Defensive Back in Football: The Ultimate Guide to Excelling at the Position
When it comes to playing defensive back in football, mastering the fundamentals, understanding the game, and refining technique are essential. Whether you’re a cornerback or a safety, your role in the secondary is crucial in shutting down opposing offenses and making gam...
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What is a Nickel Back in Football?
In the ever-evolving game of football, defensive strategies have become increasingly complex, with players filling specialized roles to counter high-powered offenses. One of the most important yet often misunderstood roles on defense is the nickel back. So, what exactly is a n...
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Where’s My Help in Man Coverage? (Cover 1)
Man coverage is a very important element of a defensive game plan and a defensive back’s skill set. The common thought process when it comes to man coverage is that you are “on an island,” but in reality, that is not the case. There is always help, and in thi...
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Playing Defensive Back – How to Stay Focused Under Pressure
Playing defensive back requires a wide range of physical skills necessary to match up against your opponent and win the battles every down in the war. However, all the physical training in the world won’t help you if you are not mentally prepared for battle and cannot ha...
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Paying Attention to this One Thing as a DB Can Speed Your Feet Up 10x
By: Chad Wilson Owner All Eyes DB Camp When the offseason hits, the evaluation of the in season starts. If you are a high quality player, you are going to cut the film on, watch yourself play and take a good look at where you need to improve. For ...
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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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Five Skills to Make You An All American DB
By: Chad Wilson – All Eyes DB Camp Instagram: @alleyesdbcamp | YouTube: cwilson91 1. Ball Skills The name of the game on defense is creating turnovers. If they don’t have the ball, they can’t score. The best way for them not to h...
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Safeties Need This One Thing Over Everything Else
By: Chad Wilson – All Eyes DB Camp I have written several articles about safeties and what it takes to be elite in this blog. Playing safety isn’t just about one thing but there is this one thing that I would take over everything else if I had to boil it down to ju...
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Want to Be a Better DB? You Gotta Watch Ball Man!
I am sure the generation before me had this same thought but you guys nowadays have it easy. My generation had betamax and VHS if you wanted to record your television. If you wanted to listen to your favorite song on an album you had to fast forward and rewind...
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Should I Move to DB?
Many times I get asked in via email and DM if an athlete should move to defensive back. As much as I get asked that question, I am pretty sure there are many other guys who are asking that same question in their own heads. Today I am going to use this ar...
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