The Wide Zone play requires a lot of time and effort if you want to achieve success. So you've got to have a solid drill that gets lots of reps and still benefits every player involved. This wide zone half line drill does just that. This drill is set up using the entire width of the field ...

In this article, I will continue to go through how I teach my players to defeat different blocks and will provide some of the drills that I use in order to help them beat the blocks they will see each game. Double teams are very tough for defensive linemen to take on and beat. In my ...

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.”Heraclitus In our last article, we discussed how to modernize the way you use drills to incorporate a constraints-led approach to drills and open your mind to helping your players think and find ...

Over the course of the next couple of articles, we are going to attempt to modernize the way you use drills to incorporate a constraints-led approach to drills and open your mind to helping your players think and find solutions to the chaos of a football game.  The goal of good coaching ...

Learning to drill your wide receiver screens effectively and efficiently makes your offense a true, full-field attack. The drill doesn't require pads and you can get lots of reps, so you can get good at it quickly. And when you get good quickly, you'll have the defense running from sideline to ...

Drilling the outside zone path and the bend, bang, bounce technique for running backs and quarterbacks is the key to success for the outside zone play.  The ball carrier must know his landmarks, know the keys to read from the defense, and be able to find green grass. The outside zone ...