The Drills Report: Auburn’s Running Back Drills

by: Eddie Gran
Running Backs Coach, Auburn University
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We practice a number of drills for running backs on a daily basis. These include ball leverage drills; movement and bag drills; decision-making drills; pass blocking drills; and pass catching drills. For this article, we’ll include our five ball leverage drills:

A. Strip Drill-Side: This is protecting the ball from defenders trying to strip the ball in a crowd – usually linemen and linebackers – (See Diagram 1).

Diagram 1: Strip Drill-Side

Procedure: Align running backs side-by-side with one having a football in the right hand. On command, run 15 yards with the other back stripping ....The full article can only be seen by subscribers.
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