It’s week 7 of the NFL season and with this post we are now officially caught up with our Seventeen Tips to Improve American Football series! Tip #6 – We need practical certifications offered and required of our football coaches. If you want to teach yoga, scuba diving, or even swimming, a practical, hands on […]
Tip #4 – Don’t underestimate the Approach when teaching proper tackling. Currently, much of form tackling teaching is spent on the contact point and finish elements of the tackle. However, many missed and poor tackles are the result of an incorrect approach. If a player cannot arrive to the ball carrier or point of contact […]
Tip #2 – Sign younger kids up for Flag Football – Flag football is an underappreciated sport, often treated as a cheap imitation of tackle football. Hence, the huge rush to strap helmets onto our five- and six-year-olds. What everyone is failing to realize is that the skills and techniques one can learn and […]
Tip #1 – Delay when your kids play tackle football. There are so many skills required to be a good football player and have fun, from basic skills like catching and throwing a football to more advanced skills and techniques like pursuit angles and leverage. It’s often difficult for these skills and techniques to be […]
Drills 7 – 9 – Helmet-free Tackling Drills for American Football. Combines elements of traditional form tackling and rugby style tackling techniques adapted to American Football.
Drills 4 – 6 – Helmet-free Tackling Drills for American Football. Combines elements of traditional form tackling and rugby style tackling techniques adapted to American Football.
Drills 1 – 3 – Helmet-free Tackling Drills for American Football. Combines elements of traditional form tackling and rugby style tackling techniques adapted to American Football.
Introduction to Tackling Dummies Smarter, a tackling teaching progression and drill series for American Football. It is focused on live tackling without helmets and shoulder pads.
Helmet Free Tackling Drills for American Football. Combines elements of traditional form tackling and rugby style tackling techniques adapted to American Football.
College football’s popularity has never been greater than it is today. According to a study by Scarborough Research, 92.6 million, or 39% of adults, watched, attended or listened to a college football game during the 2011/2012 season ranking the sport just behind Major League Baseball as the third most popular sport in America. Yet despite […]
Part IV – Tackling Dummies SmarterAugust 3, 2017 - 3:19 pmFootball Tackling Drills, part of Tackling Dummies series which promotes “Heads Out” tackling and combines rugby style tackling and American football.
Seventeen Tips to Improve American Football – Tip #17February 2, 2017 - 9:30 amIt’s been a fantastic football season, and I can’t believe Super Bowl week is upon us. While I will be sad to say goodbye to the 2016 / 2017 football season, I am looking forward to a break from these weekly posts and I am sure you are too! So for the 17th and Final […]