The Big 5 DB Footwork Drills

1. Inch Step- This is a shorten version of a shuffle step. It is used to not allow huge cushion at the bottom/or start of a route. Make sure your kids are using their arms on the drill. Alot of them like to just leave their arms by their side.
2. WetField Stop- We use the wetfield stop for one simple reason. It allows us to redirect/comeback or break toward the LOS without stoping our momentum. I tell my guys to pretend that they are playing on a wetfield, hence the name of the drill. We never plant our foot. We simple drive our knees up and tap our feet slightly of the ground. Once the feet are back on the ground we drive back toward the line of scrimmage.
3. 45 Degree break- we inch step about 5 yards and I point in the direction that I want them to break, they break in a 45 degree angle after they have executed their wetfield stop.
4. Quick turn- I have them inch step for 5 yards, I point them to the post for about 3 steps and then I point them to the corner(post corner). To go from the post to the post corner, we execute the quick turn. We quickly get the chin around by sticking the low field foot and throwing the up field shoulder. I tell my guys not to make the turn to wide and to keep it tight and compact. If they turn to wide then they will just make one big circle. Ater we come out of our quick turn, we have to attack the WR upfield shoulder. We do not want to come on the low field shoulder and allow the ball to be thrown over our heads. Note: do not do this drill on any routes under a 45 degree angle such as a dig route or an in &out route. You are better served turning the hips in that situation.
5. Highest Point Drill- We have the kids line about about 15 yards in front of us and jog towards us. The ball is then then in an attempt to get it over the DB's head. The DB goes up and tries to grab the ball at it's highest point. If can not catch it, he knocks it to the ground. If he cathces the ball, he then yells oskie, oskie ,oskie which alerts his teammates of an interception.