Football Receiver Drill - Firing Squad
This football drill will focus on improving receiver concentration of picking the ball up in the air with some distraction.

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Football Receiver Drill - Firing Squad

This football drill will focus on improving receiver concentration of picking the ball up in the air with some distraction.

Football Receiver Drill - Firing Squad

Setup

  1. The receiver should stand in front of the coach with his back to the coach, but facing a lineup of Quarterbacks. 
  2. Each QB should have a ball.

Instructions

  1. The coach starts the drill by pointing to a QB to designate that QB as the thrower. The receiver should not know which QB he points to. 
  2. The coach will say "Ready" which should alert the QB's to cock their arms. 
  3. On the "GO" command, each of the QB's should go through the throwing motion, however, only the QB that the coach pointed to should actually throw the football.
  4. The Receiver should catch the ball and throw it back to the QB that threw the ball and the drill should start over.
  5. Let each receiver catch six to eight footballs before rotating receivers.

Variations

  • NA

Coaching Points

  • This football receiving drill will focus on concentration and watching the ball into the receivers hands. 

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Football Receiver Drill - Firing Squad

This football drill will focus on improving receiver concentration of picking the ball up in the air with some distraction.

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