Here’s a [tag]youth football coaching tip[/tag] for your youth teams–Teaching young kids to tackle and block players on the move.
Many of us use the standard West Point 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 live [tag]football tackling drills[/tag] to get the kids to learn tackling as well as blocking and running. We turned this West Point [tag]football drill[/tag] around so we could use it to run out bread and butter sweep play and did a 4-on-3 offense vs. defense sweep and blocking [tag]football[/tag] drill.
Defense – Stand Up Defensive End that is responsible for getting up field and turning everything inside. Outside linebacker who is responsible only for the tailback. Corner back who is responsible for pass first but then run support/
Offense – Wide Receiver responsible for the corner back. Tight End responsible for the Defensive end. Lead Running back responsible for the outside linebacker.
Drill is set up using only the field from the hash mark to the sideline. It is a full contact live drill with blocking and tackling. Cones are set to show players where to lineup and running backs are required to stay within the cones to keep the drill active.
This has been a great drill for us as we get the opportunity to work with offensive and defensive players at the same time and the kids get to learn to block and tackle kids who are running towards a sideline and not just directly at them. Our effectiveness in handling sweeps from the offensive side as well as the defensive side has been incredible.
