6 Tackling Drills to Create a Tenacious Defense

Glazier Football • June 14, 2024

Looking for some tackling drills to enhance and provide variety for your current drill book? Spencer Erickson, Winona State University
Defensive Coordinator has 6 drills for you to help your defense play more tenaciously.

The video is an excerpt from his Glazier Drive clinic on Tackling & Block Defeat Drills/Game Examples.

The 6 drills in the video are: Team Toss Play Pursuit, Sideline Tackles, DB & Linebacker Tracking Drill, Cone Tracking Drill, Diamond Tackling,

Tackling

🏈Tag-Near foot up / palms down / 2 hands touch the hip
🏈Body Position- Near foot up/ elbows tight / hands in holster
🏈Tracking-Eyes to near hip / sprint to where he is at (not where he is going)
🏈Swoop-Sprint to near hip / 1-2 step shuffle keeping near foot up / continue to close
🏈All 11 in relentless pursuit

Types of Tackles

🏈Low Frontal
Used mostly when the ball is in an open space and your approach is from a direct angle.

Coaching Points: Eyes through the thighs, wrap and squeeze, accelerate feet

Other tackles discussed in the full clinic are:
🏈High Frontal / Profile
🏈Roll
🏈Swipe

Tags: Defense

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