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Youth Coach
The method of tackling and blocking that you describe has been illegal according to the NFHS rules since about the mid 1970’s. Please see NFHS rule 9-4-3i.
Generally with this type of contact, it is the tackler or blocker who gets hurt, not the player being tackled or blocked.
Why someone would want to teach this method of tackling or blocking is beyond my comprehension.
For an example of what could happen, do a Google search on “Marc Buoniconti”, he is the son of former pro-linebacker Nick Buoniconti. Marc was paralyzed on a football field trying to face tackle a ball carrier.
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