Learn How To Tackle In The Open Field With this Drill From All-Pro Linebacker Hardy Nickerson...

Tackling a ball carrier in the open field is one of the toughest things that linebackers have to do. 16 year NFL vet Four time All-Pro linebacker Hardy Nickerson wants to show you how.


Hardy Nickerson was one of the best linebackers to ever play the game. He's a 16 year NFL vet. Four time all pro five Pro Bowls, NFL Man of the Year, he was a beast, and he's our linebacker coach here at https://www.eliteathletestv.com/. Hardy has nearly 100 pieces of content on our site to train linebackers. If you're a linebacker you should check it out.
Today, we're gonna be looking at his track tackling drill.
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Now onto tackling-Hardy had to tackle some of the best running backs in the history of the NFL, including Barry Sanders. Doing that in the open field can be really difficult. So you need good technique. Hardy is going to show you the track tackling drill.
Essentially you have a linebacker who was tracking a ball carrier in the open field. In this drill, we want the linebacker to track the back hip of the ball carrier. As the ball carrier is working accross the field, the the linebacker or tackler will continue to work and track the running back. Then finish with with the touch off at the very end to simulate finishing with the tackle.
So you're gonna, come to balance, you'll be square, but you'll still be moving those feet. Then at the very end, I just want to step through and finish. So again, you'll take your read steps as you're working down, hill, your running, balanced, running, balance, finish.
Keys to the track tackle drill, we have the linebackers, attacking the running back in the open field, using a sprint technique, a counterbalance and a finish all in one. The thing I like about this drill is you have to mix it up, you're sprinting, you come to balance and you have to sprint again. That simulates game like situation for linebacker as he's approaching a ball carrier, and having to adjust as he's as he's on the move, and closing the distance on a ball carrier in the open field.
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