If you are [tag]coaching youth football[/tag], you are probably looking for new ideas for [tag]football drills[/tag].   Give these a try with your team to liven up your [tag]football practices[/tag].

For the O and D Line – we play “Whose the King“.   Pitting two linemen against each other with others lined up behind.   Whoever wins the contest at the line (drives the guy back significantly to where they cannot recover) becomes King.   The King tries to remain the champ for as long as he can.   They seldom can hold it through the entire group as they get tired.

What really works about this [tag]football drill[/tag] is how quick it gets our players to stay low.   They stand up – they lose quick.   Even the smallest linemen learn quickly that staying very low off the line and firing off right on hut, or go works best.   They love being King (at least at the mighty mite level!).

For 5-6 year olds (it seems to keep them involved), highlighting speed & teamwork, we use this relay drill.

Line up into groups with 1/2 of your group on one side of the field and 1/2 of your group on the other (about 20-25 yards). At the whistle have one player from each group run, [tag]football[/tag] in hand, towards the other group flipping the ball to his teammate in the process. The teammate catching the ball then does the same until the winner is announced (a relay of sorts).

I know that this is VERY basic, but allot of fun for 5-6 year olds !