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david7barker

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I'm a coach of an U14 side and we have worked on technique and defensive alignment but we just have a number of guys who will in a game situation just get out of the way when a player is running from deep!

We have a good side but when tackles aren't even attempted, typically in the midfield, it make life very hard for the others.

Does anyone know of a magic potion or remedy to grow some heart
 
I think you just need somebody to step up and lead from the front the rest will follow.
 
Do one on one contact drills over and over in training (lay three cones in a line. Have two single file lines off of the middle cone, at 90deg to the line. Have the front man from each line run to round their respective cone, throw a ball to one of them, the other has to make the tackle. Things like that)
May get boring, but eventually they won't even think about making the hit, it'll be that drilled into them.
 

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