Category: Linebacker Drills
Watch and Learn About the Three Line Ball Drill
During the above video, you’ll learn about a great football linebacker drill called the Three Line Ball Drill. This is a reaction drill where the inside guy is going to try to knock the ball down before the other player is able to catch it. Remind your linebackers that it’s important to go through the [...]
Get Your Linebackers Ready to Tackle with These Drills
Today, we’re going to go over a variety of linebacker drills focusing on developing tackling skills (which is an important skill for every linebacker!). Form-Fitted Tackle With the form-fitted tackle, we want to approach the ball carrier in a good hitting position, so we’re going to put the linebacker in the ended position as if [...]
3 Drills for Improving Your Linebacker on Game Day
During today’s blog post, I’m going to share with you a handful of football drills that every linebacker should run through on a regular basis. Around-the-Bag Drill The main idea of this drill is to prevent overextension. We want to be able to make our second move first. The offensive man will initiate the drill. [...]
Video: The Read Step Drill to Work on False Steps
During the above video, you’re going to learn about a youth football drill called the read step drill. During the read step drill, we’ll get lines of three linebackers. Oftentimes with this youth football drill, coaches will tell their players to take one step and square up, and then rotate so that the second line [...]
Video: Step Over Drill for Linebackers
The above video discusses the “step over” pee wee football drill for linebackers. It’s a terrific drill for improving upon your players’ agility. The step over drill can either go straight down a flat surface, or it can be done in a downhill area. The keys to this pee wee football drill include: First, get [...]
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