Carryover from drills to the game.

In 1999, I attended a football clinic at Montclair State University. Fred Stengel, who was, and still is, the Head Football Coach at Bergen Catholic (usually a USA Today Top 25 ranked team) said the following: "90 percent of tackling is INTENSITY and 10 percent of tackling is knowing how to tackle." Look at your player's INTENSITY when they tackle and take it from there.

Denny Marcin, NY Jets Defensive Line Coach says that tackling should be taught in the following manner:

1. ATTACK ball carrier (Eyes up)
2. Chest-to-chest contact
3. Up and through (Shoot the Arms Upward)

He said that is all you need to stress to your athletes on tackling.

I hope this helps and hopefully you can correct this issue.

Coaching the offensive tackles and wondering why he had to coach the wings on punt team. Bill, that was an AWESOME experience. He and McNally are awesome guys, who gave me access to things that they did not need to do. I have two friends for life now! I hope all is going well with you down there in Richmond, Bill.