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The Names & Positions of Linebackers

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Summary: Learn the names and positions of linebackers and how to play linebacker in this free video clip on football. Get football tips from a coach and improve your playing.

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The Names & Positions of Linebackers

Hi, this is Sean Hobson, for Expert Village. What we want to talk about today is the positions of the linebackers. It depends on what type of defense you're running but most standard defenses run with three linebackers. Here are the names of the linebackers. The first one is called the sam linebacker or the strong side linebacker. He will be lined up to the strong side of the field where the majority of the players are lined up. Our middle guy is called the mike linebacker and he's the middle linebacker. He will control what happens in the middle. He has this whole area and has a lot of responsibility. A lot of times the mike linebacker will be your defensive captain. He'll call the defensive plays and he'll get the linebackers lined up where they're supposed to be. The third guy is called the will linebacker. This is our weak side linebacker that will be the guy who will try to sneak up on the line of scrimmage. We're going to blitz this guy because he has less offensive players on this side of the field. So, this is our will linebacker, our mike linebacker, and our sam linebacker on the strong side. Those are the positions of the linebackers.

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