Running Back Football Drills

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Otis St. Clair, and I'm here today to talk to you about, a few running back drills. Now playing running back is one of the most prestiges positions you can be on the field. But today I'm going to go over a few drills that will help with some foot work, some cutting, and some balance. First drill we're going to do is work on the one foot plank drill. What we're going to do is approach the cones, plant one foot, cut, accelerate to the other cone, plant, cut, accelerate to the other cone, plant, and then accelerate through, which will be our imaginary end zone, it should look a little bit something like this. So that's the one foot plant, cone cut drill, again, plant, accelerate, plant, accelerate, plant, accelerate, accelerate through the end zone. Next is our hop cut drill. Basically it's the same thing, except we're going to use two feet this time to make our cut this time, instead of one. So follow me as I do this; we're here, two feet, two feet, two feet, and accelerate through. That's for those guys that like to stop on a dime, make a defender miss, and then run through the cones. Now the last one is just for balance. This is if you want to get those few extra yards, this is something you can work on, I call it the one arm bear crawl, but you can call it what you want. It's when you're getting hit, and you're trying to get that extra yard or two, what you want to do is, you want to pretend that you're falling, put your hand down, and try to crawl for a few yards, something like this, that's just to help build strength, work on your balance, so that you get those last few extra yards. So the drills for today are, our one foot plant and cut, our two foot hop cut, then our one on bear crawl to get those last extra yards. My name is Otis St. Clair, and those are a few running back drills for you can do. Have a good time."