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. Bull in the Ring (removed)
    43 comments 22383 views

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

  2. Will Witherspoon: 4 Corner Cone Drill
    12 comments 14598 views
    By: adidas

    Will Witherspoon: 4 Corner Cone Drill

  3. Donnie Edwards: Taking on Blockers
    25 comments 12948 views
    By: adidas

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

  4. Cut and Run For Defensive Players
    17 comments 12242 views

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

  5. Performance Agility Drill
    25 comments 12047 views

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

  6. Sprint Progression
    1 comment 10651 views
    By: SKLZ

    Help your youth football player advance his or her skills on the field with the Sprint Progression drill using Speed Hurdl...

  7. Lawrence Timmons: W Drill
    6 comments 10555 views
    By: adidas

    A great, simple drill for defensive backs and linebackers that works on backpedaling, lateral movement, planting and worki...

  8. Backpedal, Shuffle, Break on Ball
    9 comments 8240 views

    Backpedal, Shuffle, Break on Ball

  9. 45 Degree Break
    3 comments 6965 views
    By: SKLZ

    Help your youth football player advance his or her skills on the field with the 45 Degree Break drill using the Viper 360 ...

  10. Lito Sheppard: Pass Coverage Basics
    4 comments 6919 views
    By: adidas

    Lito Sheppard: Pass Coverage Basics