ULTIMATE YOUTH FOOTBALL PRACTICE PLAN

1 See my complete coaching catalog at 1 ULTIMATE YOUTH FOOTBALL PRACTICE PLAN Ages 5-8 See my complete coaching catalog at 2 Copyright Notice The material enclosed is copyrighted. You do not have resell rights or giveaway rights to the material provided herein. Only customers that have purchased this material are authorized to view it. If you think you may have an illegally distributed copy of this material, please contact us immediately. Please email to report any illegal distribution. Copyright 2009 & All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or by information storage and retrieval systems. It is illegal to copy this material and publish it on another web site, news group, forum, etc.

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4 The author and publisher of this document and their employers are not liable or responsible to any person or entity for any errors contained in this document, or for any special, incidental, or consequential damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this document. See my complete coaching catalog at 3 Contents Purpose of the 4 Equipment Needed .. 4 Warm-Up (5 Minutes).. 5 Running 5 Simon Shows .. 6 Individual Skills (20 Minutes) .. 7 Ride the Pads Drill .. 7 Ready, Set, Hut .. 8 Group Work (20 Minutes) .. 9 Blocking Drill .. 9 9 v 7 Speed Drill .. 10 Special Teams (10 Minutes) .. 11 Stay in Your Lane .. 11 Punt Return Zone 12 Offensive Period (15 Minutes) .. 13 Carry with the Outside Arm .. 13 Catching Drills.

5 14 Defensive Period (15 Minutes) .. 15 Tackling Technique Drill .. 15 Chase Drill .. 16 Cool Down and Conditioning (5 Minutes) .. 17 Follow the Leader .. 17 Monkey See, Monkey Do .. 18 Ages 5-8 FOOTBALL PRACTICE Template .. 19 See my complete coaching catalog at 4 Purpose of the PRACTICE The overall purpose of the PRACTICE is to educate the players about FOOTBALL . You want to teach them how to do the all-important basics well. These basics include blocking, tackling, running with the ball, catching the ball, taking a handoff and handing off, reacting to what s happening on the field, and even running on the field. Most importantly, you want to make sure you allow the kids to have fun. Teach them and make them sound FOOTBALL players but remember that it is still a game and should be fun for the kids.

6 Players should always stretch before PRACTICE begins. This should be organized and supervised by the coaches. You want to make sure all players stretch their entire body so that injuries are avoided. It should be stressed to the players how important stretching is to performance and for avoiding injuries. Getting players to stretch well at this age will develop healthy stretching habits that will last a lifetime. After stretching, you can then begin the actual PRACTICE . PRACTICE should be divided into segments. You can begin with a warm-up, then individual skills, then group work, then special teams, an offensive period, a defensive period, and finally cool-down and conditioning. Again, the main point of the PRACTICE should be to teach the players how to play the game correctly and it should also be kept fun.

7 You don t want to push any players away from the game because the PRACTICE is too much work. At this age the players shouldn t be made to feel as if they are working. FOOTBALL is a game and should be treated as such for young kids. Kids at this age don t have a lot of patience and they need to be kept busy at all times. Therefore, you should keep the PRACTICE moving at all times and try to keep all players doing something for the entire PRACTICE . The following drills will help you shape great young FOOTBALL players who will grow and mature into great FOOTBALL players. NOTE: all the drill diagrams in this report were created using FOOTBALL Blueprint. For more information on this incredibly simple to use software, go to Equipment Needed For these drills all players need to be in full pads.

8 You will also need blocking pads and cones. If available, you may also want to use a blocking sled. Obviously you need footballs too. See my complete coaching catalog at 5 Warm-Up (5 Minutes) The warm-up part of the PRACTICE should occur after stretching. Players should be loose before actually beginning to warm-up with the following drills. After the stretching you want to run a few drills that will help players get their energy level up. You want to ease them into the PRACTICE . However, you also want to use this as an opportunity to help players with their skills. Below you ll find 2 great drills you can use for the 5 minute warm-up period. Running Warm-Up Purpose: As we mentioned above, you want to ease your players into the main part of the PRACTICE . Therefore you want to start off slow.

9 However, you don t want to have your players perform any drills that won t help them be better FOOTBALL players. You want to use this opportunity to teach them the basics too. This drill helps teach your players how to run properly and it also helps them with their agility. How it s Run: Players begin on one goal line. They will run a specific way at half speed for 10 yards, then walk for 10 yards, and then run another way at half speed for another 10 yards. The drill continues for the full 100 yards of the FOOTBALL field. So, from the goal line the players will run like a robot (denoted below with a blue squiggly line). They will drive their fists down from their neck all the way down to behind their butt. They should drive their fists down with each stride. Then they ll walk for 10 yards (denoted blow with a black solid line).

10 Then they ll run half speed while kicking their knees up to their chest (denoted with a red broken line). After walking another 10 yards, they ll run half speed with their legs straight out much like a Russian march (denoted by a yellow squiggly line). Once they reach the 50 yard line they will do the running styles in reverse order (as denoted below). Result: This will help your players warm-up and it will also help them learn to run properly and it will increase their agility. Coaches should watch to make sure all the players are running correctly at all times. Players should not be pushed to complete this drill quickly. It is a warm-up drill. See my complete coaching catalog at 6 Simon Shows Purpose: This is similar to the children s game Simon Says except you show the players how to move with a FOOTBALL .