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LOGINTwice the tackler
Beef up your defence so players make tackle after tackle. The opposition will be put under immense pressure in attack and will be staggered by your defensive work rate.
WHY USE IT
We always tell players to get up quickly after the tackle but how often do we create practices to support this? Here is an activity to help reinforce this point, replicating a match situation of a tackler getting up and targeting another player out of their initial eye line from a static start.
Set up
A coned 10m x 5m channel with a tackle tube at one end. A defender is behind the tube and an attacker with a ball at the other end (see picture 1).
HOW TO DO IT
- The tackler does press-ups until you shout “GO” and then they tackle and hold the tube (see picture 2).
- After a second or so, shout “GO” again. Now, the attacker advances in a bid to score while the defender has to get up and make either a full or touch tackle (see picture 3).
TECHNIQUE
- Correct tackle and hold on the tube.
- Defender gets to their feet quickly and targets the ball carrier.
- Defender gets into correct position and shape to tackle ball carrier.
- Put an attacker at the far end of the box
- The defender starts by doing press-ups in front of the tackle tube
Related Files
- When you shout “GO”, the defender gets up to tackle the tube
- They tackle and holds the tube for at least one second
- On your second shout of “GO”, the defender has to recover to make a tackle. Use full or touch tackling
- On your second “GO”, the attacker runs forward
Dan Cottrell
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