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Youth Football Drills for the Defensive Tackle when Practicing the Blitz

By Coach
Mar
07
Our youth football drills for the defensive tackles are coordinated with our inside linebackers since the blitzing movements for both positions are paired up on either side of the ball.  In almost all cases when we blitz our DTs our inside linebackers will automatically assume the responsibility of covering the gap (A or B) that [...]
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Youth Football Drills for the Blitzing Outside Linebacker

By Coach
Mar
01
Our youth football drills for outside linebacker blitzing are coordinated with our defensive ends.  In most cases when we blitz our outside linebackers our defensive end will automatically assume the containment assignment that the OLB would usually have. We blitz our OLB into two spots and each is labeled by the gap we want him to [...]
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Youth Football Drills for the Blitz- The Safety

By Coach
Feb
22
Our safety blitz youth football drills are communicated by which gap we want our safety to attack.  Each drill is basically the same, but his destination is slightly different.  Each of his possible destinations are called with words that begin with “S”.  “Snake” takes him to the A gap, “Snub” shoots him through the B [...]
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Youth Football Drills for the Blitz- The Cornerback’s Role

By Coach
Feb
15
Continuing my series on the blitz… my favorite youth football drill for practicing the role of the corner back during a blitz is called “Crash”.  It goes by the same terminology that we use to call our corner back blitz.  I feel that by using the same terminology that we save time in setting up [...]
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Youth Football Drills for the Blitz – Practice for the Inside Linebacker

By Coach
Feb
08
Here is one of my favorite youth football drills for practicing the role of the Inside Linebacker during a blitz. Our inside linebackers are our most involved players in our total blitz package. These players have to be aware of not only their own blitzing responsibilities but also the blitzing directions of all of the [...]
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Defensive Stunts and Blitzes

By Coach
Oct
05
Our defensive base is the old 4-4 stack with a three deep coverage.  We have used it for years because it is easy to learn and teach as well as giving us the best and most versatile front and coverage possibilities to include stunts from every possible position and angle as well as very sound [...]
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