Saturday, February 1, 2014

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.

Then there would be the over speed drill which would increase the running speed of the player. Basically, the coach would have to find a rather steep hill wherein the players can run down fast. The catch here is that the players have to run down without falling on the ground.

Of course everyone knows about the dummy tackling drill. Known to be one of the most common, it is a drill wherein one would increase his overall body strength. In a nutshell, the coach has to put a few dummies on the field and let each player push his own respective dummy to a far end.

So as one can see, the youth football training drills are not easy and would require a lot of time and effort before one would perfect them. However, after doing these drills, one will definitely expect his body to get stronger. That way, he will be ready to face his opponents when he goes out with his other teammates to the field.




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