I’ve been playing and coaching football for a very long time now. Plus I read a ton of football coaching books so I am not easily surprised by a new drill. I was pleasantly surprised Monday night when one of my assistant coaches, Garvin Fouts, set up the Swing Drill. He and his former team,…
Is your coaching staff practicing pulling your youth football offensive lineman? Read this coaching youth football tips article on Pull Blocking Drills Pod Youth Football Drill Pull Blocking to help your youth football team learn to pull effectively. After watching a few offensive DVDs the over the summer and coaching pulling drills over the years,…
I know that I have tried to limit hitting drills within our practices. I tell our players to save it up for the games. In recent years, the National Football League has taken a strong stand against head-on-head hits in games, significantly ramping up punishments for offenders. Pop Warner has similar rules on the books….
Coach with a baseball stands at tailback depth behind rings set up like an offensive line Linebacker or defensive back aligns at a MLB position or other DB position Coach rolls baseball to simulate path of running back LB or DB moves laterally and low to cut off the baseball and scoop the ball similar to short…
I’ve been taking the USA Football’s certification class. Youth Football Coaches can join for $25 and take the certification class. I came across this article/video today on tackling. This is very well produced. I will be using this tackling progression technique this week in practice, especially with my rookie youth players. USA Football, the sport’s…
I rewatched a linebacker video with Coach Paterno and his linebacker’s coach Coach Sandusky. Coach Sandusky goes over several tackling drills but one I really like is the tackling gauntlet. It teaches the tackler to wrap up and continue to drive his feet through the ball carrier. So many times, youth players stop driving their…
I did add the Hex Youth Football Blocking Drills to my daily offensive line practices. It is a great youth football blocking drills that teaches little league offensive lineman to quickly get off out of their stance and attack the defender. The HEX blocking box drill makes my pee wee o-line better at core blocking…
One of my favorite youth football drills is the Big Oklahoma Drill or the Big OK. This drill is second only to the SUMO drill that I run if we win a game. I first heard about the Big OK drill from Coach O in Denver Colorado at a Coaches Seminar. This drill gets everyone…
This season I have been using this Angle Tackling drill for my youth football team at almost every practice, especially for Outside Linebackers, Defensive Ends, Corner Backs, Free Safeties and Inside Linebackers. The drill is also great for tail backs to practice the sweep and cut back sweeps, and the RBs use of speed and…