I received these tips on coaching defense football from Steve.
Tip: Get defensive players to attack the ball, as well as the ball carrier. Any drills to work on stripping the football from the ball carrier will pay huge dividends.
You can design special drills that focus on ball stripping techniques, or stress to defensive players, in any tackling drill, to work the ball loose. This accomplishes a couple of things.
Defensive players, when tackling, will tend to keep their eyes up more and don’t dip their head, essential in proper, safe tackling.
Secondly, it will force your offensive players to hold onto the ball better! If they know that someone will always be ready to knock the ball out, they will work on holding it tighter, switching it to the correct hand, etc.
It’s a little thing, but fumbles and turnovers are, in my opinion, the biggest plays that can be made on the football field.
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