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<p>Help your youth football player advance his or her skills on the field with the Auditory Slides drill. Great for players looking to improve their reaction and speed during lateral movement.</p>

<p>Transcription:</p>

<p>A variation of the last drill is for the athlete to slide laterally, and then change direction when a coach or training partner gives a verbal command. The athlete should use proper lateral movement technique, and slide in one direction until the coach says switch. The athlete must react off this command, and begin sliding in the opposite direction.&nbsp;<br />
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The change in direction causes the athlete to efficiently reverse the roles of his feet. The trail leg that was pushing now begins pulling as the lead leg, and vice versa. The athlete should focus on reacting to the coach&#39;s command, and not jump the gun by guessing at when the command will be given.</p>


Auditory Slides


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<p>This youth football drill is similar to Front Stabs but the youth athlete moves backwards, and this drill requires more hip movement. This youth football drill is great for defensive players that want to improve quickness while moving backwards.</p>

Back Stabs


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<p>Help your youth football player advance his or her skills on the field with the Backward Straddle drill. Great for players looking to improve body control and speed/agility.</p>

Backward Straddle Hops


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<p>Help your youth football player advance his or her skills on the field with the 45 Degree Break drill. Great for players looking to build up speed.</p>

45 Degree Break


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<p>Help your youth football player advance his or her skills on the field with the Back Pedal into Sprint drill. Great for players looking to work on their transition between back pedaling to sprinting.</p>

<p>Transcription:</p>

<p>Another unique and important skill for defense of athletes is the ability to quickly back pedal, and then smoothly turn 180 degrees and transition into a linear sprint. Athletes that are proficient at this skill are able to keep the action of the game in front of them as they back pedal, and then keep themselves involved in the action as it moves down the field.&nbsp;<br />
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This drill begins by attaching the flexi cord to the back of the athlete and spacing the partner 10 to 12 feet behind the athlete. The athlete begins the drill by back pedaling a predetermined distance, and then snapping his hips around and transitioning into a linear sprint for the remaining marked distance.&nbsp;<br />
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The partner should move with the athlete to keep constant tension on the flexi cord. The pull of the flexi cord during the back pedal, and the transition to the linear sprint, makes these motions extremely challenging.</p>

Backpedal Into Sprint


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<p>Help your youth football player advance his skills on the field with the Lateral W Sprints drill. Shuffle your feet and transition efficently into a sprint to increase foot speed and acceleration.</p>

Lateral W Sprint with Agility Cone


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<p>NFL cornerback Lito Sheppard demonstrates exercises and drills that players of all ages and skill levels can do before practicing or playing a game.</p>

Lito Sheppard: Warming Up Before Practice and Game


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<p>It is important for defensive backs to practice catching as many balls as possible, getting comfortable with the skill and always being ready in a game to make an interception.</p>

Lito Sheppard: Catching Balls


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<p>A fundamental skill for playing defensive back, Lito Sheppard demonstrates how to stay low in transition and learn great footwork.</p>

Lito Sheppard: Backpeddling


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<p>A great, simple drill for defensive backs and linebackers that works on backpedaling, lateral movement, planting and working the feet in the shape of a W.</p>

Lawrence Timmons: W Drill


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<p>NFL running back Reggie Bush explains the importance of a strong core in football. Most of the power and explosion a player generates comes from the core and training the body in this area can greatly improve your abilities</p>

<p>Transcription:</p>

<p>Reggie:...quarterback positioning always known as the hitters. The biggest guys, not the hitters ain&#39;t gonna come and hit you the hardest. So I would say focus more on your core or your legs. You just work on hittin&#39;, being that aggressive corner that can cover and come up and deliver that shot too.&nbsp;<br />
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Man: The killer shot.<br />
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Reggie: Yeah, the killer shot, you know. Just being a good tackler too.&nbsp;<br />
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Man: You mean like open field tackle?<br />
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Reggie: Exactly, yeah. Exactly, just being a good tackler. I mean, football is really all core and just legs. A lot of people think your power comes from up here. It don&#39;t. It comes from all your legs and your core. And that&#39;s something... I remember at SC, we worked out, we worked a lot on that.<br />
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Man: What&#39;s the best core workout? Or what&#39;s the one you did the most for core workout?<br />
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Reggie: Just, you can do sit-ups, whatever, but just really working on those drills, like I was talking about, and really, you know, squats. I don&#39;t know if you guys do power cleans, that&#39;s a good explosive drill.&nbsp;<br />
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All the drills we did, like all the field drills we did at SC were always...have to finish five yards. You always have to sprint five yards afterwards. That just gets you entirely into finishing. You know what I mean? Finishing everything you&#39;re doing. When you sprint 5 yards, 10 yards, after every little drill you do, and just focus on that explosion, and like just finishing.<br />
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You&#39;ve just got to focus on doing every little thing you can to separate yourself from that next guy. I mean your opponent, whoever it is...</p>

