Coming up with new ideas for [tag]drills for youth football[/tag] can sometimes be a challenge. Here’s a [tag]football linebacker drill[/tag] and a [tag]football coaching tip[/tag] that work well! Give them a try.
From Danny…
This is a [tag]football drill[/tag] that my kids ages 8-11 love to do. We call it the linebacker drill.
You take two cones and put them 10 yards apart.Then take 4 more and line them up as holes,1,2,3,4. Make 2 lines,One on each cone.
One side runs the ball,the other line has to slide down the line read the hole, keep his head on the runner’s inside shoulder and attack the ball carrier.
This teaches them to tackle correct, read correct and not to over play the ball carrier. This also helps the runners vision. My kids love the one on one contact football drills.
From Brent…
This may be pretty basic but I coach [tag]football[/tag] to 5-8 year olds and the 1 thing that changed my whole practice was SPRAY CHALK. For a couple bucks you can get this stuff and put it on the ground anywhere. The best part that it goes away fast.Spray dots, lines or short pass routes and the kids know where they got to run. After a few plays its gone.
