Two players are lined up back to back with her heels on a cone. When the coach says go one player has the ball goes around the cone closest to them and the other player goes around the concourse to them. The player without the ball tackles the ball carrier in the centre of the grid. They get up come back around and do it again. Practising tackling off of each shoulder, and with the ballcarrier cutting towards either cone.
-start with shoulder in -add wrap -full tackle to deck
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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