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. Agility Drill #4
    2 comments 5419 views

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

  2. Basic Agility Drill
    6 comments 4222 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...

  3. Advanced Agility Drill
    7 comments 4988 views

    Set up cones in a 10 yard by 10 yard square. Sprint and pivot around the outside of the cone Shuffle and pivot around t...

  4. Cut and Run For Defensive Players
    17 comments 12252 views

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

  5. Donnie Edwards: Improve Instincts for INTs
    7 comments 4636 views
    By: adidas

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

  6. Will Witherspoon: 4 Corner Cone Drill
    12 comments 14612 views
    By: adidas

    Will Witherspoon: 4 Corner Cone Drill

  7. Will Witherspoon: Hip Drill
    1 comment 6844 views
    By: adidas

    Will Witherspoon: Hip Drill

  8. Will Witherspoon: The Power Position
    1 comment 2384 views
    By: adidas

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

  9. Reggie Bush: Zig-Zag Football Drill
    18 comments 6689 views
    By: adidas

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

  10. Bull in the Ring (removed)
    43 comments 22394 views

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