An Oklahoma Drill is a full-contact drill utilized in football practices. During an Oklahoma Drill, a defensive player and an offensive player run straight at one another, simulating the blocking they ...

A football-tackling trend went wrong on a Hilton Head Island beach on Monday, sending a Bluffton high schooler to the hospital. The 18-year-old senior at May River High School told deputies he and his ...

One of the National Football League’s most well-known drills might be going the way of the dinosaur. In an effort to reduce concussions, the league has asked teams to stop using the Oklahoma drill, ...

As the NFL works annually (and sometimes coherently) to try to make the game safer, many of the basics of football have to change. And with an eye on the league’s new helmet rules, new Lions coach ...

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green runs a route during practice at the NFL football team's training camp, Saturday, July 26, 2014, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman) Cincinnati Bengals wide ...

The NFL has eliminated various types of high-contact drills from training-camp practices, including the Oklahoma drill and bull in the ring. The move is the next step in the evolution of the game, as ...

The Oklahoma drill is more symbolic than significant as it raises the curtain on contact for the first day in full pads. Lewis said the time was better spent doing more football-specific work. “We ...

A football-tackling trend went wrong on a Hilton Head Island beach on Monday, sending a Bluffton high schooler to the hospital. The 18-year-old senior at May River High School told deputies he and his ...