Youngstown Youth Flag Football Drills: Overview

1 Youngstown Youth flag Football Drills: Overv iew Dri ll # 1: Warm-Up Dri ll: "Jingle-Jangle" This is a good way to begin practi ce. After a short stre tching p eriod this drill g ets players loose and warmed up, while also helping them practice their a gil it y and footwork. Dri ll # 2: Centre QB Exch ange Pur pose: To deve lop prope r snapping technique. This is a rela y r ace. The quarterb ack and centre o n each team start the race. Dri ll # 3: Passing D ri ll: Progressive QB This drill helps refine a nd impr ove passing te chnique b y concentrati ng on pr oper arm and hand move ment.

2 Dri ll # 4: Passing Pur pose: To deve lop prope r passing technique. Participants pass the f ootball back and forth to the ir pa rtner. Dri ll #5: I ndividual Pass P atterns Learn about the Yard Curl, Yard Out, Yard Post, Post Cor ne r, Stre ak and the Yard Smash Dri ll # 6: Passing and Receiving: Run & Shoot This drill helps players understand simple passing routes, from the perspective of both quarterback and receiver. Dri ll # 7: Passing & R eceiving Pur pose: To deve lop running, passing, a nd re ceiving skill s.

3 This is a rela y r ace. The object i s for QB 1 to pass to WR 1, who has run to cone (A) to catch the b all . Dri ll # 8: Passing & R eceiving Pur pose: For a WR to find an open area in order to catch a p ass. The object i s for the QB's to pass the f ootball around until an opportunity arises to thr ow the f ootball to the WR. Dri ll # 9: Passing & R eceiving Pur pose: To deve lop prope r pass patterns and defensive skills. The WR snaps the f ootball to the QB a nd the WR r uns a 5-yard "out" patt ern . The c ones are set out to indicate directi on.

4 Dri ll # 10: Passing & R eceiving Pur pose: To deve lop prope r r eceiving a nd passing skill s. Teach participants how to spread out and use the entire field. Overv iew Continued Dri ll # 11: Pass P atte rn Combi nations Learn about the S treak Out, Streak Curl, Post Out, C or ne r Smash, Cur l Post Cor ne r and the Twin Cur l. Dri ll # 12: Tosses Pur pose: To deve lop prope r tosses or pitches. Set out a 20 x 20-yard are a. Divide teams into even gr oups and place players opposite e ach other across the line about 5 yards apart.

5 Dri ll # 13: Running with the Ball Pur pose: To deve lop running skill s. This is a rela y race between teams. The f irst parti cipant in each line has a Football and will r un with the f ootball around each cone a nd then come back to the be ginning of his/her li ne . Dri ll # 14: Running with the Ball Pur pose: To deve lop running skill s and a void having the fla g pulled. Rela y race between teams. drill i s completed when all R Bs have r un through the mini end zone once. Dri ll # 15: Running with the Ball Pur pose: To deve lop running skill s and a void having the fla g pulled.

6 Pair pla yers up one as a RB and one a s a DB. The DB is in back of the RB a nd chasing the R B f rom behind. Dri ll # 16: Defense Pur pose: To deve lop defensive back skill s. The o bject i s for the RB to run along the line of scrimmage and sele ct an are a b etween the cones to run through. Dri ll # 17: Defense Pur pose: To deve lop running skill s and avoid the DB. Also teache s RBs to run to an open are a. The object i s for the RBs to run past the D Bs to the opposite end zone without g ett ing their fla gs pulled. Dri ll # 18: Defense Pur pose: To deve lop the de fe nsive skills of pulling the flag a nd foll owing a WR.

7 This is a mirror drill . Pla yers must "mirr or " and stay with the player lined up across from them. Dri ll # 19: Defense Pur pose: To deve lop defensive skills of backpedali ng a nd pulling the f la g. Pair up kids one group is WRs, the other DBs. Each DB will backpe da l and "mirr or " the WR. All players will start i n slow motion on the instructor's command. Dri ll # 20: NFL Ulti mate Pur pose: To deve lop aware ne ss a nd fe el for the f la g f ootball concept. The c oncept is for the team with the Football to pa ss the ball to teammate s without dropping the ball , a ll the while moving the ball toward the end zone.

8 Youngstown Youth flag Football Drills: Warm-Up Dri ll: "Jingle-Jangle" This i s a good w ay to begin pract ice. Aft er a short s tre tching per iod, this drill g et s p lay ers l oose and war med up, while also helping t hem practice thei r agility and footwork . Dev el opmental Goals: Impro ve bal an ce, footwork, and c hange of direction. Dri ll Outline: Pl ace cones at corner s of 15-y ard square. Line up play ers at one co rner of s quare. Pl ay ers then: 1. Sprint t o fi rs t cone 2. Side-s tep t o second c one 3.

9 Backpedal t o t hird c one 4. Sprint back to beginning o f l ine. Thro w a footbal l t o e ach player as he or she finishes t he drill . Rep ea t d ri ll to other side after ev eryone has had a turn . Youngstown Youth flag Football Drills: #1 Centre QB Exch ange Dev el opmental Goals: To d ev elop proper snapping technique. Set Up: Set out a 20 x 2 0-y ard area. Divide teams into e ven groups a nd place in e ven lines. Place co nes in middle of drill four yards a par t. One footbal l p er team; the en tir e clas s can p artici pate.

10 Dri ll Outline: This i s a relay race. The quar ter bac k (A) an d centre (B) on each te am st art t he race. The centre (B) snaps directly to t he QB (A). The centre will s tan d s till while t he QB runs t o the next c one. The previous (A) s naps to (B), then ( B) snap s to (A) and s o o n, until c ours e is c omplet ed. The race is c ontinued until each participant gets a turn. Progres sion: Shotgun s nap. Key C oach ing P oint s: Center must p lac e t he ball on t he ground befo re snapping.