Last week, I sent out a request for my newsletter subscribers to send in their favorite [tag]running back football drills[/tag]. Check out the drills below (very creative!).
Here are a couple of [tag]football drills[/tag] for running backs. This running game is based on zone principles so these are a couple of drills to use to incorporate the zone.
Drill #1:
The first is a read, cut, spin [tag]football drill[/tag].
Place 3 bags 2 yards apart.
The [tag]football coach[/tag] stands in middle with a stand up dummy.
The running back takes step for zone to the right and/or left and reads which direction the coach leans the bag.
The coach leans the bag when the back gets to the dummy and sinks his hips.
Once the back reads the dummy and sinks his hips he “jump cuts” opposite the side the bag is leaned toward and sprints through the bags where a cone is set and then spins one direction or the other.
Drill #2:
The second [tag]football[/tag] drill is done with a quarterback, fullback, and tailback. We “mesh” our zone to the right or left and the fullback must read his block assignment and the tailback must read the appropriate gap. This teaches the fullback and tailback that unlike most “lead” plays the tailback may not always follow the fullback as they may have different gap reads. The drill is done by using the backs that are not going that play to lean bags representing the fullback and tailback reads. We also use the remaining backs to act as the secondary so our backs have to recognize if it is an “open” (cover 2) or a “closed” (cover 3) coverage and must make the appropriate cut in the secondary.
