How to Play Football: Jump & Stick Drill

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Linear and lateral jump and stick. Start with straight ahead jumps, you are going to jump forward one leg at a time, stick, and hold the landing. This is for joint stability, balance, body control. It is a basic drill but it is excellent for teaching each leg to work independently to control the body. It is not necessarily as easy it looks. If you think it is easy, increase the distance of your jump that will add more difficulty to it. Hold each one for about two to three seconds before doing the next. Balance out your body, do the same number with your right as you do with your left.

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Backward. Same drill. Now we are moving backwards. These are difficult, take a hop backward, control the body, push away, stick and hold, keep your core solid, suck and tuck, head has to stay up. This is great for that quick drop that you need for power to explode into a movement in any direction.

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Lateral. Start balance on your right foot, lift your left foot off the ground, jump to your left foot, stick and hold the landing in a good power position. Once you get used to it, jump a little bigger, add the difficulty by the distance you have to jump. This teaches your hips, knees and ankles to lock in and load in a power position, ready to explode in any direction.

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Over and back is one, do five for each set. Three sets of five are great for a workout.