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Drills Report: The Skill Drill: The Zone Read, Tunnel Screen and Bubble Screenby: Tripp McCartyOffensive Coordinator Madison Ridgeland Academy (MS) © More from this issue The Skill Drill was born out of necessity and has become a constant in our practices. My dislike of players standing around during practice helped create this drill sequence. When your players learn the pattern of this drill, practice reps will go through the roof. The drill combines all positions of a spread offense and works them with all of them at the same time. By using this pattern, you can increase your number of reps, coach multiple positions with a limited number of coaches, get all of your players on the depth chart repetitions, and create a fast practice tempo. There are three goals for this drill: no drops, no fumbles, and no walking.
After QB #1 has thrown ten tunnel screens, he replaces QB #3 and sends QB #2 to the WR group. This pattern continues until all QBs have thrown ten tunnel screens. When QB #1 returns to the WR group, the bubble screen is now thrown for ten reps and the rotation continues. After all QBs have thrown the bubble screen, the drill is flipped and the process begins on the other side (See Diagram 2).
Tripp McCarty is the Offensive Coordinator at Madison Ridgeland Academy in Madison, MS. He has 13 years of combined coaching experience on the high school and college level. McCarty is also a certified quarterback instructor for QBA by Darrin Slack (www.quarterbackacademy.com). |
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