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Learn many of the ways you can avoid being tackled and gain more yards, when running with the football in this free instructional video with coach Sean Hobson.
There are 15 videos in this series:
You want to gain yards on every play while still trying to avoid being tackled. Try to remember to keep moving towards the end zone, as shown in this free football video.
One of the easiest ways to avoid being tackled is to fool the defender by using his momentum to your advantage. You’ll see in this free video how to change direction and cause the defender to miss.
Keeping your balance is very important when trying to avoid being tackled. Quickly changing your direction can knock the defender off balance, as shown in this free video.
You want to be the person that makes the hit first and not take the hit when running with the football. Hitting the defender first can knock him off balance as explained in this free video.
By initiating contact first you send the defender of his balance. In this free video you’ll see how doing so can allow you to spin out of a tackle for more yards.
One of the best ways to avoid losing yards and also run out of a tackle is by keeping your feet and legs moving. In this free video you’ll see how to perform this move.
The ball is the most important thing on the football field. In this free video Sean Hobson explains and demonstrates how to protect the ball.
The player with the ball usually will have one free arm that he can use to avoid being tackled. In this free video you’ll see how distancing yourself from the defender can help when trying to gain more yards.
You want to depend on the people who are on the field with you when trying to avoid being tackled. By following your teammates blocking you can gain more yards as shown in this free video.
After making a catch you want to immediately turn up field to try to gain more yards. In this free video you’ll see how doing just that can also help you to avoid being tackled.
One of the easiest ways for a defender to make a tackle is on a sitting target. After catching the ball the receiver should turn up field as soon as they can, as shown in this video.
When a running back gets the ball he has an assignment he must follow and quickly. In this free clip you’ll learn that following his blockers is just as important to avoid being tackled.
When a running back takes the ball he has to be prepared to take a hit almost immediately. By keeping a low center a gravity and balance he can keep moving forward as shown in this free video.
When running with the ball you want to initiate contact first with the defender. If you accelerate as you hit the defender you can keep moving and avoid being tackled, as shown in this free video.
The play is still alive until the referee blows the whistle. You always want to keep fighting and never stop until you know the play is dead. In this free video Sean Hobson tells you to never quit.
It seems so natural: some big guy is chasing you, so you run away to avoid him. Easy enough, right? But on the football field, there are eleven of these big guys chasing the person with the ball, and if you happen to be the ball carrier, you have to stay on the field until they tackle you or chase you off of the playing field. Unless of course you score a touchdown, then your own teammates might try to tackle you, but you will be so happy to have scored that you will hardly notice. But your team will not make it into the end zone on every play, so the ball carrier must try to stay standing for as long as they can in order to move closer to a touchdown on every play.
In this free series on football coaching, our championship coach Sean Hobson will show you ways to avoid being tackled so you can gain as many yards as possible when you carry the ball. He and his players demonstrate the jab step and stutter step to avoid contact altogether, then show you how to stay up once contact is made with such moves as the hit-and-spin and the stiff arm. You will also learn how to read your blocks and when to accelerate to avoid a tackle. Watch this series of videos and leave the defense in the dust.
Sean Hobson Sean Hobson's passion is teaching youngsters the fundamentals of basketball. Hobson's coaching career began in basketball-crazed Indiana where he helped coach the state’s third ranked girls team. Moving to a large middle school near Nashville, Hobson now coaches the boy’s varsity team and gives private lessons to kids of all ages to develop their basketball skills. He also has extensive basketball broadcasting experience, calling television play-by-play for local powerhouse high school teams, and previously covering the NBA’s Seattle Sonics for KJR Sports Radio.dkdk
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