Grant Caserta - Championship Linebacker Play

Description

The basics can get overlooked or glossed over, but not for Ferris State LB Coach Grant Caserata. He shares all the details from stance to keys pre-snap and contact, getting rid of the blocker and making the tackle in the various situations a linebacker will face.

Through practice and game film Coach Caserta shares the fine points of how he prepares his National Champion linebackers at Ferris State.

Lessons

1 Grant Caserta Intro 1:32 2 2- Stance 4:00 3 3- Keys 3:42 4 4- Block Recognition 0:53 5 5- RB Paths 0:39 6 6- Checklist 0:28 7 7- Block Destruction "Stun or Slip" 1:38 8 8- Stun Intro 2:39 9 9- Stun Shed 6:45 10 10- Stun Steer 3:53 11 11- Slip Intro 2:47 12 12- Slip Techniques 5:35 13 13- Five Flights 4:47 14 14- "Five Flights" Game Clips 3:16 15 15- Gator Tackles 2:15 16 16- Square Tackles 1:50 17 17- Rear Tackles 0:59 18 18- Practice Organization 4:01

The Coach

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Grant Caserta is the Bulldogs' linebackers coach.

Prior to FSU, Caserta served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Illinois Wesleyan University for two seasons. He joined the Titans' staff following four seasons as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Husson University in Maine.

While at Husson, Caserta was tabbed as the 2017 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference Assistant Coach of the Year and he was a finalist for Football Scoop's NCAA Division III Coordinator of the Year honor in 2016 following a season in which his unit held opponents to under 200 yards per game.

During his tenure at Husson, the squad won three-straight ECFC Championships for the first time in program history and made three consecutive NCAA playoff appearances. The school's 2018 squad was ranked number six in the country in rushing defense under his watch.