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Post by CoachJoe on Feb 16, 2009 17:12:49 GMT -5
How many drills that are still done in high schools all over are completely worthless now? With offenses using the entire field and getting the ball into space, when does an angle tackle ever happen? How heavy should the emphasis on open field tackling be in today's game? And who should be doing it? If your defensive end is dropping into coverage, playing the screen, chasing a scrambling QB, etc. doesn't he need as much open field tackling as anyone else? I think you still teach base tackling technique, but the week to week drills in season seem like they have to be overhauled.
What kind of changes have you made, or do you want to make, in teaching tackling?
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Post by jkeeler on Feb 16, 2009 21:46:50 GMT -5
I agree that the way we teach tackling needs to be examined since so much of the game is being played on the perimeter. I've had coaches that hated players to leave their feet when they tackled but I think there are times (Secondary Players especially) when you have to teach them the proper way to make a low tackle (especially on two way go's by the offensive player). The thing that I hate to see on the high school level is when a defensive player squares a tackler up, then tries to throw them to the ground like a wrestling take down. There are lots of broken tackles from players trying to finish a tackle by picking them up instead of keeping their legs driving and just keep driving them backwards til help arives. I will say this, the first thing that worries me about a defense on film is how good they tackle. You can tell who the good coaches are not by scheme, but how there teams tackle .
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Post by CoachJoe on Feb 17, 2009 16:59:01 GMT -5
You can tell who the good coaches are not by scheme, but how there teams tackle . It hurts me to hear you say that. It seems like pursuit drills have a greater value in today's game than angle tackling. When I first started coaching, Pursuit was a fancy name for conditioning. Different styles of pursuit though, not just sideline pursuit drills. |
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Post by dc207 on Mar 10, 2009 12:14:51 GMT -5
I think jkeeler's got it right, you can tell how good the defense has been coached by their tackling. Man, on the one hand we missed a lot of tackles this year, but on the other we get to the ball. That's the first thing people always compliment us on when they see our film, "Coach, you guys get to the BALL!"
I think we neglected to work certain tackling drills for two weeks this season, and it hurt in a game against a team where we missed A TON of tackles. I have never seen our group of kids play like that, so many missed sacks/TFL's in the second half that we destroyed a dominant first-half performance on defense. From then on we worked tackling the way us coaches wanted to, not necesarily taking ppl to the ground but we did hit. A lot.
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Post by CoachJoe on Mar 14, 2009 22:20:37 GMT -5
DC, I guess my point was, it is more important to pursue than to tackle. Obviously, we need to be good tacklers - but we have to get there first.
With so many tackles being open field tackles, there's no need to go to the ground in practice. Just learn to hold on and let help arrive. How did you go about correcting the problem in the middle of the season, because I feel like if we're 3 or 4 weeks in and can't tackle, its pretty tough to correct. You can always improve, but you know that if you don't learn to tackle in camp, you're probably not going to be great tacklers in week 9 or 10.
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Post by rhscoachbh on Apr 6, 2009 1:29:21 GMT -5
Throughout the spring, summer, and fall we usually do a pursuit drill everyday.
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Post by coachhez on Apr 6, 2009 10:15:45 GMT -5
Coach, what does your pursuit drill consist of?
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