Football Speed Training for Interceptions Part 7

The seventh installment of the football speed training mini-camp from http://p01football.com addresses the turn and go drill for any defensive back. The twist on this drill is the back spies the quarterback and takes a 45 degree speed turn in the opposite direction to get the interception. This drill is especially useful for making defensive [...]

How to get Interceptions in Football Part 3

In this part is one of my favorite drills the basic “Turn and Go” football drill. There are a lot of coaching points in this drill that all tie back real time game activity. And I want to emphasize that any drill that is done should be simulating some type of game like or game time activity or you would be wasting a lot of effort on this that would not transfer to movements in the Football game. When this drill is done properly the defensive back will have the right mechanics to stay with the receiver on long routes an will be getting interceptions when the football comes their way.

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