Is face tackling legal? - The Official Forum

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Mon Jun 15, 2009, 01:35pm

bigjohn

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I have been coaching since 1984, high school varsity football in Southern Ohio. I have never seen face tackling called in a game. I have been to over half the playoff finals in those 25 years and NEVER seen FACE Tackling called EVER!!!!!
So while in theory your answer is Illegal, the method you are teaching is sound as long as you teach the kids to not put their head down but bull the neck, aim for the chest and make contact with their chest not their face.

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