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Youth Football Drills for the Blitzing Outside Linebacker
Mar
01
Our youth football drills for outside linebacker blitzing are coordinated with our defensive ends. In most cases when we blitz our outside linebackers our defensive end will automatically assume the containment assignment that the OLB would usually have.
We blitz our OLB into two spots and each is labeled by the gap we want him to [...]
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Youth Football Drills for the Blitz- The Safety
Feb
22
Our safety blitz youth football drills are communicated by which gap we want our safety to attack. Each drill is basically the same, but his destination is slightly different. Each of his possible destinations are called with words that begin with “S”. “Snake” takes him to the A gap, “Snub” shoots him through the B [...]
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Youth Football Drills for the Blitz- The Cornerback’s Role
Feb
15
Continuing my series on the blitz… my favorite youth football drill for practicing the role of the corner back during a blitz is called “Crash”. It goes by the same terminology that we use to call our corner back blitz. I feel that by using the same terminology that we save time in setting up [...]
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Defensive Stunts and Blitzes
Oct
05
Our defensive base is the old 4-4 stack with a three deep coverage. We have used it for years because it is easy to learn and teach as well as giving us the best and most versatile front and coverage possibilities to include stunts from every possible position and angle as well as very sound [...]
Blocking a Place Kick
Sep
19
In youth football the place kick after a touchdown plays can hold significantly larger role than what it does in high school, college or pro football because it, when successful, is awarded with two points.
Many coaches tell their kids to “get in there and block the kick”, but often do not teach the skill of [...]
Defensive Line Start Drill – Never Whistle!
Sep
07
The key to good youth football defensive line play is get the lineman moving forward as soon as the center initiates ball movement. Whether your defensive scheme asks for penetration into the offensive backfield by your defensive linemen or whether it asks your defensive linemen to “hit and control” the nearest offensive lineman your defensive [...]
Defensive Containment Drills
Sep
06
This post will show you the youth football drills I use for teaching defensive containment to my players. Every year of coaching youth football, I study the two main methods of defensive containment and decide which method best fits our personnel for that particular year. I have used both the old school “turn the [...]
Advanced Defensive Pursuit Youth Football Drill
Aug
24
Youth football drills must progress from the extreme basics to more game-like situations. Hopefully, you have already tried my most basic youth football drill regarding basic team defensive pursuit: “11 vs 1-Don’t Touch the One”. Now I hope you are ready for some for some additional work on this very important defensive (and individual) team [...]
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The First Defensive Drill – Basic Defensive Pursuit
Aug
21
Youth football drills must teach the basics in a simple and fun manner to be effective. Defensive Pursuit is such a vitally important skill in order to have a successful defense that I teach it to my youth football players first thing at the start of the pre-season. Good team pursuit can make a [...]
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Youth Football Drills for the Defensive Tackle when Practicing the Blitz