How to Get Defensive Back Drills Done in Half the Time

How to Get Defensive Back Drills Done in Half the Time

Are you looking to cut down individual time for your Cornerbacks? Time is at a premium in almost every football practice in America, and Cornerbacks coaches face the same problem.

So how can you cut your defensive back drills time in half? Are you sitting down?

Stop backpedaling.

The Open Slide

If you've never coached kids to backpedal and read, plant on the 3rd step, pick up the foot, roll over and break in one of 8 directions, you're missing out. It may be the most frustrating thing in the world, for everyone involved. Cornerback drills have traditionally involved tons of backpedals around cones, all day.

So we started teaching the Open Slide a few years ago. Our DB coach needed a whole new list of cornerback drills for practice, because everyone could pretty much open slide after about 5 minutes.

For cornerbacks in Quarters Coverage, we aligned a yard outside of the #1 receiver, in an open stance with the belt buckle pointing toward the middle of the field. His back is turned to the side line.

On the snap, he shuffles out 3 steps, reading the #2 Receiver. We ask him to take a peak at the Quarterback - mainly to check for a fade ball. If you read #2 or the Quarterback through the first 3 steps, you should have an idea of what's being run.

In Cover 3 we moved inside shade of the #1 receiver. Our guys didn't like it much because they couldn't see the #1 receiver, but it forces them to trust their keys.

The first 3 steps are slow, on the third step they are planting their back foot, picking up, and rolling over somewhere - one of the 8 directions.

Baskeball Slide

The Open Slide is sometimes called the Basketball Slide. If you finally get that stud on the basketball team to come out for you, he's going to already know how to do your defensive back drills.

Now you've got time to teach him how to really play football. Just think, if your Corners stop backpedaling, they might learn to defeat a block and even... wait for it... TACKLE! Yes, I know, Cornerbacks aren't known for their physicality, but give it a shot.

You won't be able to completely eliminate any back pedaling, but it is no longer crucial to the success of your defense. Using the open slide cuts your defensive back drills down. You can spend more time working against opponent's route combinations, as well.

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