Sprint out and dash footwork

stick,

If you came to my practice fields you would notice alsorts of extra lines on the field besides the hash marks.

you would see a red line running the length of the field 5yds from the sideline.
you would see a blue line running the length of the field 10yds from the sidline
you would see a redline running down the middle of the field
the same is on the other side of the field.

we do this as away of teaching wr where to lineup and give them a point of reference when they are running routes. seeing how the h.s. field is divided into thirds and 75% of the time the ball is going to be on one hash or the other kids need to know spacing.

now you will say those lines willnot be on the field on friday night but we have repped it so many times that the rec still run straight lines.

every route we teach is on a line. the only time that they can veer off the line is to adjust to a ball thrown down the field ie a vertcial route.

since every kid has different stride lenghts we put a cone at 12 yds have them sprint as hard as they can to 12 yds. some will count steps others just can feel were 12 yds is after the cone is taken away.

the best way to teach routes to kids is using graph paper. use the 5 squares per inch. turn the pages sideways and divide the page into thrids. count 18 squards draw a line, count another 18 and draw aline, count another 18 and draw a line. you now have a football field. take a red pen and draw a line at 5yds on each side of the page and directly in the middle of the pages. take a bule pen and count 10 squares in from the sideline and you get your blue line. now to line your players up on the pages.

it is great way to teach from the hashmarks in my opinion.