Tackling Drills
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technique
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as you encounter runner bend slightly at knees and with some force
hit runner on his thihg closest to you with your head BEHIND his thigh.
at same moment rap your arms around legs approx at knees and pull the
legs together and you straighten your legs. the you go back with
the runner but she falls beside you not on you. 


drills
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line of say 3 defenders approx 10 yards apart one directly behind
other. defenders are on knees. offensive player carries ball 
down one side of defenders, say left shoulder of each defender,
going close enough for the defender to tackle. a line of ball carriers
doing this repeatedly until every tackler tackles say 10 tackles
on one side. then have them do same to other shoulder. 
then put some new tacklers out there and repeat. 


same drill as above but defenders are standing up. 


small 10x10 field. play a game where offense is on feet, defense is on
knees. offense can only WALK. defense may need 1-2 extra players. 
so say 2 offensive players and 3 defensive. offensive players CANT STOP
they must walk toward goal line. no walking backwards that sort of thing.



1-1 or 2-2 drill. say 5x5 or 10x10 field. offense tries to score.
defender(s) try to stop them. as soon as tackle made ball
carrier can hop up and keep running. if defender tackles them 2
times without them scoring then drill over. defender(s) win. 



20 second drill. 1-1. as clock runs ball carrier tries to evade
getting tackled to ground. every escape counts a point.
a tackle counts a point for defender. maybe go over stiff arm and spin
and tackling technique before this. you running anywhere in
say 7x7 square. not trying to score just trying to tackle and
avoid tackle.