Tackling CIrcuit or Drills

Coach,

First and foremost in my mind is the ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF TEACHING YOUR KIDS TO SEE WHAT THEY HIT AND TO NOT TACKLE WITH THEIR HEADS DOWN. ONCE YOU HAVE AN INCIDENT OF A BROKEN NECK WITH A YOUNG MAN WHO ONLY SECONDS BEFORE WAS A PHYSICALLY FIT YOUNG, STRONG AS A BULL, ATHLETE AND IN THE NEXT IS LYING PROSTRATE ON THE GROUND FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE, YOU WILL NEVER, EVER FORGET IT. I speak from experience. It took us 45 minutes to get the young man off the field, and our team doctor saved his life as he lay there. That was in 1988 and the young man has been confined to a wheel chair ever since. I teach tackling from a straight on approach, angle approach, from behind approach, etc. just as any coach does. But, my lectures always start with the same words: SEE WHAT YOU HIT!!!

Coach Easton