There is a lot of traffic at the goal line and RB’s need to be able to find a way through it. One of the football coaching jobs is to hone this skill with the running backs.
What you need – You will need standing tackling dummies, 5 players, a coach and 3 hand shields (hand dummies).
How this drill works – The running back will have to go through the first set of obstacles (the tackling dummies set up as a diamond, with a football coach behind the middle one). When going through, the coach will step to one side or the other of the middle bag and the RB must cut and go the opposite way.
Once the RB is through the tackling dummies, the first two players are ball strippers. The RB will have to get through them without the ball being stripped. Then the next two players will have hand shields, and when the RB gets through the ball strippers, those two players will throw their hand shields at the RB’s feet to try and trip him up. The RB will have to high step over these.
Finally, the last person will have a hand shield and they will try to shove, bump and drive the RB to the ground. The RB must get to the goal line in order to win this drill!
Result – Your RB’s will have a much greater success running in traffic and learning how to fight through some of the traffic they encounter.
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