Youth Football Skills & Drills

Coach Tom Bass has more than 25 years of NFL coaching experience. He spent most of his coaching career as a Defensive Coordinator, but also served as an assistant coach to every position. He coached for many years with the Cincinnati Bengals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the San Diego Chargers. He currently writes for Kickoff magazine, runs football clinics, and maintains his very active website, www.coachbass.com, while answering questions from coaches, players, and parents in his popular "Ask the Coach" column on the NFL website, www.NFLhs.com.

• Master Drill List Acronyms IntroductionPart OneGetting StartedChapter 1: Becoming a CoachChapter 2: Your Coaching StaffChapter 3: Player Positions Offensive Positions and ResponsibilitiesDefensive Positions and ResponsibilitiesComplementary Positions for Players Going Both WaysSpecial TeamsChapter 4: Planning the SeasonSchedule BreakdownGet OrganizedPart TwoPracticePeriod 1: Warm-Up and Get-OnWarm-Up DrillsGet-OnPeriod 2: Individual PracticeDefensive Back and Wide Receiver DrillsDefensive Back DrillsWide Receiver DrillsDefensive and Offensive Line and Tight End DrillsDefensive Line DrillsOffensive Line Drills/Tight End DrillsLinebacker and Running Back DrillsLinebacker DrillsRunning Back DrillsQuarterback Drills Quarterback Pass Drop DrillsBasic Skills and DrillsTacklingCatchingCombination Drills for Individual PeriodOffensive Combination DrillsDefensive Combination DrillsSpecial Teams Combination DrillsPeriod 3: Group PracticePassing DrillsPass Protection and Rush DrillsWeak Side DrillStrong Side DrillPeriod 4: Special TeamsPunt Coverage and Punt ReturnKick Off and Kick Off Return DrillsPat/FG and Field Goal Block Period 5: Team PracticeOffensive Plays for Team PracticeDefensive Plays for Team PracticePeriod 6: Cool-Down and StretchingWrapping Up Index