rushbuster70

Scrimmaging is a 1 of the most important things you have to do.it helps implement plays but also simulates game action as close as you can get with out a game...

I dont coach out there.I use to ref out there for them.I coach tackle now...I always coached older kids.This is what we did

2 Practices a week for 1 hour & 30 mins each practice.Players needed to be at the game 1 hour early.

1st Practice-Offense-We did what is commonly known EDD's or everyday drills.We had a set of common drills we did every offensive practice.
1st drill - Catching-Every person had a partner & 1 football.They stood 5 yards apart.Made the diamonds with there hands and focused on catching with there hands.We also included tucking the ball away in the drill.We would go between 5 & 10 yards constantly.The whole coaching point is catching with there hands.We would have the best catching kid with the worst and we used him to help coach that kid.We always had success with that.This drill takes up a max of 10 mins.
2nd drill - Route running-Our offense only ever had 3 routes.Drag-Post-Fly.That all the kids needed to know.We always had 2 QB's.They would throw the routes to all the kids at least 4 times each.This took about 20 mins.
3rd drill - Hand offs/play action-We would work on strictly just how to take a handoff then progress it to faking the handoffs.Our offense use to rely very good play action because it worked so good.Teams didnt know who had the ball.1 coach is working with the RB.The other is working with the QB.20 Mins

Scrimmage - We would always have at least 30 mins of scrimmage time.If i didnt have enough kids to go full 5 on 5 coaches would step in.Worst case ask some dads to come join in.

Conditioning & Break down - 10 mins - Sometimes longer or shorter depending on how practice went.Obviously we had older kids so our goal is getting the kids ready for either high school or junior high tackle.Conditioning is part of both.

I ran the offense and I use to preach to the kids we get into it what we put into it.I made sure I was always prepared & we didnt have any wasted time.We did water during drills.

2nd Practice-Defense-We started out with EDD's-We only ran a 2-1-2 & a 2-3.
1st drill - Linebacker drill-Our LB's were our front guys 2.Our middle guy in the 2-1-2 was ALWAYS are smartest kid.We would make half a mock field up.Then we would make circles with cones for zones.Eventually we would take away the circles and rely on the kids just to get a feel for the zones.It takes a lot of time but once they get it they really get it.
2nd drill - Safety drill-Our Safety's were our back guys in the zone.2 or 3 depending on what we were in.We did normal DB drills for them.Also would work on reading the QB eyes while back peddling.
3rd drill - Flag pulling-We did a 1 on 1 drill.Then we did a team drill.
Scrimmage - same as offense-30 mins-Obviously throw as many things they are likely to see.
Conditioning/break down - same as offense-10 mins

Good luck Coach.Let me know if you need anything else.

I'll be honest.I hate it.Its not like your asking them to commit that much.Its not 5 days a week or anyting like.I always stressed with the little amount of practice time kids need to be there otherwise they will be lost in the game.It definitely showed with some kids.I always talk to the parent.I want them to know that I care so if there is anything I can do I will.

The 7 second rule goes first.It wouldnt & shouldnt have been a safety.After the 7 seconds have passed the ball is spotted at the original LOS.

Slants & other quick passes will beat the blitz every time.

Thank you Orange...We implemented alot of these last season and ended up with going 7-1 and scoring easily over 150 points...

Coaches dont forget to get your kids tons of catches in practice.They might only get the chance to catch 1-3 balls a game but they need to catch at least 30 balls in practice.Trust me it can be done.We had players stand 5-10 yards and play catch with the proper catching technique and we rarely dropped passes.This drill helped out more than you could imagine & it only takes 10 mins tops...

I usually have my team's do mostly DB,WR,RB & QB Drills. However we throw some other stuff in there.

Heres the ones we do most with explanations of them...

If anyone wants more advanced QB & DB drills let me know...These seem to be plenty but I do have some from a coach clinic I went to last summer.Some of them are pretty advanced though.

1 - This just a back pedal drill.We usually break the team in half when we do this.Then we can adjust how they do it and actually teach them to back pedal.This is something we normally only do in  the beginning of the season.
2 - This is something we do after teaching them how to back pedal.Some kids get it.Some don't.But this has increased interceptions because it teaches kids how to actually move after back pedaling.
3 - This again something that not all the kids get but we want them to be able to back pedal.We play nothing but zone defense so our safeties have to keep everything in front of them so this works well.
4 - This a drill on teaching kids to read the ball in the air.This has been amazing for us.
5 - More of a Free Safety Drill.So whether you play man or zone this is awesome for the FS.It should be a no win situation for the FS but it makes them react and read the QB,WR's & ball.
6 - A really cool drilll that kids like.We line it up with cones and they always get knocked over but it teaches them to move while back pedaling.
7 - More of a drill for our front zone guys in our 2-3/2-1-2.We dont worry about the sink hips part.Our main thing is teaching them how to shuffle.We just use cones or a bag for them.
8 - I'm sure alot of you coaches already do this.Definitely something we do more as the season is starting to see what kind of athletes the kids are but its great for conditioning.
9 - This is kind of confusing at first but the kids loved this.We didnt worry about the drop part just the sprinting,shuffle,backpedal ect...Again another drill that the kids like and is good for conditioning.
10 - Basic catch and throw drill.However this is were we teach kids how to catch with there hands and not there body and tucking the ball in.Its very very basic but amazing.Its lowered our drops.We do this at the start of almost every practice.Only takes 5-10 mins
11 - Every kid loved this drill.We have our QB throw to them.for teams who run man to man its good for coverage.its good for the WR getting open and the QB because hes throwing.We get in there as coaches and do this and the kids really like going up against us too lol.
12 - Warmup drill for the QB.I would also suggest having your QB stand with both feet towards the WR and him just swinging his hips and not moving his feet.
13 - Another warmup drill for the QB.Gets there arm going before practice/game.
14 - QB drill.I just have the defenders wave there arms back and for without moving there body.
15 - RB drill.We do this for kids who like to juke.We want kids to take 1 step and get up field and not run backwards or try to juke kids.We want them going up field.Good results from this
16 - Whooops same as # 10 lol
17 - Tip drill.I'm sure most of you coaches already do this.Sometimes we will have the WR tip it and have a defensive guy behind them to go catch it.Good practice for your QB throwing also.

Coaches feel free to post up any drills you have with pictures here also.

lol of course it means something!!!my teams always do things for a reason.

  i forgot you have 12-14 y/o's.  i think my kids could handle an audible, not sure.

I just like the fact is that we can audible out of it and the kids know exactly what it means...so if i call an end around run to the left but the defense is stacked to the left

i really haven't run across teams that give you different defensive looks,  no stack lefts or rights.  usually they run a 2.1.2 or 2.3 or 1.1.3 and rarely switch from those looks.  if i could think of a practical reason to run an audible, i'd consider it.

well i coach 11-13 this season...even when i did 9-10 this worked awesome...

well say we are stacked trips right...and we are running an end round left.the front zone guy in a 2-3 or 2-1-2 is going to be right there...so if the QB doesnt catch it i will yell a color out and the QB's name...instantly they always know what to do.

basically if we were to do the end around it would probably get shut down quick.so instead of taking the 1-5 yards we just audible out of it and go with a pass.

I modeled my teams practice after my high school I went too...

My QB's do color/number color/number set.....hut....... the set & hut are nice and hard

We typically can get the other team to make the blitzer leave before he is suppose to so if he keeps blitzing its a penalty and if he stops hes usually lost lol...