Reggie Bush: Maintaining A Strong Core


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<p>Pro football&#39;s Donnie Edwards teaches how defensive backs can develop better instincts to intercept the football and cause turnovers.</p>

Donnie Edwards: Improve Instincts for INTs


<p>Alternate sprinting and then backpedaling between the cones and finish with a form tackle or second-level block.</p>

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Cut and Run For Defensive Players


<p>Improve the speed and footwork in your backpedal</p>

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10-Yard Backpedal Drill


<p>How to use your eyes and feet to make a proper break on the football and prevent a reception</p>

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Backpedal, Shuffle, Break on Ball


<p>How to play proper contain technique and prevent large gains by scrambling quarterbacks</p>

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Contain and Alley


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<p>Some fundamental tips from Lito Sheppard on how to blanket a receiver</p>

Lito Sheppard: Pass Coverage Basics


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<p>Will Witherspoon demonstrates a few stretches to get loose and reduce injury risk</p>

Will Witherspoon: Leg Stretching Warm-Ups


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<p>Side to side agility is crucial to a variety of positions in football.&nbsp; Here NFL football star Lawrence Timmons shows how he practices and builds agility in this football drill.</p>

<p>Transcription:</p>

<p>This is basic drill all the way through here like working on BLO and just get through blockers right here too. Keep your head up. Basically you are going to do what we did earlier. You&#39;re going to start here slightly. Is that it? Is that it?</p>

Lawrence Timmons: Side Shuffle Drill


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<p>One of the most important defensive football skills to learn is how to avoid offensive blockers.&nbsp; The National Football League&#39;s Donnie Edwards teaches how to best get past a blocker so you can make the tackle.</p>

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<p>What I didn&#39;t know when I went to the league, which I wish I would have known in college and in high school, was how to take on blockers. Because I&#39;m not very big. I&#39;m 220, 225 depending, you know what I mean? But the bigger the guys, it&#39;s better for me because he&#39;s gonna be trying to lunge at me and I&#39;m just gonna pop him and get off. And the key about getting off blocks as a linebacker is don&#39;t get tied up with them. Never ever, listen to me. Never ever use your shoulder on alignment or someone that&#39;s trying to block you, except a fullback. Seriously. Because you see, a lot of guys, especially a lot of DBs that don&#39;t understand how to take on blockers, they always come and they&#39;re like this with a shoulder. And that guy&#39;s gonna come, you come with a shoulder? Here, come with a shoulder. Guess what, you ain&#39;t going nowhere. And the key for defenders is making plays.<br />
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If you&#39;re tied up with blockers, you ain&#39;t gonna be on the field because you&#39;re not making plays. But what I leaned from my couch, Gunther Cunningham told me when I was a rookie, how to take on blockers. He talked about having face and hands. Face and hands. Guess what, well what the hell&#39;s that? Face and hands. It&#39;s really like face mask and hands. So it&#39;s almost like a combination of using like your two screws, right here in your helmet, and your hands, and popping and getting off. So when a guy&#39;s coming to block me...so, come to block me. I&#39;m a linebacker, you&#39;re coming to block me. What I do, I hit my face mask and my hands at the same time to get that separation. Because then, when you get that separation, depending on where that ball carrier&#39;s going, boom, you can just get off and you make a play.<br />
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So, depending on which side the blocker&#39;s coming, what I try to do is like, if I&#39;m coming from a linebacker position, and lineman&#39;s come off, the key is like, I have got this A-gap, so if I get cut off by this lineman coming off on me, and I get short here, and I can&#39;t get to my A-gap, all right, you&#39;re screwed. But the key is to get in your A-gap and get separation from that guard coming off on you. So when that guy&#39;s coming off on me, I try to step with the leg that I&#39;m going, face and hands with your face mask, so you get that separation, that little pop&#39;s gonna knock him back and then use your hands to push off and then throw him and get to your gap and then guess what. All you gotta do is make the attack on a hole. It&#39;s really simple but I&#39;m telling you, face and hands will really, really help you make a lot of plays.</p>

