Football is a game that requires a high level of physical conditioning --- drills to help your body get used to the hard contact that is a part of every play --- and skill building so you can compete at a high level. In football, players try to get bigger, stronger, faster and more athletic in order to play the game.
Football Ladders
Football ladders are done at the start of most practice sessions to build speed, endurance and quickness. In this drill, all players start out on the goalline and sprint to the 10-yard line and back. At that point, they sprint to the 20-yard line and back and follow that with sprints to the 30- and 40-yard lines. After a 1-minute break, players repeat the drill.
Strength Training
Players must spend time in the weight room in order to get stronger. In most cases, players make their primary gains in the weight room during the offseason and try to do maintenance-level strength training workouts in the offseason. Some of the exercises done in the weight room include the bench press, arm curls, lunges, dead lifts and the leg press.
Oklahoma Drill
Players must work on their competitiveness in practice on a regular basis. In order to do this, coaches will ask players to do the Oklahoma Drill. This exercise will require offensive linemen to block, defensive linemen to fight off the block, running backs to carry the ball and linebackers to tackle. In this drill, the coach will set up two cones about eight yards apart. Two offensive linemen and two defensive linemen will oppose each other at the line of scrimmage. On the coach's whistle, the two offensive linemen will try to push the defensive linemen to one side and the running back will attempt to run through that opening. A linebacker will make the tackle. This gets all players used to hard exercise.
Quarterback Accuracy
In this drill, the quarterback has to throw the ball opening. He will throw five passes in order. He will throw to a receiver at the left sideline, one at the left hashmark, the middle of the field, the right hashmark and the right sideline. The quarterback will take the snap from center, drop back 5-to-7 steps and throw the ball upon settting his feet. The quarterback should be able to hit 4-of-5 throws accurately in this exercise.
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