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Coaching Team Defense in Youth Football
I just finished reading Coach Fritz Shurmur’s outstanding book Coaching Team Defense . This is a must read for any defensive coach. It’s a 100 pages of pure defensive gold. I read it one afternoon and cannot stop thinking about the book. … Continue reading
Contain Pod Defensive Football Drill
I use the Contain Pod drill to teach our defensive ends not to crash. This football drills simulates game situations. Youth Football Drills. Play for Fun and Winning is Funner!
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Linebacker and D-back Keys – youth football defense
Linebackers and Defensive Backs can read the keys of offensive linemen to learn the direction of the play. 1. Offensive linemen blocking down field means the play is a run. 2. Offensive linemen pulling in one direction generally means play … Continue reading
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Is Form Tackling Overrated?
I attended a Denver football clinic last year and the speaker, an ex college coach, brought up a very interesting point for youth football coaches. How many times do you see a perfect form tackle in a high school, college … Continue reading
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Youth Football Tackling Drills
Here a are two youth football tackling drills we use with our pee wee football players to learn tackling fundamentals. Tackling Fit & Form Drill Hug and Hold Drill On the first day of practice we teach proper tackling with … Continue reading
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Developing a Smothering Defense – DVD Review
I just finished Coach Dave Cisar’s Developing a Smothering DefenseDVD. This is another DVD from Winning Youth Football’s Step by Step Plan Series. This DVD focuses on the 6-2 Wide Tackle Defense and the Viper 4-4 Defense. I ran a … Continue reading
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6-2 Defense for Youth Football
After being focused on offense the last two seasons and reading Football Principals and Play by David Nelson, I assigned myself the Defensive Coordinator role this season, so I would focus my efforts on Defense for my tackle pee wee … Continue reading
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6-2 Defense – Coaching Youth Football
My 4th grade pee wee football team ran variations of the 6-2 defense last season. To be honest, we should have stuck to our 7 Man Front Eagle Defense variation. But, my new defensive coordinator wanted to try the 6-2, and … Continue reading
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