| Defensive Team Open Field Tackling Drill |
Improve overall team tackling in the open field. |
- A defense must make tackles.
- Every defensive player needs to be able to make a tackle.
- Missed tackles will cost you points every time.
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| Defensive Team Pursuit Drill |
Improve the overall level of pursuit by your defense. |
- Teach your defense to never quit.
- Following thru and never stopping will create turnovers and big plays from time to time.
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| Off the Ground Drill |
Teach your defensive players how to get off the ground and still make a play. |
- A defensive player will get blocked to the ground from time to time.
- Getting off the ground and making a play could be the difference in winning or losing at some point.
- Train your defensive players to never quit, even when on the ground.
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| Defensive Team Start and Stance Drill |
Emphasize the importance of a proper stance and starting position. |
- A poor stance will result in an instant advantage for the offense.
- If a player starts the play misaligned, he will probably create an instant opening in the defense.
- This opening will often be exploited with success, no matter how good the defense plays.
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| Defensive Team Power Tackle Drill |
Improve overall defensive team tackling ability. |
- What is the defenses overall mission? To stop the offense, this requires making tackles.
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| Defensive Team Inside Drill |
Focus on stopping inside run plays. |
- The majority of running plays run at the youth level are inside running plays.
- Stop the inside runs and you will limit the offense's rushing attack.
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| Defensive Team 5-Yard Drill |
Teach the defense to keep field position and situational awareness in mind on every play. |
- This drill promotes team unity, a possession attitude and controlled confidence.
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| Defensive Team Circuit Tackling |
Improve overall tackling ability of each defensive player. |
- Have your defenders learn how to make solid tackles anywhere on the field and from a variety of angles, no matter the situation.
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| Defensive Team Pass Pursuit Drill |
Focus on Pursuing the QB. |
- Having a good pass rush will cause the QB to panic or become uncomfortable.
- This will lead to possible interceptions and incomplete interceptions, not to mention sacks and even fumbles.
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| Defensive Team Wheel Drill |
Teach all defensive players how to maintain body balance and foot quickness |
- The key to making big defensive plays is maintaining proper body position and footwork
- Without this your defenders will lose balance during contact and will end up off their feet instead of on top of the ball carrier.
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| Defensive Team Zone Run Drill |
Teach the defensive front to work together, as a team, to stop the run. |
- Have your defensive front work in sync with each other. leaving no missed assignments and no weakness in the defense. Team defense is king.
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| Defensive Team Cone Drill |
Focus defense on using proper pursuit angles every time. |
- Emphasize the importance of using proper pursuit angles to prevent runs from being broken for long gains because your defense under pursued and gets out run.
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| Defensive Team Goal Line Tackling Drill |
Focus defensive unit on stopping the short yardage and goal line plays. |
- Don't give up easy first downs or easy touchdowns in short yardage situations.
- Become a steel wall on short plays.
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| Defensive 7-on-7 Drill |
Work on coordination between defensive backs and linebackers against the passing game. |
- When the defensive backs and linebackers are in sync together you will have no missed coverage, no wide open receivers and more interceptions and deflected passes.
- The better coverage downfield the more a QB will delay, leading to more sacks.
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