One of our favorite [tag]football tackling drills[/tag] is the one we call, The Gauntlet. The advantages of this [tag]football drill[/tag] are that each tackler gets 80-100 tackle opportunities in a 2-3 session period.
2 cones are set up about 5 yards apart, simulating the area that a runner would come through. Another 2 cones with the same distance apart will be set up exactly 4-6 yards from the first set. Continue these sets of cones until you have 6 or 7 sets of 2 cone groups.
Within each 2 cone group is a tackler standing in the middle of the 2 cone group, facing (1) ball carrier. 4-6 yards behind that tackler is another tackler, in a tackling ready position, and the next tackler is positioned the same way, and so on and so on.
Once the tackler makes a tackle on the ball carrier, the carrier gets up and has to run through the next tackler, and so on. Hence the name- The Gauntlet. There will be a line of ball carriers lined up ready to go after the first tackle is made.
The tackler has to get up quickly after making the tackle because there will be another ball carrier coming at least 5-10 seconds later.
Remember, this [tag]football[/tag] drill offers you an opportunity to evaluate and correct poor tackling technique and poor running as well.
