Archive for September, 2011
Linebacker Tackling Drills – Reading The Ball Carrier
As a linebacker, your ability to read the ball carrier’s path and wrap him up safely may be your most important task – you need to be able to see the hole as the runner sees it, and hit it before they have a chance to get out and into the secondary. This is especially [...]
Fumble Prevention : How to Stop Fumbling The Football
The other day we had a look at drills to help you recover fumbles, and today we’re going to have a look at how to prevent them. There are three different stages to every run: the beginning, the middle, and the end, and they are all crucial to maintaining ball possession. Hand-off Drill The beginning [...]
The Art Of The Turnover – Fumble Recovery Secrets
While it’s not something you would think you need to drill very often, working on fumble recovery can have game changing results – for your defense and your offense. Missing the opportunity to scooped up a fumble can be demoralizing for your defense, and getting that second chance as an offense will allow everyone – [...]
D-Line Drills – Exploding Off The Line
As a defensive lineman, your ability to explode off the line while remaining balanced and under control is absolutely vital to your success. That can be said for almost every position in football, from halfback to corner, which is why you’re going to want to get all your players to try these out. And while [...]
D-Line Secrets – How To Use The O-Line Against Themselves
A defensive lineman’s hands are one of their most important assets, absolutely crucial to helping them beat their offensive counterparts, whether in the run or pass game. And while most coaches run plenty of drills working on the rip and swim techniques, there are some other lesser known drills that I believe can have just [...]
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