What is Football Coaching – Receiver Drill for Youth and Older?
Football Coaching – Receiver Drill for Youth and Older is a free football drill on FantasyHQ’s Football Coaching hub for football coaching work. Use the setup notes and coaching cues below to add it to this week’s practice plan.
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How to run this drill
Football Coaching – Receiver Drill for Youth and Older is built for youth, high-school, and volunteer coaches who need clear drill language — not a random cone circuit. Beginners can install the first progression; experienced staffs can layer competition.
- Read the purpose once, then walk the setup on air before live tempo.
- Demonstrate one clean rep so players see landmarks, pad level, and finish.
- Run short competitive periods — quality reps beat long lines.
- Close with one coaching cue players can repeat in the huddle next period.
Full drill
This [tag]football coaching[/tag] drill is for youth receivers and older. It helps them learn proper hand position for the three types of catches they basically ever need to make and it makes a good warm up drill as well.
Simply have two players stand facing each other about 8 yards apart. They throw the [tag]football[/tag] to each other aiming for 5 spots. The first three have the players facing each other and the throws are 1. high right, 2. high left and 3. low center…basically at 2 o’clock, 10 o’clock and 6 o’clock. The player has thumbs together (triangle) for 2 and 10 and pinkies together for 6 o’clock. With fingers spread and looking the ball in. They do this for 2-3 minutes and then switch to an over the shoulder catch. Now the receiver turns their back to the passer, slightly opened up to the shoulder the ball will come over. The idea is to learn to catch balls thrown over the shoulder (post, corner, up) with pinkies together and fingers spread, looking the ball in. They pass back and forth to one shoulder and switch to the other shoulder so both sides are developed. This is key…many times receivers have a strong side and a weak side and we want to develop both.
You start slow and as they learn proper hand positioning the drill can go very quickly. You can get a lot of catches in over a few minutes.
Football Coaching – Receiver Drill for Youth and Older FAQ
- What is the Football Coaching – Receiver Drill for Youth and Older drill?
- Football Coaching – Receiver Drill for Youth and Older is a free football drill on FantasyHQ’s Football Coaching hub for football coaching work. Use the setup notes and coaching cues below to add it to this week’s practice plan.
- Who should use this football drill?
- Football Coaching – Receiver Drill for Youth and Older is built for youth, high-school, and volunteer coaches who need clear drill language — not a random cone circuit. Beginners can install the first progression; experienced staffs can layer competition.
- How do I run Football Coaching – Receiver Drill for Youth and Older in practice?
- Read the purpose once, then walk the setup on air before live tempo. Demonstrate one clean rep so players see landmarks, pad level, and finish. Run short competitive periods — quality reps beat long lines.
- Is this drill free?
- Yes. Browse FantasyHQ football drills, youth plays, and coaching guides free on Football Coaching.
