DRILLS FOR OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS IN TODAY’S 3-4 SCHEMES
To win consistently and develop championship level football teams requires outstanding play on the edge of your defense. Obviously, it’s not the only…
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Defensive Line Drills The Get-Off - Key to Winning on the Line of Scrimmage
During spring and summer, when your team is not in pads, teams seems to put a lot of effort in 7-on-7 competitions and might overlook line work. Yet,…
Hand Placement and Body Positioning for Attacking Fronts
The following drills are my absolute favorites for teaching hand and eye placement along with body positioning for aggressive attacking fronts. I tak…
DEFENSIVE DRILLS FOR MAXIMUM RESULTS
We like to utilize drills that serve more than one purpose. This allows us to work more than one technique with only one drill. It has helped us be m…
Competitive Drills For Offense, Defense And Special Teams
There is no doubt that conditioning is an important part of a successful program. With this in mind, I would like to present to you some drills and a…
The Command Redirect Drill
As coaches, we know that off season training is when you make or break your team for next year’s campaign. It’s when games are won or lost and it tak…
Linebacker Pre-Practice Drills
At the University of Charleston, our defensive motto is ‘Play Fast – Hit Hard.’ In order to achieve the practice tempo worthy of such a motto we stro…
Defensive Backs Drills -11 Drills to Improve Your Secondary
A good defensive back must have the ability to cover receivers, tackle running backs and do this most of the time in a one-on-one situation. In this…
The 360 Degree Drill
The name of the drill is 360 degrees. The name comes from the movements that the actual player will be making. This drill focuses on players’ skills…
The 246 Drill
The 246 drill is a wide receiver cone drill for use in either spring ball or in the early season to help receivers learn to run effective routes. In…
Putting Holes In A Zone Coverage Starts With Executing The Proper Drills
WITH THE EMERGENCE of the spread offense at both the high school and college level, many defensive coaches are turning to zone coverages to contain t…
Wide-Receiver Drills Serve Several Purposes
THESE TWO DRILLS are designed for practice days when you don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to individual drill work (10 minutes maximum). Both dri…
Pin-Pull-Trap Drill: Continuous Blocking Drill Perfects Pulling Linemen’s Technique
DEVELOPING OFFENSIVE linemen who know the proper way to pull is critical to running many offensive plays. Pulling linemen keep defenses on their toes…
Use These Conditioning Drills To Prepare Your Team For A Grueling Season
CONDITIONING DRILLS are critical during off-season workouts, preseason conditioning and those long two-a-days in the late summer. You don’t have time…
“King-On-The-Hill” Drill Teaches Fundamentals To Offensive Linemen
THE KING ON THE HILL DRILL is a perfect drill for your sub-varsity offensive linemen. This drill emphasizes explosion on initial contact and forces p…
Developing Top-Notch Wide Receivers Starts With Skill-Building Through Drill Work
WIDE RECEIVERS are not a dime a dozen. You can’t pull a speedy kid from the practice squad (or even the track team) and expect that player fill the r…
“Color Drill” Helps LBs, DBs Maximize Their Drops
OVER THE YEARS, our defensive staff successfully has identified areas where our defense needed to improve. After identifying a weakness, we have had…
Tight End 101: Critical Keys For Developing Multi-Faceted, Effective Tight Ends
PLAYING TIGHT END involves a combination of skills to play offensive lineman, wide receiver, and running back. No other position on the team requires…