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Free Online Football Drills – Cutback Drill
Being able to find the cutback lane when the outside looks stuffed, is a great trait for a running back to learn. Here are free online football drills for your…
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Free Youth Football Coaching Drills – Practice Stations
I’ve gotten a whole bunch of requests for free youth football coaching drills over the past few weeks. Here’s an idea that Thomas in Canada sent in.
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Free Youth Football Conditioning Drills
Looking for free youth football conditioning drills? You’ve come to the right place! Try out this idea below and let me know how it goes for you.
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Free Youth Football Drill
Mike in Dallas emailed me looking for a free youth football drill to use with his grade school team. Here are a couple of football drills that have been sent t…
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Free Youth Football Drills – The Worm
These free youth football drills might be more effective for younger players – but you can always give it a try with the older ones. This football drill is a…
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Fumble Prevention : How to Stop Fumbling The Football
The other day we had a look at drills to help you recover fumbles, and today we’re going to have a look at how to prevent them. There are three different stages…
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Fumbles are Forbidden! – Handoff Technique Drill
One of the most important basic skills for your running backs is one in which I give zero margin for error. Receiving the handoffs properly is absolutely vital,…
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Fun Drills for Youth Football
James sent in these drills for youth football that he uses with his team. Give this offensive line drill a try with your team and watch the improvements.
- Fun Football Blocking Drills for Kids – Body Posture & Drive Blocking Try these fun football blocking drills with your youth football team. After mastering the base stance I turn my focus to teaching body posture during the drive …
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Fun Football Blocking Drills – The Board Drill
These are fun football blocking drills that I’ve used repeatedly over the years. We used to call it the Board drill because we would put down a 4 foot long 2 X …
- Fun Football Drills – End of Week Reward Drill If you’re looking for fun football drills for your team, here’s a fun football drill–one that kids love, even 17 years old!
- Fun Football Drills – Ideas for Practice Scrimmages If you’re coaching a youth football team, I’m sure you’re always searching for new fun football drills. Here are two football drills that are great ideas to en…
- Fun Football Drills – King of the Ring & Hot Potato Drill Are you looking for fun football drills to liven up practices? You’ve come to the right place! Try these two drills below and let me know how they work for y…
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Fun Football Drills – Motivating Youth Practice Drills
When coaching 9 and 10 year olds, a big problem is keeping them motivated while doing the football drills that are necessary from them to get better. It is key…
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Game Speed Catches
Purpose Improving catching ability in a variety of situations Drill Setup Setup 2 coaches facing each other 10 yards apart, each with several footballs Player p…
- Gap On Linebacker Drill Try these football lineman drills at your next practice. This football drill for your offensive line will improve skills and help you create a winning team.
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Gauntlet
Purpose To emphasize ball security and running with power and balance. Set Up You’ll need 9 players to help, a QB, and a line of ball carriers. The first 4 play…
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Get Your Linebackers Ready to Tackle with These Drills
Today, we’re going to go over a variety of linebacker drills focusing on developing tackling skills (which is an important skill for every linebacker!). Form-Fi…
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Getting Four Man Pressure – Defensive Line Drills
It doesn’t matter how great your coverage is, if you can’t get good pressure on the quarterback, your defense will suffer. And while a well-timed blitz will usu…
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Globetrotter Drill
Here’s a great drill to teach players to focus in on the football, to keep nice soft hands, and to always be aware of their surroundings.
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Good Football Coach – Blitz Pick Up
Seeing the blitz and learning to pick it up is an important attribute for a good running back. As a good football coach, you should use this drill to hone the …
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Great Football Plays – 3 Step, Look and Fire
Quick drops and then release are important for quick timing pass plays. Holding on to the ball is going to disrupt timing. This is one of the great football p…
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Head Coach Football – Hat on Dummy
This is a full-speed drill that any head coach football will want to add to their practices. This football drill will assist offensive linemen in learning to p…
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Heads Up Linemen Drill
One drill that has worked great in the years I’ve been coaching is the Heads Up Linemen drill. I’m sure most coaches already do this or a similar drill, but he…
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Hide and Seek Drill
This drill works on a receivers ability to come back to the ball, find a throwing lane, and catch the ball.
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High School Coaching – Zone Recognition
A great football drill for high school coaching is called zone recognition. Defensive backs and linebackers can help their defensive teammates by calling out w…
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High School Football Coach – Outside Push
The quickest way to the QB is through the middle, that’s why pushing out is the most important on pass protection. As a high school football coach, use this …
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High School Football Coaching Staff
One of the high school football coaching staff, Corey, sent in this offensive line drill. Here’s a simple football drill that will pay huge dividends with yo…
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High School Football Coaching – Quick Slant
If high school football coaching is your job, this is a great pass play for the middle-aged player to learn.
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High School Football Drills – Open Field
I find that traditional high school football drills can get a bit stale. Here’s an idea that will liven things up quite at your practices.
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High School Football Plays – Ball Fight Drill
Maintaining possession and also fighting for possession of the ball are two important elements of football. This high school football plays drill will work on …
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High School Football Practice – 10 Yard Drive
It is important for offensive linemen to learn to drive block, and continue driving for the entire play. This is a great football drill to use in high school f…
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High School Football – Conditioning and Hand Off Skills
This idea for a football conditioning drill for high school football was sent to me by one of my subscribers. Creative adaptation of a basketball drill used for…
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High School Football – Drive Block
More blocking skills are learned with this drill. The drive block is a drill high school football coaches should use. It is essential for creating running lan…
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Highschool Football Coach – Hands up
A pass rushing defensive lineman needs to get his hands in the air to cover potential passing lanes for the QB. As a highschool football coach, this drill is gr…
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Hook Flat Combination Drill
Drill Type: Receiver Drill Purpose In this drill, we use a three-deep concept defensive alignment. This is a great opportunity for quarterbacks to see spaci…
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.