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- Football Drills for Kids – Bear Crawl-Crab Crawl Drill This is one of the football drills for kids that I recommend. It is a favorite with the players and the skill improvements speak for themselves.
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Football Drills for Kids – Pass Blocking
One of the football drills for kids is pass blocking. It is the second element of blocking young players should understand.
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Football Drills for Linebackers – Strafe with the Ball
Learning to strafe (shuffle side to side) is an important tactic so the linebacker can move with their body square to the line of scrimmage. Use these football…
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Football Drills for Linemen – Push of War
This is the battle of the bull rush versus the pancake. This is one of those football drills for linemen where only one will win… or it could be a stalemate.
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Football Drills for Positions – Receiver Drill & Offensive Line Drill
Coming up with new ideas for various football drills for positions can sometimes be a challenge. Here are two drills that we use often.
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Football Drills for Tackling – Team Tackling Drill
Thanks to Steve, one of my subscribers, for sending this one in. If you’ve every struggled to find fresh ideas for football drills for tackling, give this on…
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Football Drills to Effectively Utilize the Drop Pass
In today’s video blog, we are discussing 2 great plays that allow us to send our receivers upfield a little deeper before they have to break to their different …
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Football Drills – Catch, Tuck and Tap
This is a pattern that many players, once they learn it in their youth, take the habit with them into higher levels.
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Football Drills – Drills for Grip Strength
Special thanks to Bronx for sending this one in. If you’re looking for a fresh idea for football drills, give this one a try!
- Football Drills – Drive Block Footwork In this video, we review the footwork pattern involved in a drive block. These key football drills and pointers will set your team up for success. If you enjoy …
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Football Drills – Passing Tree
This is one of the basic football drills. The passing tree is a staple in any passing offense.
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Football Drills – Proper Defensive Position
This is one of the football drills that I have used from the very beginning. Use this at the start of every football practice to reinforce proper defensive posi…
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Football Footwork Drills – String It Out
The defensive players learned to turn a play inside, but they can also use these football footwork drills to string out a play by stuffing the different gaps an…
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Football Fundamentals – Drill for Blocking and for Running Backs
My tip of the day may seem too fundamental for some but if you’re working with young or inexperienced football players, it is excellent! Football fundamentals …
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Football Fundamentals – Progressive Basic Blocking Drills
The focus of these drills is on football fundamentals, specifically–basic blocking. The blocking drills are step by step drills to learn the proper position, st…
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Football How to Play – Blitz the QB
In this drill for football how to play, players will learn which player is going to blitz on any given play.
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Football How to Play – Follow the Ball
Players at an early age should get used to following the ball or the flow of a play. This is a drill to use when teaching football how to play techniques to you…
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Football How to Play – Hold the Ball
Holding on to the ball upon contact, and staying on your feet are hallmarks of a good offensive football player. All coaches teaching football how to play shou…
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Football Kicking Drills
In amidst of all the running, tackling and blocking drills performed during football practice, the training of the kicker can often fall by the wayside.
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Football Line Drills – Perpetual Handoff Drill
Jim, one of my subscribers, sent this one to me last week. A great example of football line drills that don’t require a coaching PhD to figure out.
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Football Linebacker Drill
Our philosophy of defense is to pressure the QB. We run a 4-4 defense and this is one of our favorite linebacker drills because all the linebackers get to try o…
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Football Linebacker Drills – Contact Drill & Back Pedal Drill
Here are two football linebacker drills. The first drill is for offensive and defensive linemen. It is great for younger players especially to get them used t…
- Football Lineman Drills – 2 Level Blocking Drill We start these football lineman drills with an O linemen and a D linemen in a three point across from each other. There is a second line 5 yards back to repres…
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Football Lineman Drills – 20 Seconds of Hell
This is one of my favorite football lineman drills that is great for high school level to teach the defensive line to keep their motor going and shedding blocks…
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Football Lineman Drills – Footwork & Boards
I got the inspiration for these football coaching tips from Alex. They include some fresh ideas for football lineman drills. Try them out and let me know wha…
- Football Lineman Drills – Frame Up Drill Here are a couple of football lineman drills that I have used year after year. The second football drill works great with your youth teams.
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Football Lineman Drills – Game Simulation
If you’re looking for some new football lineman drills, give this one a try. This football drill quickly turns into teaching linemen to pull and to make the de…
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Football Lineman Drills – Machine Gun
One of the football lineman drills I do is called the “Machine Gun”. It’s a shedding drill for linebackers & defensive backs, a blocking football drill for runn…
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Football Lineman Drills – Offensive Line Drill
This football drill is for the Offensive Line. These football lineman drills will help develop good shuffle techniques and will help to keep the defensive line…
- Football Lineman Drills – Offensive Lineman Drill Coming up with fresh ideas for football lineman drills can be challenging. The idea behind this offensive lineman drill is to get the offensive linemen talking.
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Football Lineman Drills – Open the Hole
Offensive linemen need to open holes, and the defensive linemen need to close them. This is one of the most effective football lineman drills to teach this.
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Football Lineman Drills – Pursuit and Wrap Up
I find that the traditional ideas on football lineman drills can get a bit stale. Here’s an idea for a football drill that has livened things up quite a bit …
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Football Lineman Drills – Stack and Rip
Special thanks to Grant for sending this one in. If you’re looking for fresh ideas for football lineman drills, you should try this out!
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Football Lineman Drills – Tuff Man Drill
Many coaches struggle to come up with new ideas for football lineman drills. Here is one suggestion that was sent in recently. It works well especially with y…
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Football Lineman Drills – Warm-Up Drill
I like to use quick football lineman drills to warm up the linemen before doing an individual football drill.
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Football Lineman Drills – Zoo Drill
I picked up these football lineman drills in an idea swap. I use this drill to teach our pass patterns in the preseaon. I use it alot and feel obligated to pa…
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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.