When coaches conduct football practices, they often break their sessions up into segments that include calisthenics, football drills, specific plays and competitions. As a season moves along, coaches often give players games to play in practice that help increase their skill level and break up the monotony of the daily routine.
Johnny Tackle
Blocking and tackling should make up a big part of every team's practice routine. Johnny Tackle helps players improve their tackling ability. In this game, the coach designates one player as a tackler and he stands at the 15-yard line. The other players stand at the goal line, take off from that point and run to the 30-yard line. The player in the middle has to pick out one player to tackle. After that round, the original player and the player he tackled stand in the middle and tackle two other players. Continue in this manner until all players have been tackled. This is a great way to end practice.
Two-Minute Drill
No matter what level of football you are playing, it's important to know how to execute in the final two minutes of a half. In this drill, the offense squares off against the defense at midfield. The offense has three time-outs and must find a way to score. Regular timing rules apply. If there is an incomplete pass or the play goes out of bounds, the clocks stops. If not, it keeps running. The object for the offense is to get off as many plays as possible and score before the two minutes run off the clock.
Bull in the Ring
In this game, one player gets the ball in the middle of the field and 15 players form a circle around him. All players in the circle are at least five yards from the player in the center. The player in the middle runs in place and turns clockwise as he prepares to run. The other players get in the ready position and must be prepared to tackle. The coach will call out the number of one of the players in the circle. At that instant, that player will try to tackle the player with the ball. The player with the ball will try to run over the tackler. If the player is tackled before he reaches the outside of the circle, the tackler becomes the new ball carrier. If the runner runs through the tackle and gets outside the circle, he gets to carry the ball again.
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