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Playing defensive back in football is a difficult task. Keeping up with lightning-quick wide receivers, coming up to take on big running backs, or constantly guessing which pass to jump for an interception can be daunting. Due to the reactionary nature of the position, defensive backs are the best athletes on the field the majority of the time. Athleticism is a combination of speed, strength, agilityhttps:\/\/www.coachup.com\/sports\/us\/track-field<\/a> and endurance. The defensive backs who play at a high level excel in each of these areas, pairing that with their football IQ. These are four attributes that you need to focus on during your training, whether you are starting out at the position or looking for ways to increase your level of performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Playing defensive back in football is a difficult task. Keeping up with lightning-quick wide receivers, coming up to take on big running backs, or constantly guessing which pass to jump for an interception can be daunting. Due to the reactionary nature of the position, defensive backs are the best athletes on the field the majority of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[110,112,108,111,25,109],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-db","tag-defensive-back-drills","tag-defensive-back-training","tag-football-strategy","tag-football-training","tag-how-to-be-a-defensive-back"],"yoast_head":"\nTop 4 Qualities Needed To Excel At Defensive Back - CoachUp Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/the-top-four-qualities-needed-to-excel-at-defensive-back\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top 4 Qualities Needed To Excel At Defensive Back - CoachUp Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Playing defensive back in football is a difficult task. 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