Donnie Edwards: Taking on Blockers


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Dip and Rip Drill


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<p>Help your youth football player advance his or her skills on the field with the Auditory Slides drill. Great for players looking to improve their reaction and speed during lateral movement.</p>

<p>Transcription:</p>

<p>A variation of the last drill is for the athlete to slide laterally, and then change direction when a coach or training partner gives a verbal command. The athlete should use proper lateral movement technique, and slide in one direction until the coach says switch. The athlete must react off this command, and begin sliding in the opposite direction.&nbsp;<br />
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The change in direction causes the athlete to efficiently reverse the roles of his feet. The trail leg that was pushing now begins pulling as the lead leg, and vice versa. The athlete should focus on reacting to the coach&#39;s command, and not jump the gun by guessing at when the command will be given.</p>


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<p>Help your youth football player advance his or her skills on the field with the Backward Straddle drill. Great for players looking to improve body control and speed/agility.</p>





<p>Slalom for Defensive Linemen Drill</p>

Slalom for Defensive Linemen Drill


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<p>Starting and returning to your 3-point stance, this drill works on explosion off the line for defensive players.</p>

Mario Williams: Left-Right Launch off Line


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<p>Work on staying low and delivering a strong first punch as a defensive lineman</p>

Adam Carriker: Defensive Line Form Drill


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<p>A drill with Mario Williams that teaches how to generate power in your legs and core when rushing the passer.</p>

<p>Transcription:</p>

<p>Mario: The toes off, the midsection&#39;s drawn tight, and so, from there we&#39;re gonna go, boom, boom, boom. So, it&#39;s three times. Kind of like that acceleration, you know, when you&#39;re down. You&#39;re going, you&#39;re not just here, and then you kind of put it all together. And so, that&#39;s kind of what we&#39;re getting at. So the foot placement is critical. The toe, dorsiflex, make sure we come back all the way, extend the hip and with knees up, drop it hard. So we&#39;re here. Not round, just staying flat. Just like that. So, the first thing we did, so load first. Left knee&#39;s up, okay. Now, let&#39;s go through it slow. So it&#39;s, go, go one, two, three. Good, just like that. Except this is gonna stay flat and get that toe up. Let&#39;s do it full speed now. Get either legs up. Ready, go! Drive chest, go! Chest up, chest up, head up. Ready, go! Good, relax. You know what you do, get your hands on the wall. Right, right, a little bit under your shoulders, good positive angle. So let&#39;s start with a one. I want you to push your butt out, push your butt out. And all we&#39;re gonna do is a load and lift first. All right, on me guys. We&#39;re coming up with the right, the right leg. Ready, go! Toes up, and we&#39;re gonna come back down. So remember guys, your toes are staying up, your back is flat. Ready, go! Good, all right, relax. Ready, and switch! Switch! Switch! Switch! Relax, good. The third phase of this wall acceleration, so, just like Mario did, start here. Now we&#39;re just putting it all together like we&#39;re just driving fast. So, right leg will be up.<br />
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Player: So just three time?<br />
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Mario: Yeah, three times over. One, two, three. And, go! That&#39;s all right, that&#39;s all right, that&#39;s all right.<br />
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Player: That didn&#39;t count.<br />
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Mario: Put it all together, so it&#39;s boom, boom, boom, boom. Three times.&nbsp;<br />
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Player: Supposed to go left up?<br />
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Mario: Left up, left up. Let&#39;s do everybody the same. Backs flat. Good, ready. Come back a little bit so your arms are right here on the wall instead of here. There you go. And, go! Go! Go! Relax, good.<br />
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Player: I mean, it&#39;s funny because that 45 degree launch that he&#39;s talking about is used to get down to the ball, it&#39;s used in a combine because that helps you out with the 40, because the first 10 yards is so crucial. Pretty much that key right there, about getting off, which is basically coming from this wall-push, is very important. Stressing my position.</p>

