What is Defensive Back Drills – Roll Over and Recover?
Defensive Back Drills – Roll Over and Recover is a free football drill on FantasyHQ’s Football Coaching hub for football coaching work. Use the setup notes and coaching cues below to add it to this week’s practice plan.
- Defensive Back Drills – Roll Over and Recover is part of FantasyHQ’s free football drills library.
- Focus: Football Coaching.
How to run this drill
Defensive Back Drills – Roll Over and Recover is built for youth, high-school, and volunteer coaches who need clear drill language — not a random cone circuit. Beginners can install the first progression; experienced staffs can layer competition.
- Read the purpose once, then walk the setup on air before live tempo.
- Demonstrate one clean rep so players see landmarks, pad level, and finish.
- Run short competitive periods — quality reps beat long lines.
- Close with one coaching cue players can repeat in the huddle next period.
Full drill
This [tag]defensive back drill[/tag] will hone the skills of the linebackers on the team. Linebackers will be put on the ground because of blocks and they need to get up and make plays.
What you need – Create a hole for the running back to go through (off tackle) and have the linebacker line up as the middle LB. The [tag]football[/tag] linebacker will be on the ground.
How this drill works – When the whistle blows, the linebacker will roll over and then get up to try and make the tackle.
This is going to be difficult for the backer, but it will help them build agility and quickness and will provide them with the instinct they need to get up from being blocked in order to get back into the play.
You should reward your linebackers for making a play, and penalize the running backs if they get brought down.
Result – the linebackers will improve their ability to recover from a knockdown to get up and possibly make a play on the ball.
