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Central Missouri’s Tackling Drillsby: Chuck ClemensCo-Defensive Coordinator, University of Central Missouri © More from this issue With the increasing pressure that offenses are posing for defensive coaches, organizing practice to maximize benefits is vital. Covering everything and still improving fundamental skills is nearly impossible. The fundamentals unfortunately get shorted more often than not. I think that coaches do a tremendous job at adapting to this dilemma by combining skills into one drill. With that in mind I want to discuss three tackling drills that accomplish that exact purpose. Drill: Finish & Hit-up Sequence as Dynamic Flexibility Purpose: Maximize time by warming up using our Finish & Hit-up series. Everyone argues about the benefits of stretching as a warm up. A neutral ground seems to be a Dynamic routine (warming up and stretching while moving through range of motion). Combine that with finish sequence and we are getting reinforcement of our fundamentals of tackling as well. Since we have a number of on-air sequences with this program it allows for variation as well. We can choose to be broad or isolate on a particular type of tackle. The advantage of this is that it takes only about seven minutes. Use as many lines as necessary that will allow you to be 2-deep. Broad Isolate (Shimmy Tackle) 2. Drill: Defensive Line – Profile Purpose: Defensive linemen combine take off, change of direction and profile tackling. More importantly, the D-line develops understanding of focal-point pursuit on the move. The drill involves a ball carrier and lineman (See Image 1).
3. Drill: Kick-Off cover/ Escapes/ Shimmy-break tackle. Purpose: Defensive personnel and other special team players improve coverage skills and open-field tackling techniques. Once again we are combining different skills into one drill to maximize time. This drill is very conducive to a number of players going at once if space allows. In the first set of pictures the cover man is using a simple rip technique to avoid blocker and restack his hips (See Image 6).
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