Mario Williams: Wall Push Drill


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<p>The NFL&#39;s Adam Carriker drills players on pass rushing moves and proper use of the hands when attacking the quarterback.</p>

<p>Transcription:</p>

<p>Adam: And you don&#39;t actually have to do anything, you know. He&#39;s just going to like practice getting his hands in here, coming off, and then just tapping on this guy again. So it&#39;s just like the bag only it&#39;s on a human.<br />
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Student 1: You want like a swim or something?<br />
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Adam: Yeah, you know, after you do that, you can swim. I like the rip because a lot of time if you get up high, a guy can catch you. So come with the rip. That can be better. Set, hit! Set, hit! If you want, you can actually move around a little bit. You know, make him work a little. Set, hit! [inaudible 00:00:57]<br />
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Mike: What is that, the orangutan grab?<br />
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Student 2: That&#39;s how we do it, Mike...<br />
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Adam: All right, just do it on the right side now, like you&#39;re a right defensive end or right tackle. Set, hit! Set, hit! Does anyone like play offensive line here?&nbsp;<br />
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Student 3: I do.<br />
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Adam: One of our biggest drills we do is like a one-on-one pass rush. You don&#39;t want to go full speed because we don&#39;t have pads on. But basically the offensive lineman...just like, he&#39;d be the quarterback. Offensive lineman, just protect, try and keep them from getting the quarterback. Defensive linemen, try and get there. Set, hit! Set, hit!</p>

Adam Carriker: Hit-And-Go Drill


<p>Fundamental Football Terms</p>

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Fundamental Football Terms


<p>Organize youth football practices with this American Sport Education Program practice guide.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;Youth football practice guide.</p>

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Practice Plan #1


<p>Philosophy of Football</p>

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Philosophy of Football


<p>Use these tips to increase the effectiveness of your passing game near the goal line with a multitude of popular routes</p>

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Drills for Executing Goal-line Pass Routes


<p>This youth football drill will help quarterbacks stay under control, and steady while looking for the next pass. These quick three steps will improve accuracy, and balance.</p>

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3 Step Quick Drop and Plant Part II


<p>This youth football drill will help quarterbacks stay under control, and steady while looking for the next pass. These three steps will improve accuracy, and balance for quarterbacks of all youth football levels.</p>

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3 Step Quick Drop and Plant


<p>This youth football quarterback drill will help the player learn the fundamentals of adjusting their feet and throwing. I beginner quarterback should master this drill but can be used by all levels.</p>

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3 Step Drop from Gun


<p>This youth football quarterback drill is very similar to the 3 Step Drop and Plant but adds on an additional "kick" step as 3rd step, and additional cross-over step as 4th step. This is if a QB has more space and time before making the pass.</p>

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5 Step Drop and Plant


<p>This youth football drill is a variation of the 3 Step Drop from Gun. This is a youth football coach and players decision as to which works best in certain situations.</p>

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5 Step Drop from Gun


<p>This youth football drill adds an addition kick step to the 3 Step Drop and Plant. Remember to keep your eyes straight downfield for the first 3 steps of the youth football drill before reading the area for a pass.</p>

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5 Step Drop and Settle Step


<p>This youth football quarterback drill will help the player learn how to avoid a hand shield and still make the pass left or right to his fellow teammate. This youth football drill can be used as a warm up or in a game like situation for all levels.</p>

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Avoid Drill




<p>In this youth football drill will break down the best way to throw the ball. Use these fundamentals to teach a beginner QB the perfect technique or to refresh a veteran of the keys to passing.</p>

Delivering The Pass


<p>This youth football drill for quarterback and receiver to concentrate on timing. This is a perfect drill for a youth sports team because their 5 players involved in the drill at a time. Make sure to rotate your LB and REC to each give them different opportunities.</p>

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Find The Window


<p>In this youth football drill for quarterbacks it works on breaking down the very first step after the ball is snapped back to the QB. It is key for the QB to focus on the placement of his right foot in order to be in a passing position.</p>

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First Step Drill




<p>The quarterback in youth football has to master the grip when going to pass the ball. Read this helpful tip and guide to having the perfect grip. Hand size is an important key to how a QB should grip the football.</p>

