strech, run, play or work on skills
make up fun streches
for runing do laps, or laders mix it up to keep it fun!

There is a new website www.youthfitnessmag.com I believe they may be willing to give you some ideas if you ask them this question. Good luck.

There is a good practice schedule in the book Youth Football Manual with examples to follow. You can get it on Amazon.com

Our line coach always (and I emphasize always) starts with the blocking chutes. If you don't have them, they can be made pretty easy with pvc ... and they get the lineman focused on exploding out low. It is a great setup for the remaining drills (during our indos) and then the team drills.

It's all about the fundamentals of the game at this age. I am also a coach for youngsters. We teach EVERYONE to block first. We have 40+ kids and it is a task. Every practice I have them start on their knees and pop the dummies with their hands (when they do this, they must pop their hips up. this teaches them to use their hips when blocking). Next they do it from the 3 point stance and we watch the hips. Next they go from the 3 pt and drive it after they pop it (here we watch the hips and the footwork-make sure their strides are short and controlled going into the block). After blocking drills, we do some toughness drills. Everyone lines up on a partner. There is a cone behind each player. One side is offense, one side is defense. The offensive side must drive their partner past the cone, the defensive side must try to shed the block and get past the cone behind the OL. Usually the cone is only 1 yd or so behind the players. I give them points. First unit to, say, 40 pts wins. This teaches fundamentals. Watch for mistakes and give instruction throughout. Next we do half line drills. 3 OL, 2or3 DL, 1 LB, and a RB. Run the drill in a narrow area about 5-8 yds wide. Here you can watch for blocking, DL reading the play and shedding the blocks, LB reading and reacting, RB hitting the hole without hesitation, everybody is low. If your kids learn one thing this year though, it should be "See what you hit". Face on the ball every time. Every practice must have something a bit different, so plan it out ahead of time. Oh, one more thing. We give a "Workhorse" award every practice (it is a golden jersey that they get to wear to the next practice). They love that. (I could go on and on...haha.) shoot me an email if you need any help on specifics.

the wheel barrel is good & is fun to do match them up by size. it helps with arm strength

its all about repetition and reinforcing good technique no matter what drills you use at this age group an old friend of mine used to say repetition is the mother of retention and it is so true at this age I also coach a very succesful youth football program ages 6-8 and I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt that doing the same types of drills with variations added to them each and everyday has proven to be the most succesful way I have found to keep the kids coming and make it fun