Coaching Young Linebackers

Finding Your LBs

Feet, Feet, Feet! Who Are your best Tacklers? Instinct Aggression Embrace Contact How do we find all of this out?

Footwork
Shuffle
Step & Replace Break lateral
Shuffle Run

Redirect Break Lateral

Shuffle

Redirect Break Forward

Shuffle Run

Run

Footwork
Redirect Break @ 45 degrees
Shuffle Shuffle Run

Redirect Drop @ 45 degrees

Run Run

Shuffle

Shuffle

 Bag Drills

Footwork

Tackling Technique
Break the Bad Instinct Proper Tackling Form
Face & Chest Hips Low Strike up and through ball carrier

Feet Drive
Do not let your feet die!

Tackling Drills
Straight Ahead Strike (with 1 Man Sled)

4 yards

Tackling Drills
Angled Strike

5 yards

Tackling Drills
Run Breakdown Strike

15 Yards

Tackling Drills
Faced Up, Squared Up

1 Yard

Block Separation
Attack Blockers Hands Inside Escape Techniques Shoulder Technique

Block Separation Drills

Partner Progression
Step with hands inside Pull & Swim or Push & Rip, step through with second step Finish in square tackle ready position

Block Separation Drills

Shoulder Technique
Force Inside

Player Technique
Stance Alignment & Assignment Key Initial Stack & Attack Tree of Blocks Gap responsibility Run Fits

Even Front

Base Front

Run Fits
4-3 Front

Odd Front

Run Fits
3-4 Front