Some Youth Football Training Drills

By Nelda Powers


Football is known to be a very hardcore sport that requires a lot of training and a lot of body conditioning so that one can be big and strong. Of course if that were to happen, then the coach would have to come up with a training routine and some drills that would definitely help. For coaches, here are some tips for some youth football training drills.

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 do this exercise, one just simply has to squat down low in to the ground. From there, then he would have to jump really high into the air and then bend his legs while jumping. Of course he would have to repeat this exercise as many times as his coach tells him to.

The recovery drill is yet another really good drill that a lot of top players do. Basically, this drill is needed for those who would need to be able to gain a sense of balance on the field. Since this drill would involve getting down on the ground and switching hands that will hold the ball, then this training will tackle the muscle memory of the player.

In order to do this, the coach must first set three cones with the first one in front of the player to right, the second to the left, and the third one to the right again. The thing for the player to do here would be to run around the first cone and touch the ground there. After that, he must switch the ball to the next hand and do the same to the second cone.

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.

Of course everyone knows about the dummy tackling drill. Known to be one of the most common, it is a drill wherein one would increase his overall body strength. In a nutshell, the coach has to put a few dummies on the field and let each player push his own respective dummy to a far end.

So those are actually some of the most common youth football training drills that many coaches are supposed to use. In order to be able to strengthen every part of their bodies of each player, doing these drills are very important. It is essential that their bodies and minds are already ready during game time and these drills will definitely help them be able to achieve that great physical level.




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