Football Tackling Skills and Drills

Featuring Coach Jeff McInerney

Created bySport Videos

Last updated 11/2018

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What you'll learn

Students will know a wide variety of the tackling techniques and skills necessary to play football.
They will also know some of the best tackling drills to use during football practice.
Learn safe tackling fundamentals
Can be used as a coaching aid or for player training

Course content

1 section • 7 lectures • 58m total length

Introduction2:01
Explore the fundamentals of tackling across all levels by understanding the human body, flexibility, and range of motion to tailor drills for athletes of every size.
Frontal Tackle20:39
Explore the frontal tackle by teaching hip extension and mobility, coordinating timing and leverage for a safe shoulder tackle with feet after contact and triple extension.
Angle Tackle8:00
Master angle tackle by applying the same fundamentals—body position, accelerated feet, and arm thrust—while clamping on the back side at varied angles; keep head up for a safe finish.
Wrap and Roll13:56
learn the wrap and roll tackling technique from a six-point stance, emphasizing hip extension, clamp contact, and rapid roll to safely bring down moving targets.
Ankle Sweep5:30
Develop ankle sweep tackling from both sides with hip extension and head up, using six-point and two-point stances, angles, acceleration, safety at all cost, and a powerful sweep.
Chase Tackle7:17
Develop chase tackle techniques including club, punch, rap tackle, and angled pursuit tackle, emphasizing head away from the ball, proper leverage, hip control, and safe repetition.
Closing Comments0:46
Discover how coaching fundamentals keep football alive across levels from Pop Warner to high school, college, and the NFL by teaching tackling properly.

Requirements

There is no prior knowledge required. The course will be beneficial to players and coaches any any level, beginning to experienced.

Description

About the program: Knowing how to tackle properly is essential for every football player at any level of competition. In this comprehensive video, Coach Jeff McInerney provides coaches and players with numerous tackling fundamentals they need to be successful and safe. Among the topics covered are: hip extension and leverage, front tackle, angle tackle, wrap and roll, ankle sweep, chase tackle and angle pursuit tackle. The skills and drills are taught in a progressive and easy-to-understand manner. This video will help you understand and implement safe tackling methods.

About the Coach: Jeff McInerney has been coaching collegiate football for over 35 years. He has coached at numerous top colleges including Slippery Rock University, the University of Rhode Island, Tulsa, UNLV, Oregon State, Georgia Southern and Southern California. McInerney was the head football at Central Connecticut State University from 2006-2013. Previously he has worked as the co-defensive coordinator (2015), special teams coordinator (2014-15), and defensive line coach (2014) at Henderson State University. He was a finalist for the 2009 Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year and named the 2009 Northeast Conference Coach of the Year. He is currently the Special Teams Coordinator for Indiana University, and in his seventh season as a quality control assistant for the Indiana football program.

Who this course is for:

Football coaches and players at any competitive level should take this course.