Here you'll find defensive back football drills for football teams and players of all ages. They are categorized to the left by beginner, intermediate and advanced drill levels. These defensive back drills will improve field awareness, tackling skills and conditioning for you or your football team’s defensive backs. Check the drills out, share them with your teams and tell us what you think. We always welcome suggestions of football drills to add.

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  1. Cut and Run For Defensive Players
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    Cut and Run For Defensive Players

    By: Coach Your Kids.com

    Alternate sprinting and then backpedaling between the cones and finish with a form tackle or second-level block.

  2. Bull in the Ring (removed)
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    Bull in the Ring (removed)

    By: T.J. Marchetti

    Editor's Note: We have removed this drill from the library since many youth football leagues consider it dangerous to thei...

  3. Performance Agility Drill
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    Performance Agility Drill

    By: Coach Your Kids.com

    Sprint around arc and then pivot inside. Sprint to the next cone, hurdle center object, pivot inside. Sprint back, hurd...

  4. Reggie Bush: Zig-Zag Football Drill
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    Reggie Bush: Zig-Zag Football Drill

    By: adidas

    Football players on both offense and defense should work on this basic footwork drill from their first practice in Pop War...

  5. Lito Sheppard: Catching Balls
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    Lito Sheppard: Catching Balls

    By: adidas

    It is important for defensive backs to practice catching as many balls as possible, getting comfortable with the skill and...

  6. Turn and Run: Defensive Backs
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    Turn and Run: Defensive Backs

    By: Immersion Media

    Start out by pushing off your front foot and staying low. Open up your hips, snap your head and shoulders around, then acc...

  7. Agility Drill #4
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    Agility Drill #4

    By: Coach Your Kids.com

    Drop Sprint, Head on a swivel Pivot and breakdown Shuffle (quick feet) Pivot, Drop Sprint, Head on a swivel

  8. Backpedal, Shuffle, Break on Ball
    9 comments 2603 views

    Backpedal, Shuffle, Break on Ball

    By: Coach Your Kids.com

    Backpedal, Shuffle, Break on Ball

  9. Donnie Edwards: Taking on Blockers
    21 comments 3663 views

    Donnie Edwards: Taking on Blockers

    By: adidas

    One of the most important defensive football skills to learn is how to avoid offensive blockers. The National Football Le...

  10. Lito Sheppard: Backpedaling
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    Lito Sheppard: Backpedaling

    By: adidas

    A fundamental skills for playing defensive back, Lito Sheppard demonstrates how to stay low in transition and learn great ...