Playing Linebacker vs. The Run Game

Jeff McDonald coached the Towson University defense to a #2 national ranking in red-zone defense in 2008. Now the linebackers coach at Wesleyan University, McDonald has completed a three-set DVD package on linebacker play. This first video - -Playing Linebacker vs. the Run – is a detailed and complete look at stance, technique, block protection and defending the big five run plays. Coach McDonald includes what you must know pre-snap, movement fundamentals, drills, and the essential elements of proper tackling.

In this DVD, you will learn from Coach McDonald –

• How to win the battle pre-snap.
• Fundamentals of linebacker stance, keys and block protection.
• Movement fundamentals for shuffling laterally and downhill, the alley run, and press coverage.
• Movement drills and coaching points.
• The proper elements of tackling and drills you can use throughout the season.
• Identifying the five flows on offense.
• Block protection skills including the shiver technique and rip technique and drills to improve the performance of your linebackers.
• Teaching linebacker technique for the big five run plays – zone, lead to the tight end or split end, power, counter, and fast flow - and helping them defend against them.
• Examples of how you could fit these run plays with a 4-3 defense.

84 mins