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Defensive Football Drills – Rushing Lanes Drill & Quick Recovery Drill
Here are two defensive football drills I used last year with my defense. I was having a problem with the front line staying in their rush lanes and getting off …
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Defensive Football Plays and Drills – Gap Rush
Attacking the gap of a defense is important in stopping the run. Preventing gap penetration is important for success running the ball. These defensive footbal…
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Defensive Football Plays – Stunt Men
Learning the stunts on a defensive line is a slightly more advanced skill, but it is important for players to understand why it is done during a game. Try this…
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Defensive Line Agility Drills – Part 2
In today’s video blog post, we continue to talk about agility drills for a winning defensive line, including the “Slalom”, “Every Foot” and the “Change of Direc…
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Defensive Line Drills – Building a Strong Base
Building a strong, wide base is one of the most important fundamentals for any good defensive lineman. Without good leverage, it doesn’t matter how strong or fa…
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Defensive Line Drills – Getting the Upper Hand
There are three pressure points in our arms, and learning how to use these joints to create leverage against a blocker can be a huge advantage for any defensive…
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Defensive Linemen Tricks & Tips – Stripping The Ball
Since you’ve already taught your defensive linemen how to get a great jump off of the line, the next thing you’re going to want to show them is what to do once …
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Defensive Tackle Football Drills – Variation on the Oklahoman Drill
I’m a big believer in a “back to basics” approach to coaching. These defensive tackle football drills helps with practicing lateral motion and tackling techniqu…
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Developing Football Skills
Len, one of my readers, came up with some great suggestions for developing football skills. Keep ‘em coming!
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Developing Youth Football Skills
This is one of the drills for developing football skills that Fred, one of my readers, sent to me. Try this out with your team tonight!
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Draw and Screen Drill
Drill Type: Pass Rush Drill Purpose Allows players to gain better take-off, great movement and acceleration to the quarterback. Set Up Set up 4 pop up dummies…
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Drill for Quarterbacks – Raise Hand Recognition Drill
QB’s always need to improve their downfield recognition skills, and this drill for quarterbacks is certainly going to help.
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Drill for Youth Football
I received this suggestion for a drill for youth football from George, one of my readers. Keep ‘em coming!
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Drills Football – Block, Release and Tackle
In this drill, we are going to give the DL and LB a chance to make tackles after shedding blocks.
- Drills for Coaching Youth Football These two youth drills are ones we use at the beginning of practice. The first works on conditioning and the second one teaches them how to be aggressive and n…
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Drills for Coaching Youth Football
This is one of the drills for youth football that Darwin sent to me. Great idea to keep up the momentum when you need it most! Try this out with your team toni…
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Drills for Football Kickers
Drills for football kickers are needed even for players that may not be performing the actual kick-off. Making a successful kick might sound easy but there are…
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Drills for Football Practice
I received this suggestion for drills for football practice from Dean in Syracuse NY. Try out this idea below and let me know how it goes for you.
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Drills for Football – Between the Cones
Accuracy and timing are essential when you start to put the defense on the field to defend passes. Try these drills for football at your next practice.
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Drills for Football – Pursuit Drill
Special thanks to Chane for sending this one in. If you’re looking for some fresh drills for football, you should try this out!
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Drills for Youth Football
One of the keys to having a successful youth football team is having a strong offensive line with superior blocking skills. These drills for youth football wil…
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Drills for Youth Football Players
Looking for youth football drills? You’ve come to the right place! Try out these ideas below and let me know how it goes for you.
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Drills for Youth Football Teams
Last week, I sent out a request for my newsletter subscribers to send in their favorite drills for youth football. Check out the football drills below!
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Drills for Youth Football – Bird Dog Drill & Stomp Drill
Thanks to one of my subscribers for sending this one in. If you’ve every struggled to come up with new drills for youth football, give these a try with your …
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Drills for Youth Football – Hit the Moving Target
I’m often asked for drills for youth football. Here are a couple of football coaching tips that will pay huge dividends with your team.
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Drills for Youth Football – The Linebacker Drill
Coming up with new ideas for drills for youth football can sometimes be a challenge. Here’s a football linebacker drill and a football coaching tip that work w…
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Effective Football Practice Drills for Catching
In today’s video blog post, we are talking about some very effective football practice drills for catching, including the “Team Catch”, “Back to the Ground” to …
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Effective Practice Drills for Receivers
I have a saying that says, Players make plays. Coaches can be the greatest coaches in the world, but unless they have good players, they’re not going to be very…
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Effective Youth Football Drills for Receivers
During today’s blog post, I’m going to present some basic fundamental receiving drills and techniques for receivers in youth football. The Receiver’s Stance Fir…
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Eye Opener Tackling Drill
In today’s video blog post, we are talking about a fantastic tackling drill called the “Eye Opener Drill”. This tackling drill is designed to maintain a good in…
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Famous Football Coach
Greg sent this one to me last week. You don’t have to be a famous football coach to see that this is an effective football receiver drill that works on skills …
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Find The Window Drill
Purpose To work on speed, agility, and tackling technique Drill Setup The passer is at line of scrimmage, with a row of defenders 5-10 yards downfield, spread o…
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Fire Out From The 30 Drill
Purpose This drill rewards the offensive linemen that fire out of their stance and drive their block for 10 yards. Each player will begin to understand the im…
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First To The Flag Drill
Purpose This drill reinforces to offensive lineman that they need to fire out of their stance and get to their block fast. Set Up You can line up 5 offensive li…
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Flag Football Coaching Tips for Youth – Full Spread Offense & Angle Pursuit
While coaching 5-8 year olds in flag football for 4 years, I have some favorite flag football coaching tips for youth. I have actually been successful running …
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Flag Football Coaching – Protect the Flag
A good drill for flag football coaching is Protect the Flag. Lineman need to learn to hold a block – both in pass protection and on run blocks.
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.