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Tackling Progression Drill to work on Balance and Leverage
In today’s video blog post, we are looking at a great drill for conditioning and developing good tackling technique! This Defensive Back Tackling Progression drill helps develop good tackling position, rapid footwork, and safe hitting practices. Defensive Back Tackling Progression Drill Drill Commands and Drill Actions: Holster – Players get into a football position, with [...]
Linebacker Drills – 2 Awesome Tackling Tips
Like I’ve said before, learning the tackling fundamentalsis paramount to linebacker success. And while in my last post, we focused on the ideal tackle and tackling situation, today we’re going to look at some drills and techniques that your players can use in specific in game situations. Angled Form Tackling When performing a normal form [...]
One on One Football Drills – Beating Your Man
One luxury that not every coach can afford, and that can make us look so much better at our jobs than we are, are players that can always perform in one on one situations. Whether your dealing with making a big block, or beating a defender in the open field, or on defense needing a [...]
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 Training Drills – Progression Tackling Drill
For years, I have struggled to teach tackling. Because breakdown is such a huge part of tackling, it’s tough to get the athletes to associate the marriage between breakdown, momentum, control, and form. Here is a drill i started doing and has huge impact on how we approach ball carriers.
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