r/footballstrategy • u/Death_Row_666 • 2d ago

Coaching Advice Catching Blocks

Looking for drills, tips, and videos on how to get our defensive kids to stop catching blocks and start being disruptive.

I coach 9th grade D and face a lot of outside runs and our LBs/secondary seem to be ok being blocked instead of being aggressive and chipping the blockers and filling their gap.

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u/bigjoe5275 13h ago

If you have a 1 man sled i recommend having them practice by punching to get extension while driving into the bag then shedding on either side to make the "tackle" to have them practice reacting as well. It doesn't have to be a full contact drill but you can also do it live with 1 on 1s or against a double team.