Archive for April, 2012
How to Teach Pursuit and Leverage to Linebackers
When you think of the greatest linebackers you’ve ever seen, it’s not all big hits, interceptions and fumbles that make them so great – although they’re great for the highlight reel. What makes a great linebacker, is his ability to move East and West, and combine that with the ability to move North and South. [...]
Football Practice – Wide Receiver Drills
One of the best ways we can develop the skills to excel in a game situation, is to put our players in a situation much more difficult than anything they would see in a game. One rule of thumb I like to always keep in mind is that by the time gametime rolls around it [...]
Wide Receiver Drills – Making The Tough Catch
While you don’t want to rely on your receivers being able to pull off the spectacular catch, it can be a huge momentum swing when somehow a receiver snags a ball they had no business getting their hands on. And while we don’t make it a huge focus in practice, we don’t spend sometime every [...]
Running Back Practice Drills – Running Through The Defense
http://youtu.be/eSvCmzIJEfQ If you favor a more bruising running style than the Barry Sanders Balance Drills from last week, these might be the drills for you. One of the first names that comes up when you talk about the greatest running backs of all-time, is my personal favorite, Walter “Sweetness” Payton. Now if you haven’t had [...]
Combined Receiver/Defensive Back Football Drill
The good thing about this combined receiver/defensive back drill is that it can mimic game positioning for both DB’s and receivers and gets many reps for everyone in a short time.
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