Tackling
Front Block Tackling: Overload Rotation
Time the front block tackle
Tackling
Defending
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Front Block Tackling: Overload Rotation is a 12-minute tackling drill for 2-16 players, suitable for Under 8 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, bibs. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.
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Youth Friendly
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Duration
12 min
Players
2-16
Pitch size
10 x 8 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Front Block Tackling: Overload Rotation — Pairs facing each other · 10 x 8 yards
Step 1 of 4Attacker dribbles slowly forward, defender executes a front block tackle.
- 1. Attacker dribbles slowly forward, defender executes a front block tackle.
- 2. Build the pace up over the rounds.
- 3. Ten repetitions then swap.
- 4. One team plays with an extra player for two minutes then the overload rotates.
- Ball
- Pairs working across a marked lane
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Time the front block tackle
- -Stay strong through the contact
- -Come away with the ball
Setup
- 1Pairs face each other five yards apart with one ball.
- 2Cones mark the tackling lane.
- 3Coach demonstrates the technique first.
Coaching instructions
- 1Attacker dribbles slowly forward, defender executes a front block tackle.
- 2Build the pace up over the rounds.
- 3Ten repetitions then swap.
- 4One team plays with an extra player for two minutes then the overload rotates.
Coaching points
- -Inside of the foot locked and firm
- -Body weight through the tackle
- -Take the ball, not the player
- -Use the free player to break the first line
- -Defending team stays compact and delays
Common mistakes
- -Soft ankle on contact
- -Leaning back
- -Tackling too early or too late