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Distraction Catch Drill
Setup Form two lines of receivers facing each other, ten yards apart. One line, the distraction line, should be staggered a yard or two in front of the other, regular line. A coach/quarterback is placed ten yards downfield. Purpose The purpose of the Distracti... Read More »
Sideline Catch Drill
Setup Place receivers ten yards away from the sideline and ten yards downfield from the coach/quarterback. Purpose Increase comfort level with routes on the sideline and develop the ability to haul in the ball while keeping a foot in bounds to successfully com... Read More »
Barrel Role Drill
Setup Three players line up and lay face down in a push up position with a gap of space in between each other. Purpose This drill does not have a direct football skill associated with it, however, it does have three purposes for players on a football team. 1) ... Read More »
QB Center Exchange – Snap Drill
Setup Line up your quarterbacks and centers in their typical formation alignment; either under center, in the shotgun, or both. Purpose The start of every offensive play begins with the QB/Center exchange. Often overlooked, if this exchange does not succeed, t... Read More »
Break Down Drill
Setup Player(s) simply stand roughly 12 yards in front of a coach. Purpose A lot of times, the wisest option for a defender charging towards a ball carrier is to break down and shuffle sideways in order to maintain his position in front of the ball carrier so ... Read More »
Block Battle Drill
Setup Use cones to create a boundary for the drill that is six yards wide. A yard line through the middle will be helpful to indicate the line of scrimmage, and cones may be placed to indicate three yards of height on either side of the line of scrimmage to in... Read More »
Blast Through Drill
Setup Assign two players to stand even with each other while holding blocking pads. Drill participants grab a football and while line up in front of the gap in the two blocking pads. Purpose Teaches players how to initiate contact by lowering their shoulders a... Read More »
Tug of War
Setup Place a long, strong rope across the field with a cone placed in the middle of the competition. Select two teams of players and distribute them on each side of the cone. The front player from each team will stand five yards away from the center cone. Pur... Read More »
Man-to-man Press Drill
Setup A receiver and a defensive back face off at the line of scrimmage. Place cones to contain the drill to a width of six yards, and extend them five yards up field. Purpose Often times a defense will want to slow down the release of the receivers at the lin... Read More »
Hail Mary Drill
Setup Depending on your quarterback’s arm strength, place the line of scrimmage at the furthest location possible where your quarterback can still throw the ball to the goal line. Purpose The Hail Mary situation has a very low success rate, so anything y... Read More »
Two Point Conversion Drill
Setup Place the ball on the two point conversion line, which is usually the two yard line. Both offense and defense will use this as the line of scrimmage for the two point conversion attempt. Purpose Players gain experience executing a two point conversion. A... Read More »
3rd & Long Drill
Setup Indicate the line of scrimmage and the first down line. Generally, a good distance for this drill is 10 yards, so that the team gains experience with a 3rd & 10 situation. Purpose Provide situational awareness to players by having them get repetition... Read More »
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