By choosing to refresh tackling with your players you'll not only improve their confidence but you'll also help to prevent injuries in your team occurring through use of improper tackling technique.
This contact session is the ideal way to put a little extra spark into your trainings, especially on cold rainy days. Starting with a light tackling drill in pairs you will quickly be able to guide your players from walking tackling into steadily faster drills, requiring more and more precision, power and timing. What's more everyone can get involved and there'll be plenty of running involved so you can be sure no one will be getting cold.
Key points for tackling:
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