Football Tackling Skills and Drills

Brief Summary

This course by Coach Jeff McInerney is all about mastering the art of tackling in football! You’ll learn various techniques and drills to ensure you play safely and effectively.

About This Course

Featuring Coach Jeff McInerney

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.

• 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