On today's podcast, Fordham assistant coach Vince DiGaetano shares the system which defines the tempo and finishes of their practices and how these definition create a synergy within different periods of practice and most importantly how it translates to game day.
Shownotes:
-Vertical alignment with the head coach/program
-Tempo and finish carrying over to drill periods
-Being a better Thud team
-Keeping players off the ground
-Meeting "on demand" player needs
-Using acronyms
-TAG: Tackle Grass and Angles
-Eating up space
-Translating to game reps
-If you don't bend knees you are not making a tackle
-TUC Tackle Under Control
-Redistributing weight
-Ball carrying hop into air = strike on the rise
-Dig
-Translate TUC into speed and power
-Designing drills to work in the content of game/11 v 11
-Back to the vertical alignment to head coach on top
-Staying off the ground
-THUD Tackle High Until Domination
-Tightening from the Grips to the Hips
-If you are good enough to keep him up, you are definitely good enough to put him down
-Not having text book tackles
-70% of all plays end in a tackle
-BALL Be At Leverage and Learn
-How non-contact periods are like shadow boxing
-Walk-thru periods
-The results
Sharing concepts and learning
- Clayton Kendrick-Holmes, "I don't want to see someone else's drill tape. I want to see what meaningful for our players."
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