Football Drills - Sand or Pavement?

[MarkA15]

There's no grass area. Some drills involve jumping over bags, driving, cutting, etc. Would cutting drills be too hard on the ankles on pavement? What do you guys think? What would be okay on pavement/sand?

[zellers94]

hmm... Do the driving in the sand, it'll help acceleration. Everything looks like it would be fine for sand

[dimebag5104]

There's no grass area. Some drills involve jumping over bags, driving, cutting, etc. Would cutting drills be too hard on the ankles on pavement? What do you guys think? What would be okay on pavement/sand?

I would mostly do them on pavement, then every once in a while (maybe bi-weekly) do them all in sand to be a change and help obtain stability in your ankles and provide your joints with a rest.

[MarkA15]

I would mostly do them on pavement, then every once in a while (maybe bi-weekly) do them all in sand to be a change and help obtain stability in your ankles and provide your joints with a rest.

They won't be wearing cleats, so where would there be less slipping? because I don't want these kids to trip and get hurt.

[dimebag5104]

No slipping should not be an issue.

[zellers94]

No slipping should not be an issue.

+1 for your name...RIP

[SpiderSense]

There's no grass area. Some drills involve jumping over bags, driving, cutting, etc. Would cutting drills be too hard on the ankles on pavement? What do you guys think? What would be okay on pavement/sand?

If anything, cutting drills would be too hard on the ankles on sand. While concrete is hard on the knees, sand is hard on the ankles. I'd go maybe 2:1 concrete Vs' sand or maybe 3:1 to develop balance and give your knees a break.