Football Tackling Drills

I received this suggestion on [tag]football tackling drills[/tag] from Brett. Great idea–keep them coming!

From Brett,
Team Tackling Drill

Split your [tag]football[/tag] team into two equal groups.
One team starts with a guy on every ten yard line.
The boundaries are 5 yards wide, and ten yards long for each player on the team (the [tag]runner[/tag] has to run in straight line and get past a [tag]tackler[/tag] at every ten yards without stepping out of bounds), and if a runner steps out of bounds, the play is over and 1 point is awarded to the [tag]tackling[/tag] team.

After every new runner the tackling team players move up to the ten yard ahead of them so everyone gets a chance to be the first [tag]defender[/tag]. The [tag]tacklers[/tag] can only be in their 10 yard area, and must release once the runner steps onto the next players yard line. Losing team runs one [tag]conditioning[/tag] [tag]drill[/tag]. Points are awarded like this. The running team can only get points by getting past all defenders, and that is worth 5 points.

There is no reason someone should get past 5 or more people trying to tackle one guy with no blockers! Tacklers get 1 point for a runner going out of bounds for any reason. 2 points for causing a fumble, but 3 for getting the fumble. Both teams get to run and [tag]tackle[/tag].