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The Atavus Tackle™
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Defense · STAR / Nickel
STAR STAR / Nickel (hybrid DB-LB)
Overhang player in 4-2-5 looks — covers the slot and fits the run.
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The Atavus Tackle™
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Youth Football 101: Use This Rugby Tackling Drill With Your YOUTH FOOTBALL Team
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Youth Football Hawk Tackling Drill (4 Progressions Explained)
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DRILLS 5
Step-by-step drills to get better at your position
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How To Teach Safe Tackling In Football (Youth Coaching Guide)
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FILM STUDY 0
Watch real plays slowed down and explained
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KNOW THE SCHEME 8
Coverage Explanations — how the defense guards passes · Defensive Fronts — how the defense lines up, fits the run, and brings pressure
Quiz yourself on the STAR scheme
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QUIZ YOURSELF STAR · YOUTH
10 questions on the scheme for your position. Pick an answer and we explain it right away.
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One safety deep in the middle and everyone else in man. Which coverage?
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You are closing on a runner in open field. What should your feet do right before contact?
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Cover 2: you are the circled nickel. Which zone do you take?
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No safety deep, everyone is man-to-man, and extra players blitz. Which coverage?
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Two wide receivers are split out to the SAME side. What is that called?
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Each defender follows one receiver wherever he goes. Is that man or zone?
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There is nobody in the backfield except the QB. What is this formation?
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Where does the STAR (nickel) usually line up against a slot receiver?
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Two safeties each take half of the deep field. Which coverage?
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A runner is heading for the sideline. How do you take him on?
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