Teams that block and tackle well-the most fundamental skills in the game-tend to win the majority of their games. Tackling 101: Teaching Progressions details how coaches can teach their players to be relentless and passionate about their tackling, while maintaining an appropriate level of safety. The DVD breaks down the fundamental points of tackling and reviews game-tested drills for teaching proper tackling technique.
Among the topics covered:
- Step between
- Chin to far hip
- Punch & grab
- Drive & run
- Film cut-ups
- Tackling demonstration
- Drill progression
- Corner chaos
Biography
- Ric Cash has been a defensive coordinator or head coach for most of his 22 years coaching and has always believed in an aggressive attacking style of defensive football. After starting his coaching career in 1987 at North Kansas City (MO) High School, he then served as the defensive coordinator at North Shelby (MO) High School in 1993 and Trenton (MO) High School from 1994-1997. He took over a struggling Sheridan (CO) High School gridiron program as head coach in 1997 and guided them to their first playoff appearance in over ten years in 1999. In 2001, he joined the initial staff at Mountain Vista (CO) High School and guided the start-up school through the growth process that eventually landed them in Colorado's top classification. In 2006, The Golden Eagles won the Continental League championship and advanced to the quarterfinals in the state playoffs, finishing the season with a 10-2 record. The 2007 squad finished 8-3 and featured a defense that yielded less than 11 points per game and scored in almost half of its games. Cash and his wife, Susan, have five children.
