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Ability Test for Player Coordination in youth football
When coaching youth football you will want to evaluate your players for quickness ability. One of the better drills I have used is to have the players lay on their back helmet on the ground with their eyes looking into the sky. They lay flat with both arms at their sides. Coach then blows the whistle and the player must turnover, get up, sprint 5 yards, block a bag held by the coach, spin again and run five more yards. This is an excellent way to find out the coordination of each player.
I will run this again in the 3 Line Evaluation race format. It is always better to run each of these as a little competition. You will start to see the same players succeeding in the various drills and that is what helps you decide who will play whereon your youth football team.
The 3 line Drill for youth football is shown again below for your convenience.
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