Tips For Youth Football Training

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.

In order to do the jump squat, one must first acquire a squatting position wherein he squats down. After making a squat, then he would jump into the air and then bend his legs while in mid air. He has to then repeat doing this exercise and strengthen his leg muscles in the process.

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.

To do this, one must first put a cone in front of the player followed by another one five yards from the first one and a last one ten yards from the first one. Now the catch here would be to simply run around the cone and touch the ground beside each of the cones there. While running around, make sure to switch the ball from the right hand to the left and from the left to the right after running each 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.

The last drill that would be stated here would be the dummy tackling drill. Now this is probably one of the most common ones and would increase the overall body strength of the players. Basically, the coach would have to set up a set of dummies on the field and the players would have to push the dummies to a certain distance in the field.

So basically, those are some of the youth football training drills that are commonly used by coaches in general. These drills are used in order to strengthen the entire body of the player and have him gain some skills as well. That way, he and the team will be able to be in tip top condition during the game and gain victory over the opponent.




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