Quick reactions and the ability to find and collect the ball in the air is a good skill to work on in [tag]spring football practices[/tag] for [tag]receivers[/tag] and backs.
What you need – 5 players and 3 footballs. The set up for this drill is shown below.
R
O
How this drill works – This is a [tag]football[/tag] [tag]drill[/tag] that works on hand quickness and the ability to find and catch the ball. Balls start at the R, G and W positions to begin the drill. Here’s how it goes. R starts the drill by [tag]passing[/tag] to O, and looks to receive from B.
At the same time, O passes to G and G decides to pass to W or B. W or B (whichever has the ball) will pass back up to R again. It should make a continuous passing between the all of the players. The passes should not be option-type tosses – they need to be passes.
The quicker your receivers can get at this drill they better they will become. You can switch the players every 20 total catches, so about 6 times through the drill. Reward the players if they can make it through the entire drill without a dropped pass.
Result – You will notice the improvement in the hand and eye coordination of your receivers, and their ability to locate the ball quickly and then focus on making the [tag]catch[/tag].
