The defensive players learned to turn a play inside, but they can also use these football footwork drills to string out a play by stuffing the different gaps and taking on blocks early in an offensive play’s development.
What you need – You can field a full offense and defense for this football drill, but it should only be run at half speed to illustrate the tactic.
How this drill works – On any play, pursuit is important. Pursuit on an outside play should try to plug up all holes and take on all blockers so there is no blocking downfield for a runner.
In this drill, the defense has to try to plug all of the holes and take on all of the blockers in order to string the outside running play right to the sideline.
Result – Filling holes and taking on blocks makes it hard for an RB to find a place to run.
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