YOUTH FOOTBALL DRILL BOOK - Gregory Double Wing

42. GauntletPurpose:• To teach / review the properway to carry the football.• To get a feel for carrying thefootball while running at fullspeed.• Learn to secure the ball intraffic.CCoaching Pointers:• Eagle claw.• Four points of pressure:hand, forearm, armpit,ribcage.• You may secure the ball withyour other hand in trafficSet-up and Instructions:CCThis drill is similar to the end run but with two columns of players at theend that the ball carrier must run through. Check to make sure the ballcarrier is holding the ball in the correct arm with four points of pressure.On the signal, the runner goes around the cone and through thegauntlet. Players making up the gauntlet try to knock the ball out byswiping at it or hitting it. They are not allowed to move their feet. Youmay want to have two coaches at the end of the gauntlet holdingdummies. It is important for the runner to accelerate through thegauntlet and to explode through the contact of the coaches popping thedummies together at the end. After running, the ball carrier returns tothe back of the line, giving his ball to the next player in line without one.Practice this drill to the right and left.47