Improving Collegiate Sports Players" Routines
Basics to football hand offs Handoff skills can secure yardage on the field and increase your overall success.
We will explain this in a common scenario between a quarterback and a running back.
The running back starts the hand off running towards the quarterback with his arms open creating a pocket for the quarterback to slide the football right into the running back's chest.
Once the quarterback has placed the ball in the pocket, or opening, the running back immediately clamps down on the ball protecting it and holding on to it.
As the running back runs off with the football it is important to stay low to increase agility and speed.
Conditioning Drill: Up Downs Out of all of the football conditioning drills up downs is one of the most popular.
Players will start this drill by running in place as fast as they can, keeping their knees high as possible.
At the coaches signal the players will drop to the ground and do a push up, and then quickly get back up and start running again.
Because this drill can be very taxing, it is important to increase the time spent at this slowly over time as the player's strength increases.
Making and effective Angle Tackle The reason for angle tackles is simple, cover the shortest area to get to the tackle, but there is still a great need to practice this technique.
Set up a simple drill with two players, on as the offense with the ball running in a straight line, the other as the defender running towards him at some angle.
As the defender he will need to adjust his body to cover the shortest distance towards the ball carrier, and make the stop by placing his foot squarely in front, and remembers for safety to put his head in front of the ball carrier.
The tackle is completed as the defender wraps his hands tightly around the opponent, straightens his hips and pushes the opponent to the ground or off sides.
Running with the Ball: The Gauntlet Drill Ball security, preventing fumbles and turnovers is perhaps the most important skill the offensive team can have.
This of course is even more important for wide receivers and running backs as they handle the ball more than most.
That is why the gauntlet drill was created, to test and practice effective ball security.
The drill starts with a player protecting the ball as best as he can while running through several opponents.
The opponents can line up in any scenario, the most common being two lines and the ball carrier must run through them.
Make sure to take the drill slow at first, and to also have the ball carrier hold the ball in several differing positions.
We will explain this in a common scenario between a quarterback and a running back.
The running back starts the hand off running towards the quarterback with his arms open creating a pocket for the quarterback to slide the football right into the running back's chest.
Once the quarterback has placed the ball in the pocket, or opening, the running back immediately clamps down on the ball protecting it and holding on to it.
As the running back runs off with the football it is important to stay low to increase agility and speed.
Conditioning Drill: Up Downs Out of all of the football conditioning drills up downs is one of the most popular.
Players will start this drill by running in place as fast as they can, keeping their knees high as possible.
At the coaches signal the players will drop to the ground and do a push up, and then quickly get back up and start running again.
Because this drill can be very taxing, it is important to increase the time spent at this slowly over time as the player's strength increases.
Making and effective Angle Tackle The reason for angle tackles is simple, cover the shortest area to get to the tackle, but there is still a great need to practice this technique.
Set up a simple drill with two players, on as the offense with the ball running in a straight line, the other as the defender running towards him at some angle.
As the defender he will need to adjust his body to cover the shortest distance towards the ball carrier, and make the stop by placing his foot squarely in front, and remembers for safety to put his head in front of the ball carrier.
The tackle is completed as the defender wraps his hands tightly around the opponent, straightens his hips and pushes the opponent to the ground or off sides.
Running with the Ball: The Gauntlet Drill Ball security, preventing fumbles and turnovers is perhaps the most important skill the offensive team can have.
This of course is even more important for wide receivers and running backs as they handle the ball more than most.
That is why the gauntlet drill was created, to test and practice effective ball security.
The drill starts with a player protecting the ball as best as he can while running through several opponents.
The opponents can line up in any scenario, the most common being two lines and the ball carrier must run through them.
Make sure to take the drill slow at first, and to also have the ball carrier hold the ball in several differing positions.
