TSU uses tire drill to test running backs

Nashville, TN - Tennessee State running backs have rolled through preseason camp trying to dodge tires being rolled at them. “We’ve been getting some really good mileage out of it,” running backs Coach Kevin Mashack said, summing up the agility drill.

Former running backs coach Stu Holt started the drill at TSU last year. Holt left at the end of last season to join the staff at Western Kentucky, but the Tigers kept the drill.

“It’s an old-school drill that Stu got from his dad, who is an old high school coach,” TSU Coach Rod Reed said. “It’s a drill I liked and wanted to keep because it’s great to help our running backs with their reaction. You’re running, that tire rolls and you’ve got to make a jump cut one way or the other. Another tire comes from the other way and you’ve got to jump opposite of the way you just jumped.”

An odd number of tires is needed for the drill.

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