Tackling

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Robert Goodman

Therefore I, and most other, youth coaches teach tackling in a way that doesn't put the head in the middle of the action to begin with. Instead of tackling straight on, we use a shoulder, putting it into the opponent's chest, hip, or leg. The head goes past the opponent.

We teach getting the head "across" but still making contact with the chest pads as much as possible. "Eyes to the sky" is one of our mantras...this method in the video seems a little dangerous to me also. I will have to look into it more carefully.

[bigjohn]

http://trainemupacademy.org/blog/wp-..._June_2011.pdf