On today's podcast, Fordham assistant coach Vince DiGaetano shares the system which defines the tempo and finishes of their practices and how these definition create a synergy within different periods of practice and most importantly how it translates to game day.

Shownotes:

-Vertical alignment with the head coach/program

-Tempo and finish carrying over to drill periods

-Being a better Thud team

-Keeping players off the ground

-Meeting "on demand" player needs

-Using acronyms

-TAG: Tackle Grass and Angles

-Eating up space

-Translating to game reps

-If you don't bend knees you are not making a tackle

-TUC Tackle Under Control

-Redistributing weight

-Ball carrying hop into air = strike on the rise

-Dig

-Translate TUC into speed and power

-Designing drills to work in the content of game/11 v 11

-Back to the vertical alignment to head coach on top

-Staying off the ground

-THUD Tackle High Until Domination

-Tightening from the Grips to the Hips

-If you are good enough to keep him up, you are definitely good enough to put him down

-Not having text book tackles

-70% of all plays end in a tackle

-BALL Be At Leverage and Learn

-How non-contact periods are like shadow boxing

-Walk-thru periods

-The results

Sharing concepts and learning

- Clayton Kendrick-Holmes, "I don't want to see someone else's drill tape. I want to see what meaningful for our players."

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