This One Thing Can Help You Make More Plays at DB
Football is a stressful game and we all know that. Not only is it taxing from a collision stand point but it is taxing on a cardiovascular level. Some guys prepare for the latter better than others. The elite ones are never lacking in this area. You may have ...
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You Have to Finish the Play
By: Chad Wilson Owner – All Eyes DB Camp How many times have you done everything you needed to do at the snap. Your eyes were in the right place, your footwork was on point, you drove on the man like you were supposed to but when the moment of truth cam...
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4 Things That Make An Elite Nickelback
With all the footballs filling the air in recent years because of the advancement of passing in the game of football, one position has gained more importance than ever before and that is the nickel back. There was a time when most teams deployed 21 personnel (2 backs, 1 ...
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3 Things Safeties Can Do to Help Out Cornerbacks
Great secondaries play together. Great defenses play together. This means that what one man sees so does the other. When one mans sees it, he communicates it to the next man. Any plus unit that you have ever witnessed work has had a great working ...
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Don’t Get Lost Defensive Backs. Read Your Keys
By: Chad Wilson IG: @alleyesdbcamp Imagine a blind man trying to play football. How much do you think he would be worth on a field playing against a bunch of other guys who can see? Not much I would gather. We’ve seen guys playing with broken arms and heavily...
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3 Ways that Cornerbacks Can Help Out Safeties
Chad Wilson IG: @alleyesdbcamp In the relationship that exists in the secondary between cornerbacks and safeties we often hear the cornerbacks as the ones who are complaining. If they aren’t complaining about the safety not being in the post when he’s suppose...
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When it Comes to Dominating at DB, Knowledge is the Key
By: Chad Wilson – Owner – All Eyes DB Camp IG: @alleyesdbcamp There he was, the other team’s top wide receiver and the best pass catcher in the county jogging out of the huddle to his spot on the left side of their formation. Tasked with keeping a...
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You Can’t Cover it All By Yourself
By: Chad Wilson IG: @alleyesdbcamp We know how it is when you are playing defensive back. You are primarily judged, evaluated and valued by the masses based on your ability to provide “lockdown” coverage. If you can’t cover then what are you worth as a defens...
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Use Your Coach’s Technique to Get to Your Technique
By: Chad WilsonIG: @alleyesdbcamp Technique may or may not be everything when playing defensive back but it’s damn close. Defensive backs care about their technique like a barber cares about his clippers and sometimes things can get emotional especially when a player and...
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Great DBs Talk but Not How You Think
By: Chad WilsonIG: @alleyesdbcamp I think many of you reading this have gone paint balling with friends. Have you ever been on a team with a guy that just won’t communicate. Guys from the other team roll up behind you and they say nothing. If you have, then I am sure you...
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