An off load is when a tackled player passes the ball to a teammate before the tackle is completed.
Use the 2v1 and tackle bag off load drills and videos below to sharpen your players' techniques and ensure they can fend off tackles, support the ball carrier and flip up with accuracy and skill.
By developing your team's off load ability your players will be able to keep the ball live, drive forward through tackles or use it to attack an opposition's defensive line when there are few spaces to go through.
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