Supplies Needed:
Water Balloons (2 per each player)
Football
Safety Pin
#1: Create two teams with equal number of players on each side
#2: Fill up and tie enough balloons for each player to have two
#2: Attach two water balloons to each player. Use the safety pin to attach it to their shorts. Make sure to place the safety pin through the knot part of the balloon.
#3: Have the player use normal football rules but instead of tackling someone they have to pop the balloon instead!
July 17. 2009 19:59
For youth football training, I like to use this football drill to teach my players how to develop soft hands which is necessary to catch properly. This drill is fun and quickly shows immediate cause and effect of doing this football drill correctly or incorrectly.
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