Conditioning & Warm Up Drills for Football

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this is Sean Hobson, for Expert Village. What we want to talk about right now is getting loose before the games and we're going to show you a couple of drills that can be used to get loose before practice or before games. These are also good drills to use as conditioning methods as well, before the game or after practice. One thing we're going to do right now is a drill that probably everybody uses across the country called Up Downs. This is a good drill for not only conditioning, but it gets these guys working on anytime they go down, if they are knocked down by a block, to explode back up and go after the tackle. So, we're going to do some Up Downs right now. And what we want these guys to do is, on set they're going to get their feet moving in a good position, good and balanced and strong. And then when I say hut, they're going to go down and as soon as they hit the ground they're going to use their arms to explode up as fast as they can and get back into the running motion. Just like they would on the field to get ready to go back after a tackle. So, here's what the Up Downs look like at full speed. Alright, set. Hut. Hut. Let's go, jump back up! Good. Hut. One more time, one more time! Hut. Good, you're done. Good job. So, you can see how fast those guys explode up. One other thing we like to use alot are the ropes. And, you can do alot of different things on the ropes. You can get really creative and you can have them step in from the side. Brandon, show them real quick how we do checkerboard where you step in from the side. Hit both of the squares and then step out on the side. Brandon's going to go through something we call checkerboard which is how we're going to use all the squares. And then we're just going to have Brian demonstrate how you're going to go through the ropes with your feet up strong and he's going to go through them as quick as he can, hitting every hole. Alright, Brandon. You can see this is a good drill for footwork, this is a good drill to show how the guys work laterally, as they hit all the ropes. Now, what Brian's going to do here is, he's going to explode through, you want to keep your feet up as high as you possibly can and pump your arms as you're going through the ropes. Good. Now the first couple of times that you do the ropes this is going to be hard for you to go through and not hit the ropes. That's why this is a good drill. You may trip a few times, but the more you do it, the better you're going to get and the more agile you're going to get. So, these are two good drills that you can use to become a good football player.

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