"Toughness" drills?

NO BETTER DRILL GOING THAN "BULL IN THE RING" AS IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOUR DESCRIBING FROM THE UT ESPN SEGMENT. ALSO "GREEN BAY" DRILLS. I LIMIT THE COMPETITION TO "FOOTBALL MOVES ONLY" IN THE BULL RING, UNLESS IT HAS BEEN A POOR PRACTICE TO THAT POINT. THEN, I LET THEM REALLY GET AFTER IT, PITTING BRUTE STRENGTH AGAINST BRUTE STRENGTH ANY WAY THEY SEE FIT! (WITHIN REASON, OF COURSE) BUT ABOUT THE ONLY THIJNG I DON'T ALLOW IS BODY SLAMMING! FOOTBALL IS A GAME FOR TOUGH GUYS, NOT A BUNCH OF PANSIES! KEY IS TO GET EVEN MATCHUPS, SIZE AND WEIGHT, AS IS POSSIBLE. I ALSO RUN A MIDDLE DRILL EVERY PRACTICE DAY FOR OLM'S VS. DLM'S AND LB'S. WE WORK ON OUR INSIDE RUNNING GAME AND IT GETS REALLY INTENSE. ON RAINY DAYS, LOTS OF GRASS DRILLS AND TACKELING PRACTICE!!! IF YOU WANT TO WIN, YOU MUST INSTILL MENTAL TOUGHNESS, AS WELL AS, PHYSICAL TOUGHNESS. JUST MY WAY.

Coach Easton

2 DLM's + 1 LB vs. 2 OLM's and 1 RB/FB. BACKS MUST RUN IT UP THE GUT, NO OUTSIDE STUFF WHATSOEVER! REALLY GREAT CONTACT DRILL WITH FULL, NO BACKING OFF INTENSITY!!!

Coach Easton

JC,

Thank you we do run that, we call it 3 on 3. We would start 1 on 1(ballcarrier and defender), then add a DL and OL 2 on 2, go to what you explained 3 on 3. I never knew it was called Green Bay drill. I like to have a name for the drills so the players can recognize when I call it out. Thank you.

I never really heard of it as a Green Bay drill either. It has always been called Oklahoma drill around here.

Green Bays are what we call "up downs"

Semantics i guess. That is a cool thing about sites like this. You get to find out what others are calling similar things to cut down on confusion when you hear about stuff in clinics or just talkin ball.

coach,

I'll just throw this out there ('cuase I know we're all just looking for ideas)....I ran a drill this past season with my backers...I don't know what you'd call it but it was really just a big controlled rugby scrum with 5-on-5 the length (being the width of a football field) and 15 - 20 yards wide. I threw the ball up and the teams went after the BALL. The guys could advance the ball anyway they wanted (we broke it up later into PASS, OPTION, and RUNS) but the play NEVER stopped until the BC was DOWN on the ground -
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we were attempting to instill takeaways and not be content with just bringing guys to the ground
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There were a lot of collisions, but most important, guys did whatever they could to work towards the BALL and understanding game situations that emphasize ball possession.

COACH DAVID,

SOUNDS AS THOUGH YOU ARE REALLY ON TOP OF IT, AND THAT IS JUST GREAT! PROMOTION IS EVERYTHING, IMO, IN THE BUILDING OF A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AT ANY LEVEL. IT IS REALLY A BIG PART OF OUR LEVEL FOOTBALL, AS WE ARE COMPETEING ON SATURDAY NIGHT FOR DISCRETIONARY ENTERTAINMENT DOLLARS WITH COLLEGE TEAMS, LOCAL RACE TRACKS (WHICH HAVE A HUGE DRAWING ABILITY HERE IN THE SOUTH) AND ANY OTHER FORM OF RELAXATION THE PUBLIC SEEKS ON A SATURDAY NIGHT. WHEN IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO IT, YOU HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING ON FRIDAY NIGHTS. YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE BUILT IN BASE OF THE PARENTS AND RELATIVES OF THE PLAYERS TO COUNT ON, BUT IF YOU DON'T WIN THAT WILL DWINDLE TOO. WINNING IS THE KEY, IF YOU WIN THEY WILL COME! IF YOU DON'T, SAYONARA FAN BASE! I COACHED AT A HS THAT AVERAGED 8000 FANS PER REGULAR SEASON GAME. WE PLAYED OUR ARCH RIVAL IN WHAT WAS THEN CALLED THE GATOR BOWL, IT IS NOW ALLTELL STADIUM IN JACKSONVILLE, FLA. (HOME OF THE NFL JAGUARS) IN FRONT OF 28,000 FANS. I ALWAYS HAVE THOUGHT THAT WAS NOT BAD FOR A HIGH SCHOOL RIVALRY GAME. WE WON TOO! HAHA MY REAL POINT BEING HERE, IT WAS PROMOTION THAT HYPED THE GAME EACH YEAR. TRUE, WE WERE IN A TOWN OF A MILLION POPULATION, BUT IT ALSO BOASTS OF SOME 18 HIGH SCHOOLS THAT MAKE UP WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE GATEWAY CONFERENCE (JACKSONVILLE IS KNOWN AS THE GATEWAY CITY BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST MAJOR CITY IN FLORIDA WHEN YOU COME ACROSS THE GEORGIA BORDER.) I'M SURE THERE ARE LOTS OF TEAMS WHO HAVE PLAYED IN FRONT OF BIGGER HS LEVEL CROWDS, BUT THAT WAS THE HIGH LIGHT OF MY HS COACHING CAREER FAN WISE. KEEP UP THE GOOD JOB, COACH!

JC