Steve Shaughnessy - Defensive Back Skills, Drills, and Technique

Defensive Back Skills, Drills, and Technique, with Coach Steve Shaughnessy, features a comprehensive series of drills designed to develop successful performance in the secondary.

The drills cover a variety of key factors, including footwork, change-of-directions, ball reaction, and tackling, as well as the fundamental techniques involved in playing both man and zone coverage.

Coach Shaughnessy provides tips on playing the fade and slant routes and details techniques that defensive backs can employ to read the three-step and five-step drop.

Coach Shaughnessy also reviews tips on playing halves coverages and deep-third coverages.

Among the topics covered:

• Stance
• Backpedal to run support
• W drill
• 3-step, 5-step
• Backpedal
• Stem pedal
• Weave
• Backpedal & turn
• Directions
• Flip turn
• Cushion drill