Some Youth Football Training Drills

By Nelda Powers


In the world of sports, football is one of the sports that is extremely rough and would require a really strong body that can adapt to many types of physical situations. In order for the bodies of the players to become really strong, the coach would have to come up with some drills and exercises. Just to give beginner coaches an idea of some good drills, here are some youth football training exercises.

The most common and actually easiest drill to do is none other than the jump squat. Do take note that one will be running jumping a lot which means that he will have to have extremely strong legs. He will never know when he will have to jump over an opponent or suddenly start running across the field.

To start the jump squat exercise, one has to first get down on a squatting position and start squatting down. From that position, he then has to jump as high as he can and bend his legs in the air. Just repeat this exercise a couple of times and the legs will be having a real workout.

Another drill that will be done by novice players would be the recovery drill. Now this drill would cover a lot of skills that one will be needing in order for him to beat the opponent. Basically, it will help one be able to get a better sense of balance in general and will also help one be able to pass and catch the ball from player to player while running on the field.

To do this, the coach has to set up a cone in front of the player to the right side, set up another cone five yards away on the left side, then set up a third one another five yards forward to the right side. The players would have to run around each cone and touch the ground after. While doing that, he have to switch the hand wherein they are holding the ball.

Of course if one would want to increase his running speed, then he has to do the over speed exercise. Now this would only work if the coach is able to find a steep hill to train on. Basically, the players have to run down the hill and try not to fall down.

The last drill that would be stated here would be the dummy tackling drill. Now this is probably one of the most common ones and would increase the overall body strength of the players. Basically, the coach would have to set up a set of dummies on the field and the players would have to push the dummies to a certain distance in the field.

So as one can see, the youth football training drills are not easy and would require a lot of time and effort before one would perfect them. However, after doing these drills, one will definitely expect his body to get stronger. That way, he will be ready to face his opponents when he goes out with his other teammates to the field.




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