Gripping Tips




<p>This youth football drill will help a quarterback perfect his long toss. All QBs will find a partner and stand about 15 to 25 yards about depending on strength. As they perfect this drill the distance can be extended.</p>

Long Toss




<p>This youth football drill for quarterbacks helps them pass on the run while delivering a soft, catchable pitch at chest level. This drill could be used for any level QB.</p>

Practicing Option Pitch




<p>The pre-pass position in youth football is key to any novice quarterback. Make sure that the ball comes to the pre-pass position directly from the center snap. This movement helps gives momentum to the QB to make his next move.</p>

Pre-Pass Position




<p>This youth football drill for quarterbacks shows key coaching points to help while instructing youth players on how to pass the ball. Incorporate these key points in your next practice.</p>

Push/Pull Technique




<p>This youth football drill for quarterbacks will strengthen their reaction time and quickness when passing the ball. This can be used for a QB at any level to help them learn and improve.</p>


Rapid Toss Drill




<p>This youth football drill for quarterbacks in designed for players on an intermediate level. They have the grip, and the throw down. They are looking to improve on adjusting their feet while making a accurate pass.</p>

The Read Drill




<p>This youth football drill for quarterbacks helps work on accuracy and precision of the pass to the receiver. Use this youth football drill pass for quarterbacks drill at your next practice.</p>

Net Passing Drill #18




<p>This youth football drill for quarterbacks focuses on snapping while having the QB simulate snap by taking ball in their non-passing hand and snapping the ball to passing hand. This drill can help QBs at any level of play.</p>

Slide Passing Drill #19




<p>This youth football drill for quarterbacks is very similar to the passing drill #19. This drill just takes the step drop &amp; pass to the next level by having the QBs do a 5 step drop step.</p>

Slide Passing Drill #20




<p>This youth football drill helps improve a quarterbacks pivot and snap. This is a good drill for quarterbacks at any level of play. Try this youth football drill out at your next practice.</p>


Snap &amp; Pivot Drill


<p>This youth football drill for quarterbacks helps improve a the stance and set up of the snap. A coach should make sure that the QB has a good stance. This can be done in partners switching off and on QBs.</p>

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Snap Drill




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<p>This is the latest instructional video from our <a href="https://www.weplay.com/fan-pages/176-Peyton-Manning" rel="nofollow">Peyton Manning</a> clinic. We&#39;ve already seen the <a href="https://www.weplay.com/youth-football/drills/1431-The-3-Step-Drop-With-Peyton-Manning" rel="nofollow">3-step drop</a>, which is mainly used for short, quick passes. The 5-step drop is traditionally used for longer passes, as it gives more time for the receiver to get down field. Have a look at the master at work.</p>

<p>Transcription:</p>

<p>All right, five step drop. You&#39;re going to go here. Watch me. I&#39;m going to go one, two, three, four, five, step up and throw. Walk through that for me real quick. Walk through that. One, two, three, four, five, step up and throw. You got that?&nbsp;<br />
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One, two, three, four, five, step up. That a way. Get in front. That a way. Who&#39;s up?<br />
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Set, go. One, two, three, four, five. Oh, that&#39;s awesome, that&#39;s awesome. Good job. Lean forward. There you go.<br />
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One, two, three, four, five. That a way. that a way. Here we go now, get that good stance now. Don&#39;t get too wide. Eyes down field, eyes down field. Set, go. One, two, three, four, five. Come back. One, two, three, four, five. C&#39;mon back. That a way. Get up there, That a way. Good move, good move, good move.<br />
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Set, go. One, two, three, four, five. Ah, that&#39;s okay. That&#39;s all right, that&#39;s all right. Hey, you want to be balanced now. You want to throw...you want to finish with balance. Don&#39;t be falling off to the side.&nbsp;<br />
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Set, go. One, two, three, four, five, let her go. Oh I like it, the out route. I like it. Good throw.<br />
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Set, go. One, two, three, four, five. That&#39;s all right. Got away from you a little. Hey sometimes, if that ball sails on you, if the ball sails on you, it&#39;s because you stepped too wide. If you step wide, that ball&#39;s going to sail up in the air. So just take a little short six inch step before you throw. Five step drop and let it go.<br />
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Hold on, one at a time here. Fourth and ten, no pressure. If you drop it, we lose the game. But it&#39;s no pressure. Don&#39;t worry about it. Don&#39;t worry about it. And nobody&#39;s watching. There&#39;s nobody filming either. Just you and the quarterback. Nobody else, all right?<br />
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Hold on, hold on, one at a time. Here we go. Set, go. One, two, three, four, five, let her go.<br />
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Oh. Offsides on the defense. Replay. Here we go. Let&#39;s hit it. We&#39;ve got to hit it. C&#39;mon, we&#39;ve got to have it. Watch it in. Hey, hey, put a little more air under this one, alright? A little more under it. Set, go. One, two, three, four, five, soft throw. That a way. Yes. Give me five. Give me five. That a way. Good job.</p>

