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The vice drill is a great way to teach players about leverage and working with their teammates to make a tackle. The ability to keep leverage and make a tackle on a ball carrier can be one of the most difficult aspects of tackling. By using the vice drill players will be able to develop […]

Leadership can come from different places, but the team will normally look to the linebackers first so it’s important they have some ability to lead the team. Defensively there are very few positions as important as the linebacker. The linebacker is often referred to as the quarterback of the defense because he is responsible for […]

The key with any drill at the start of the season is to address at least two of the major goals. The Team Take Off, which includes a focus on conditioning, makes a great drill for the start of the season. One of the most difficult things to do is find a balance at the […]

At this stage it’s critical to raise the level of expectation and explain why you are doing so to the athlete. The art of coaching is bringing players to a point that they could not have gotten to on their own. This is a popular quote that is in on bulletin boards across the country. […]

Formations are a simple way to stress the defense and create deception. The number system is a great, simple, way to create multiple formations without much learning for your players. Offensively we are always trying to keep things as simple as possible for our players. This holds true in the creation of our playbook but […]

The coaching points for the coverage player are relatively basic but difficult to master. The first point that must be stressed is that the coverage player must get to the point first. One of the most difficult things in coaching special teams is teaching players to change from dropping back to moving forward to make […]

As a whole these are the only blitzes you need. If your players are able to master these blitzes that frees them up to work on the techniques of each position instead of going through a million different blitzes every practice. A key component of being a coordinator on either side of the ball is […]

Another thing a limited playbook allows is a deeper understanding of the plays by the players. Some coaches don’t like to explain these adjustments to teams. We are the opposite. One of the easiest traps for offensive coordinators to fall into is having a bloated playbook with a vast number of plays that have no […]

When the hip drops on a ball carrier, normally some sort of move is coming. By practicing tracking the near hip and coming to balance when it drops, the tackler is preparing to adjust to any moves from the ball carrier. The approach drill is getting attention across the country as one of the top […]