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Football Practice Drills – Combo Block Drill
Vinny in Michigan came up with a great suggestion for football practice drills. Give this one a try and let me know how it goes for you.
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Football Practice Drills – Fumble Recovery Drill and Easter Egg Hunt Drill
Here are two of my favorite football practice drills. The first one is a fumble recovery drill. The second is a defensive football drill to help my players ha…
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Football Practice Drills – Half Side Offense vs Defense
This is a great full speed football practice drill that only involves select members of the offense and defense.
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Football Practice Drills – Hit the Bag Drill
I’ve gotten a whole bunch of requests for football practice drills over the past few days. Here’s an idea that one of my subscribers sent sent to me.
- Football Practice Drills – Hurdles and Tractor Pulls Here are a couple of ideas for football practice drills to use with your teams. One helps to take the boredom out of regular football drills and the other is c…
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Football Practice Drills – Jersey Pull
For years we struggled with how to get our running backs to “run down hill”. We came up with some simple, but effective football practice drills that we do at e…
- Football Practice Drills – Linebacker Drill This is one of the football practice drills I use for defensive backs and linebackers that works on multiple things at once.
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Football Practice Drills – Lock and Load
Eddie, one of my subscribers, came up with this great suggestion for football practice drills. Keep ‘em coming!
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Football Practice Drills – Lone Ranger Drill
If you’re looking for fresh ideas for football practice drills, try this football drill; it is called the Lone Ranger Drill.
- Football Practice Drills – Pursuit Drill One of my favorite football practice drills I learned in college;it’s is a pursuit drill. I’ve taken parts I liked and added more.
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Football Practice Drills – Razorback Running Back Drill
I’ve added these football practice drills to our practice plans this season. They are simple and bring immediate results. The first drill is designed for ru…
- Football Practice Drills – Receiver Drill This is one of the football practice drills that I have used to add some fun to receiver breakout practice.
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Football Practice Drills – Receiver Drills
I got the inspiration for these football drills from Steve, one of my subscribers. It includes some fresh ideas for football practice drills. Try them out and …
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Football Practice Drills – Soul Train
Here is one of the football practice drills that I use sometimes when we need a change in the conditioning part. We call this the “Soul Train” drill.
- Football Practice Drills – Tackling Drill and Fumble Recovery These football practice drills are for tackling and another for fumble recovery. Your younger players enjoy the tackling drill because of the contact and it is …
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Football Practice Drills – The Breakdown Drill
The Breakdown Drill is one of the best football practice drills to teach the crucial and difficult task of kick coverage. It teaches proper breakdown position a…
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Football Practice Drills – The Riccochet Drill
I’ve gotten a whole bunch of requests for football practice drills over the past few days. Here are some football drills that Jeff sent to me. I’ve included…
- Football Practice Drills – The Scout Run & Elbows In Try these two football practice drills for a change in routine. The first one works well with your younger players and the next tip is for any age–time tested …
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Football Practice Drills – The Shed Drill
These are football practice drills for teaching players to stay low, shed multiple blocks, stand their ground, find the ball carrier, and most importantly get e…
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Football Practice Drills – The Volleyball Drill
Don’t let the name of these football practice drills confuse you. We can all benefit from techniques of other sports and apply them to our own needs.
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Football Practice Drills – Tip Drill
This football practice drill can be used at any level for developing concentration and reaction skills.
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Football Practice Drills – Ultimate Football
Take a look at this submission from Aaron, one of my subscribers. A great idea for football practice drills that can work with all age groups.
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Football Practice Equipment
Looking for football practice equipment? Here is a unique item you may not have thought of but it works and is easy to find! Try out this idea below that Joe s…
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Football Practice Plan – Sudden Change, Iron Man, & LIVE Drill
When you are making your football practice plan, try the drills below to liven things up. These are three of my favorite football drills. Sudden Change This i…
- Football Practice Plans – All In One Football Drill If you’re looking for a high intensity, game situation football drill for running, blocking and tackling, try this all in one drill. It is a football practice …
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Football Practice Plans – Circle of Life & Tulsa Drill
During our spring practices, right after our initial stretching/warm-up period at the beginning of practice we have a 5 minute period we call the “Circle of Lif…
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Football Practice Plans – Follow the QB
For one of your football practice plans, try using this football drill. Shadowing the direction of a QB’s pivot helps defensive players read the quarterback …
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Football Practice Plans – Oskie Drill
This is a defensive football drill that I use often in my football practice plans. I use this football drill with our defensive backs.I call it the “Oskie” dri…
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Football Practice Plans – Passing Drill
I find at this level that in passing situations the Quarter Back has to get rid of the football in a hurry; this means receivers have to be ready. Here is one o…
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Football Practice – Breakdown Kick Cover
Remember, special teams is 1/3 of the game, and without a good special teams, your football team could be susceptible to untimely losses. Use this special team…
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Football Practice – Relay Sprints
When you are planning your football practice give this football drill a try. It may be more for youth football but I have used this drill with players from yout…
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Football Practice – Wide Receiver Drills
One of the best ways we can develop the skills to excel in a game situation, is to put our players in a situation much more difficult than anything they would s…
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Football Practices – Inside Runner
It is important for defensive players to understand the advantage of turning a runner back to the inside of the field. Use this drill in your next football pra…
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Football Quarterback Drill – Check Off Pass
Checking downfield and then making the dump pass is a tough skill for many quarterbacks to master. Here is a football quarterback drill that will hone this ski…
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Football Quarterback Drills
One of the most important players – if not the most important player – on any football team is the quarterback. He’s certainly the guy that gets the credit …
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Football Quarterback Drills – Boot-Sprint Out & Throw
John in Syracuse wrote to ask if I could suggest any ideas for football quarterback drills. Try out this idea below and let me know how it goes for you.
Guide · Football Coaching
Football Drills
A football drills library organizes practice work by position and skill so coaches can build purposeful periods instead of random cone drills.
797 football drills with purpose, setup, instructions, and coaching tips.
How to install a youth playbook
- Start with a Beginner workflow or Easy plays.
- Add position drills from the drills library.
- Align language with Football Guides.
- Export a share graphic for your staff chat.