Tackling Types – Defense Coaching Youth Football

I am reading Coach George Allen’s Handbook of Winning Football.  Coach George Allen was one of the winningest NFL coaches on the Rams and Redskins in the 60′ and 70’s.  I watched his teams many times give my home team Dallas Cowboys fits on Thanksgiving. I was surprised this morning reading Coach Allen’s defensive line chapter and…

Defense Wins Games – Coaching Youth Football
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Defense Wins Games – Coaching Youth Football

Last season in 2007, I learned the hard way that Defense wins games.  I spent most of my time installing a new offense and did not spend the same time on coaching youth football Defense. We lost in the playoffs by one TD, because my defense could not stop the off-tackle play.  We had beat the team in…