The 5-Step Drop With Peyton Manning


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<p>Use this drill to get loose before a game or practice and improve your hip torque while throwing the football</p>

Hip Swivel Throwing Drill


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<p>Learn to maximize accuracy, consistency&nbsp;and create a tight spiral by utilizing proper follow-through mechanics.</p>

<p>Transcription:</p>

<p>The follow through is important to throwing a good pass and being accurate. The key is, throwing a football, is you want your hand to finish that way. It&#39;d be kind of like throwing a, I guess a screw ball in baseball. A curve ball, you&#39;re going to finish with your hand that way. In a football throw, you want to throw it and your hand wants to finish that way, and that&#39;s going to result in a spiral. And you really want to avoid it coming all the way across your body.&nbsp;<br />
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It&#39;s going to sometimes but your trying to discipline yourself where it almost comes through to the middle of your body and finishes that way. And that&#39;s usually going to result in a little better spiral. And I really try to finish the throw. I try to come through and finish with my right leg coming forward almost like a pitcher would coming off the mound. It kind of let&#39;s me know that I&#39;m finishing the throw. I&#39;m balanced. I&#39;m following through to the target. All those things, I think will result in an accurate pass.&nbsp;<br />
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There&#39;s nothing wrong when your practicing out there with your receivers on your high school field or on the playground in your back yard with sort of checking yourself after each throw. In other words, after I throw I kind of look at myself. I call it taking a picture of myself. Checking my balance. I&#39;m seeing where I am. I&#39;m seeing where my hand is and the more you do that the better habit you&#39;re going to create. And that way when you get out there in the game on Friday night, on Saturday morning, whenever you&#39;re playing, you&#39;re going to be more accurate as a passer because you worked real hard on developing these mechanics.&nbsp;</p>

Finishing the Throw: Follow-Through


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<p>Warm up with stationary throws to ensure your body is properly aligned and enhance accuracy</p>

Six-Inch Step Stationary Drill with Peyton Manning


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<p>How to prepare your self for "crunch time" situations and remain composed</p>

Focusing in the 4th Quarter with Peyton Manning


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<p>Football legend&nbsp;Peyton Manning goes over how to prepare for a football game including being rested and getting in the right mindset to play the game.</p>

<p>Transcription:</p>

<p>Certainly mental preparation is a huge part of it. On game day, a lot of times we&#39;ll be playing at 12:00, so you&#39;ll wake up around 7:30. I think it&#39;s important to get a good night&#39;s sleep the night before. Hopefully you&#39;ve prepared as hard as you possibly could during the week of practice, both mentally and physically, so when you go to bed on Saturday night, or whatever night it is before the game, you can sleep well knowing I&#39;ve done everything I could to get ready for this game. And I wake up feeling pretty comfortable and confident.&nbsp;<br />
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I like to get over the stadium around three and half hours before the game. Get over there, get my ankles taped, get my arms stretched by our trainer, do a little rotator cuff exercises. And then I always go out on the field about two hours before the game to start throwing with my receivers, pick a couple receivers and throw a few routes before the game. But mentally I try to do everything sort of consistently at the same time before each game, so I feel comfortable, I feel confident as we&#39;re getting closer and closer to kickoff, I know sort of what I&#39;m about to get in to, and so once kickoff finally gets here, I feel like I&#39;m ready to go.</p>

