This article was originally posted on the Glazier Coaching Blog.
If you’re a defensive coach looking to develop outside linebackers who play fast, aggressive, and intelligently, you’re going to need to check out Maryland Outside Linebackers Coach James Thomas’ pre-snap though process video below.
The video is a portion of his online Glazier Drive Clinic: Outside Linebacker Pre-Snap Thought Process.
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To eliminate mistakes, we must control what we can control, and maintain a high degree of concentration throughout each play.
Defenses that make things happen will eliminate a lot of mistakes on their side of the football.
In order to MAKE things happen, we must:
🏈Be fundamentally sound
🏈React fast
🏈Be a student of the game
🏈Be leaders
🏈Create winning habits
🏈Communicate
🏈Be mentally and physically tough
🏈Be playmakers
🏈See Ball Run
🏈Eliminate wasted movement
🏈Play as a unit
🏈Be disciplined