Playing safety on a football team is not an easy task. A football safety has to be fast in order to cover football offensive wide receivers and have the strength to make great tackles. A football safety has to have strong knees and hip flexors for all the pivots, running, and lateral movements they are called on to perform. They start off with their feet apart and their strong side foot out front, knees bent slightly and their weight forward. This position will allow a football safety to see all over the field. A football safety has to be able to make quick body reactions because the offense will make a variety of moves to try to get by him.

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It is essential that a football safety have a strong lower body, core and upper body to take care of business on the football field. There are two types of football safety which are the football free safety and the football strong safety. Myosource offers a variety of football training videos to help a football safety improve their physical abilities by utilizing Myosource Kinetic Bands. Get those muscles to activate and contract quicker to experience greater football safety moves.

Football Strong Safety

A strong safety in football will sometimes rush and support the rest of the defense in stopping the run. The football strong safety has to be versatile because they do not do the same thing on every play. They may have to cover a deep pass on one play and on the next play flatten a running back. It takes the ability to make great tackles in the running game as well as taking care of business in pass coverage. Stopping the run or forcing it inside is vital for a football strong safety. The strong safety has to determine whether the offensive play will be a pass or run play. The ability to read the offensive is essential in play strong safety in football. A football free safety has to be able to cover zone as well as man-to-man. Great lateral movements are key to being able to drop back for the zone or to stop a running play. Forcing the run inside will prevent a running back from getting outside and gain extra yards. Whether the play is a run or a pass a football strong safety does not want to get burnt. They have to be strong from head to toe with muscle elasticity for a variety of moves. A football strong safety is aggressive and excessively physical. They must possess great footwork, quick feet, speed, and tackling strength to make routine and out of the ordinary plays. Become the high light football strong safety by training with Myosource Kinetic Bands to add resistance to play at full range of motion. Strength is a must.

Football Free Safety

Not every football player has what it takes to play free safety. A football free safety has to have excessive speed and tackling skills to get to whoever has the football. If a football free safety is not quick then it will be impossible to make the necessary adjustments to cover the variety of routes of receivers. He has to cover the open field so strength to tackle big and strong wide receivers and tight ends is a must. When playing football free safety a football player is the last guy between the defense and the goal line. The free safety gets the view of the entire field by being the back player. He must have the skill of anticipating formations. If a football offensive player gets behind a football free safety then they have the opportunity to score. A football strong safety is positioned closer to the rest of the defense. This safety has to cover the passing in the middle of the field. A football free safety needs to be positioned where he can successfully stop a running play but still out far enough to cover a deep pass. This takes excessive speed, flexibility, mobility, and full body strength. A football free safety must be able to read the positions in front of him. If he sees an offensive lineman that does not have a football defensive lineman in front of him he must watch that hole for the run. He must determine if the play will be low-hat or high-hat. The free safety is also the clean up man. This is because he is out there alone to take care of any offensive player that gets past the rest of his defense. A football free safety usually is called upon to cover more ground on a football field than any other defensive football player.