Preparing for a Football Game with Peyton Manning


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<p>Peyton Manning describes the importance of developing quick and simple signals that allow you to make changes on the fly and defeat any defense</p>

QB Signals with Receivers: with Peyton Manning


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<p>Learn an effective warm up drill to practice throwing with different foot alignments and prepare for game situations</p>

The Proper Foot Throwing Drill: with Peyton Manning


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<p>See how &nbsp;quarterback Peyton Manning mentally prepares himself for an upcoming opponent</p>

Prepping for An Opponent: with Peyton Manning


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<p>Peyton Manning, legendary NFL passer, teaches an important skill for quarterbacks. &nbsp; As the quarterback and leader of the team you must command the huddle with precision and confidence&nbsp;</p>


Managing the Huddle: with Peyton Manning


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<p>Legendary football quarterback Peyton Manning teaches all the fundamentals of being a good passer.&nbsp; Peyton shows how to grip the football, how to throw a spiral and how to be a consistent passer.</p>

<p>Transcription:</p>

<p>First thing we&#39;ll talk about is the grip. I put my fingers on the second lace and the fifth lace. So when that ball is snapped to me from the center, usually my center, Jeff Saturday, snaps it right there every time, but if it comes up different, I will find those laces right away; I try to get my hand on those two laces. I try to have a little bit of space in between the ball and my hand. You don&#39;t want to grip a ball so tight where there&#39;s no space, so you try to have a little bit of space always.&nbsp;<br />
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So that&#39;s where you start and I try to keep the ball up as I&#39;m dropping back and have it above my shoulder, and then I take the ball back, it&#39;s not like throwing a baseball where a baseball you come all the way down here. I try to come straight back and I just think about trying to let the ball just spin off my fingers as I&#39;m throwing it, just letting that ball just spin off and rotate like that and that usually is going to result in a spiral.</p>


Basic Throwing Mechanics: with Peyton Manning


<p>Use this effective drill at the start of practice to warm up quarterbacks and receivers and emphasize the importance of catching the ball away from the body</p>

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Making the Catch with the Pat-and-Go Drill


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<p>Former Coach at Tulane University, Frank Monica works with a group of quarterbacks at the Manning Passing Academy. In this drill, quarterbacks learn how to properly "roll-out" of the pocket, and how to throw accurately on the run. Watch this video for proper technique.</p>


Sprint Out Station Drill


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<p>Working the wheel route for linebackers falling out into coverage, concentrating on footwork and making a play for the ball.</p>

Lawrence Timmons: Catching Passes


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<p>The power position for a linebacker means maximum mobility, leverage and flexibility of movement.</p>

Will Witherspoon: The Power Position


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<p>NFL linebacker Will Witherspoon demonstrates the importance of using your hips for explosiveness as a linebacker</p>

Will Witherspoon: Hip Drill


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<p>Watch Will Witherspoon demonstrate an effective drill for teaching linebackers to make efficient and explosive movements out of their stance</p>


Will Witherspoon: 4 Corner Cone Drill


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<p>NFL star Lawrence Timmons drills players on the ability to better anticipate plays and use your instincts to make plays</p>


Lawrence Timmons: Anticipation Drill


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<p>Will Witherspoon demonstrates a few stretches to get loose and reduce injury risk</p>





<p>The objective of this youth football drill is to teach an awareness of where to take a defender in accordance with a quarterback&#39;s drop point.</p>

Finish Drill


<p>This youth football drill will help quarterbacks of all ages focus on their footwork, high release, and all around accuracy. Try this youth football QB drill out at your next practice.</p>

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3 Step Drop and Throw


<p>This youth football drill for quarterbacks will help give players quick feet, and increase their reaction time. Make sure your repeat this drill 20 times. This drill can be used with any level player.</p>

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Box Straddle Drill


<p>This youth football drill for quarterbacks with help keep their feet moving. It is always important for a quarterback to have quick feet when starting a play. Make sure to repeat the drill for a count of 20 reps.</p>

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Foot Shuffle Drill


<p>This youth football drill for quarterbacks helps improve their quick feet movement. This drill can be used with all levels, and at any point of practice.</p>

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Side Straddle Drill

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<p>It is important for defensive backs to practice catching as many balls as possible, getting comfortable with the skill and always being ready in a game to make an interception.</p>


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