The Drills Report: Advanced Quarterback Drills

As with many offenses in this day and age we run a spread out of many different personnel packages and motions. Unlike most offenses, we use the “Gun” exclusively because it fits our personnel best. The problem with this is that quarterbacks left to their own devices in the gun will start to develop bad habits, mainly throwing mechanics. For example, a QB who always throws out of the gun will start to develop lazy feet, bad body positioning, and not getting his shoulders in proper position. To combat this we do “every day drills” like most coaches. The thing that would surprise most who would watch us practice after seeing us play is that our every day drills are almost all run from under center. This is to ensure that our QB’s don’t lose their proper technique. One of the things that we did to ensure very little time was wasted in practice, especially early in fall camp,