.). Try these football training drills to increase your quickness; you'll be a better defender.
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.
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.
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.
If you're coaching a youth football team, I'm sure you're always searching for new fun football drills. Here are two football drills that are great ideas to end practice or to end your season!
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".
These football training drills are for receivers and tight ends.