Here you'll find linebacker football drills for football teams and players of all ages. They are categorized to the left by beginner, intermediate and advanced drill levels. These linebacker drills will improve field awareness, tackling skills and conditioning for you or your football team's linebackers. 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. Linebacker Step Over Bag Drills
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    This youth football drill brought to you by Youth Football Coaches Association helps linebackers perform various movements...

  2. Donnie Edwards: Taking on Blockers
    25 comments 10083 views
    By: adidas

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

  3. Lawrence Timmons: Side Shuffle Drill
    7 comments 14382 views
    By: adidas

    Side to side agility is crucial to a variety of positions in football. Here NFL football star Lawrence Timmons shows how ...

  4. Will Witherspoon: Leg Stretching Warm-Ups
    4 comments 5094 views
    By: adidas

    Football players of all ages should stretch before every football game to improve performance and avoid injuries. NFL's ...

  5. Agility Drill #4
    2 comments 4110 views

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

  6. Basic Agility Drill
    6 comments 3111 views

    Set up a 10 yard by 10 yard square Backpedal from the first to the second cone sprint from the second to the third cone...

  7. Cut and Run For Defensive Players
    14 comments 8817 views

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

  8. Donnie Edwards: Improve Instincts for INTs
    7 comments 3563 views
    By: adidas

    Pro football's Donnie Edwards teaches how defensive backs can develop better instincts to intercept the football and cause...

  9. Will Witherspoon: The Power Position
    1 comment 1847 views
    By: adidas

    The power position for a linebacker means maximum mobility, leverage and flexibility of movement.

  10. Reggie Bush: Zig-Zag Football Drill
    18 comments 5498 views
    By: adidas

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