Drills & Routes

11 – Running Drills and Routes

When you hear a former quarterback on a football broadcast drop seemingly random terms like out, wheel, and dig, it can get a little confusing. You’re just getting an unexpected dose of knowledge about receivers’ passing routes. There are all kinds of rules about who lines up where and why, but we’ll stick to the basics with a description of some of the most common routes and what they look like on the field.

In this session we will discuss the 9 most popular football routes and run each one.

  1. Flat Route
  2. Slant Route
  3. Comeback Route
  4. Curl Route
  5. Out Route
  6. In/Dig Route
  7. Corner Route
  8. Post Route
  9. Streak/Fly/Go/Fade Route

Depending on the position of the football player being coached, here are some examples of the  drills used in this session:

Tight Ends:

  1. Run Blocking Drill
  2. Reach Drill
  3. Receiving Drill

Running Backs:

  1. Pass Protection Drill
  2. Simple Punch Drill
  3. Two Pass Protection Drill
  4. Concentration Drill
  5. Ball Security Gauntlet Drill

Quarterbacks:

  1. QB Drop Drill
  2. QB Pocket Movement Drill
  3. QB Throwing ProgressionDrill
  4. QB Pat and Go Drill
  5. QB Routes on Air Drill
  6. QB Across the Middle Drill
  7. QB Toss Drill
  8. QB Shuffle Drill
  9. QB High Release Drill
  10. QB Find Window Drill
  11. QB Center Exchange Drill
  12. QB Open Steps For Run Game Drill
  13. QB 5 and 7 Step Drop Drill
  14. QB Get Loose Ball Drill
  15. QB Figure 8 Drill
  16. QB Four Cone Chaos Drill
  17. QB Four Hurdle Box Drill
  18. QB Human Joystick Drill
  19. QB Single Hurdle Slide Climb Drill
  20. QB Big U Little U Single Movement Drill
  21. QB Quick Feet Drill
  22. QB Pressure Escape Drill
  23. QB Sudden Change Drill
  24. QB 6 Cone Ball Security Drill

Wide Receivers:

  1. Bag Catch
  2. Step Over Bags
  3. Push Up Catch Drill
  4. Hide and Seek
  5. Foot Fire Drill Blocking
  6. Break Down Plant