Topic: Building a Drill w/ Chris Haddad

Drills are some of the most basic parts of practice, and for some they become the most difficult to plan.

Listen as Kenny, Daniel, and our guest Chris Haddad break down the most important parts of a drill, why it’s important that they’re relevant, and which are their favorites.

What are the base pieces of drills that must be present?

• It needs to be able to exist in an individual period. You have to have enough players present to fill every role in the drill.
• Fundamentals should be built in first, then you want to be making a decision by reading something, then that all has to occur at game speed.
• Drills should use the Crawl, Walk, Run method. Don’t start too big, and don’t stay too small.

Why is it so important that we have relevant drills?

• Time is the most limited resource you have. Don’t waste it with bad drills. Shorter practices equal fresher bodies.
• Always coach to the lowest football IQ in the room. You can’t teach someone Advanced Calculus until they know basic math.
• Players will buy into drills that make sense much easier than trendy drills off of twitter. They have twitter too and have likely seen the drills on there. If you’re constantly teaching those drills, they’ll think you don’t know what you’re doing.

What are your favorite drills and which drills do you think have the most value?

• Guards/Backs blocking in space
• Tackle fit drills, from the most basic and building them up
• Situational Tackling drills
• Big Cat Drill - LSU

What NOT to do as a Coach

• Today’s Lesson:
  • Don’t wing it at practice! You can’t go out and pretend you know what you’re doing.

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