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Linebacker Football Drills – The T Drill
If you’re searching for linebacker football drills give this one a try. I like this particular linebacker football drill because it addresses several areas of …
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Linebacker Fundamentals – Lateral Slide Drill
We put quite a bit of stock into a linebacker’s physical abilities – strength, speed, quickness and the like. And there’s nothing wrong with that, but much more…
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Linebacker Speed Drills
Looking for linebacker speed drills? You’ve come to the right place! Try out this idea below sent to me by one of my readers and let me know how it goes for…
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Linebacker Tackle Drills – Fundamental Focus
There may be no skill more important to a linebacker than his tackling ability. No matter how good they are at recognizing plays and beating blocks, it’s all fo…
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Linebacker Tackling Drills – Reading The Ball Carrier
As a linebacker, your ability to read the ball carrier’s path and wrap him up safely may be your most important task – you need to be able to see the hole as th…
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Maine Youth Football – Tip Drill
Phil, one of my subscribers, wrote in to suggest these football drills he uses with his Maine youth football team. Keep ’em coming.
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Making The Grab – Wide Receiver Fundamentals
While some players are blessed with naturally great hands, plenty others are going to have to put in the hard work to improve. That’s where these great drills f…
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Man Press Drill
Purpose To give WRs and DBs a chance to get reps in a 1-on-1 game-like coverage situation. Set Up Have players pair off by size and speed. The first pair will s…
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Man to Man Coverage – 2 Key Linebacker Tips
Often the difference between a great man to man defensive team and a good one, is the ability not of the corners, but of the linebackers. Here we will deal with…
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New Football Coach
This football drill comes courtesy of one of my readers, Aaron. It is ideal for an energetic new football coach to try out with his team.
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Non-Contact Football Drills: Circuit Basics
In this blog post, we’re going to cover some basic information regarding how to approach utilizing non-contact defensive football drills. Non-contact drills for…
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Offensive Blocking – Updated Old Plank Drill
My primary issue has been adding some excitement to the seemingly boring task of offensive blocking. Recently I achieved some moderate success taking the playe…
- Offensive Drill for Football – Run Tech We started to incorporate this offensive drill for football into our practice plan 4 years ago, and it has helped us to become more competitive at a higher leve…
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Offensive Football Drills
Take a look at this submission from Greg, one of my subscribers. A great idea for offensive football drills that can work with all age groups.
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Offensive Football Drills – Race to the Ball
Coming up with new ideas for offensive football drills can sometimes be a challenge. Here’s a tip that Ed, one of my subscribers, sent to me that works well.…
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Offensive Football Drills – The Bracket
One of my subscribers actually suggested this idea for offensive football drills recently. I’ve included it for you below. Give it a try and let me know how i…
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Offensive Football Drills- Blitz Read
Add the Blitz Read Drill to your Offensive Football Drills coaching manual next season. The offensive line and RB’s will need to read and pick up the blitzing…
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Offensive Football Plays
Having a good offensive line is crucial to winning a football game. Not only do you need a wide arsenal of plays and a smart quarterback who calls the plays app…
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Offensive Football Plays – All Blocks Drill
These offensive football plays will help provide some of the fundamentals of all blocking for offensive lineman.
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Offensive Line Drill: The “Rip The Hip” Cut Blocking Drill
In today’s video blog post, we are talking about cut blocking, and a great offensive line drill called “Rip The Hip”. Cut Blocking has a lot of great uses, bu…
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Offensive Line Drills
Looking for offensive line 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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Offensive Line Drills – Center Blocking Technique
There are two players on your offense who are going to touch the ball every play, no matter what. Your center, and your quarterback. And while the job of the qu…
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Offensive Line Drills – No Sled Drill and No Cones Drill
Here are two quick and effective drills to try with your offensive line. Each drill is a variation on a common drill but removing the sled or the cones and rep…
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Offensive Line Drills – Stopping The Pass Rush
As an offensive lineman, there are 3 or 4 standard moves that you’re going to have to be able to deal with on the pass rush. They all leave defenders exposed in…
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Offensive Line Football Drills – The Juke Drill
The juke is what often opens a receiver up and allows them to catch the ball free of defenders. Try these offensive line football drills to teach the juke move…
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Offensive Line Secrets – Quick Feet, Quick Hands
While a lot of the time they may be the biggest, slowest players on the field, there is no denying the fact that foot quickness is a huge asset to offensive lin…
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One on One Football Drills – Beating Your Man
One luxury that not every coach can afford, and that can make us look so much better at our jobs than we are, are players that can always perform in one on one …
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Onside Kick Drill
Drill Type: Special Teams Drill Purpose Sometimes the situation of the game calls for an onside kick. Sometimes a coach likes to use an onside kick as an elem…
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Open Field Tackling
This is a fantastic drill to work on pursuit and tackling form in the open field.
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Open Field Tackling
Drill Type: Team Drill Purpose: In this tackling drill drill, we’re going to recreate an open field situation and focus on tackling. Set Up: Place your players …
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Out Route Drill
Purpose This drill covers the last five yards of an out route. Particular attention should be placed on the player sticking his inside leg to make a good outsid…
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Overload Punt Drill
Drill Type: Special Teams Drill Purpose When an opponent overloads one side of the formation in an attempt to block a punt, your team needs to know who they w…
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Pass Blocking Mirror Drills – “Point” & “Beat ‘Em”
In today’s video blog post, I am showing you two great mirror drills that you can implement into your practice plan immediately – the “3 Point” Mirror Drill, an…
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Peel Drill
Drill Type: Linebacker Drill Purpose: It’s rare that your linebackers will ever have a straight lane to the ballcarrier – they will usually have to shed at leas…
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Ping Pong Drill
Drill Type: Defensive Back Drill Purpose This defensive back drill allows players to practice getting the best turn situation in terms of covering the maximum…
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Plays for Football – Over the Middle
Maintaining concentration on pass routes over the middle is something every coach battles with – from Pop Warner to the pros. Coaching these plays for footbal…
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.