Ideas on Position drills

Coach,

D LINE MUSTS = drills that incorporate the five basic techniques employed by any d linemen, namely
1. BULL RUSH 2. SWIM 3. RIP. 4. CLUB 5. SPIN and should be practiced every day, imo.

IN ADDITION= SHED DRILLS, HANDLING ANGLED TRAP BLOCKS, KICKOUTS, ETC. IS A MUST, IMO.
X and O's are taught in the class room sessions, practice time is for perfecting technique
and implementing game plans.

Coach Easton

I'll give you a very brief explanation of some things I do in practice. In no specific order. just some things i do EVERYDAY.

A. 10-12 minute Agility Session

1. 3-4 minutes doing bags (step overs / lateral run / in & out / hop / and 1 more too difficult to describe here).
2. 3-4 minutes on a wave drill: on all fours, chopping feet, watching the ball, dropping/rolling back chopping again and when i raise ball, they get up, yell ball and sprint 5 yds past me and get ready to do it again.
3. 3-4 minutes of something I call a "figure 8" where I just have 2 circles and two guys in a down position chase each other around the circles. Kind of hard to explain here on the board!

**This is a very intense session.

B. 10 minutes Session

1. Form Tackling: Straight on / anlge
2. Live tackling: usually with a big pad so they dont bang up their elbows and knees. Makes the kids hit harder with the bag as a cushino.

C. Football Specific

1. Read Drill
2. Shed the blocker **You can incorporate a tackling drill with this!!
3. Pass Rush: Rip, Bull, Swim, Bull Rush, Cleub **I do fundamental technique stuff like ripping and swimming my big pop-up dummies.
**This can lead into a very competitive OL vs. DL drill.

D. LB's will come down and do an INSIDE DRILL

1. With coach on the sled, DL and LB core will align to strength (I'll have a TE on side of the sled or the other giving strength). ON the "set go", defensive front and LB's will take 2 perfect steps to their gap responsibility as I represent the flow of the play. We will do this until it is PERFECT. 5-10 minutes everyday. (You can practice all stunts/blitzes/stunts with this drill).
2. From then we do an INSIDE DRILL vs. a scout team Offense.


E. Team D

F. Team Pursuit

Finally, as stated by Tiger above..... practice these things EVERYDAY.

My guys are moving at all times during the 2 hr practice. As far as teaching x's and o's on the field.... i think these things should be taught before practice in the locker-room or in some type of PRE-PRACTICE.

I think every assistant coach should have his guys together EVERYDAY in some type of meeting or PRE_PRACTICE so that time is NOT wasted on the field. Just my opinion.