101 Tips for Quarterbacks

Tim Salem coached quarterbacks at three FBS schools, and this clinic session packs 101 coaching tips for the position into one sitting. It starts with fundamentals and technique, then moves into a long list of quarterback drills you can run at the next practice, from finger-tip pressure on the football all the way to reading the free safety. Salem calls it mandatory viewing for quarterbacks coaches and offensive coordinators.

What you'll learn

• Finger-tip pressure and how the quarterback should hold the football
• The Joe Germaine Drill, named for the quarterback Salem coached at Ohio State
• The Line Drill for cleaning up the drop, plus correct hip movement
• Footwork drills for the 3-step, 5-step and 7-step drops
• The Back and Forth Conditioning Drill
• The Quarter Eagles Drill for working through read progressions
• Trajectory Drills to test arm strength, the Goal Post Drill and the Vision Drill
• The Reading the Free Safety Drill and the Boot Drill for hand and eye coordination
• The importance of making a proper fake, and the attitude standard behind 1,000 x 10 yard sprints

Who it's for

Quarterbacks coaches and offensive coordinators at the high school and college levels. The drills are scheme-independent, so they transfer whether your quarterback takes the snap under center or out of the gun.

About the coach

Tim Salem has coached tight ends, running backs and quarterbacks and worked as a passing game coordinator. He was the quarterbacks coach at three FBS schools, Purdue, Ohio State and Central Florida, and has coached at the University of Illinois.

Runtime: about 76 minutes.