tackling!!!!!!

I agree with what coach cella said. I'd like to add that we never really go "live" in practice either but do tackling drills just about everyday. They are almost walk through speed.

Our biggest key to tackling is what we do in the offseason. We really teach our kids to get into what we call a sit position (basic football athletic stance). We will do a ton of drills where they run full speed and on a verbal command or handsignal have to sit. I believe that most kids miss tackles not because they don't know how to tackle but because their bodies are out of control. You have to teach them how to come to balance! It is the same thing you do when teaching offensive players to block in space. If they go for a big hit often times they are out of control and whif on the block (downfield or stalk). It you teach them to sprint and then brekdown/come to balance and work their feet they make the block.

Anyway it has worked for us.

I GUESS I WILL BE IN THE MINORITY ON THIS ONE, BUT SO BE IT. I have ALWAYS subscribed to the theory that if you want to play physical on game night, then you practice physical during the week! I always hold live middle drills every practice, the QB not being live, but everyone else is! We tackle live players, not dummies for the most part, in our tackling drills. We do not do much THUD at all, we hit, wrap and put down! We practice angle, straight on, from behind tackling every day! WE GO FULL BORE, NO HALF STEPPING, THAT IS WHAT GETS YOUR PLAYERS HURT! We emphasize being hard, tough, strong!
If a guy gets nicked in practice, that's the way it is. But, one thing I have never had to contend with is guys who miss tackles for lack of effort. LET SOME GUYS WHO NEVER TACKLE IN PRACTICE COME UP AGAINST A DUO OF RUNNING BACKS SOME NIGHT THAT RUN LEGIT 4.4 40'S AND ARE THICK AND BUILT LIKE FIRE PLUGS WHO LOVE TO PUT THEIR HEADS DOWN AND SMASH INTO YOUR DEFENDERS LIKE A BOWLING BALL INTO A RACK FULL OF PINS! See who goes flying the farthest, the pins or the ball! Just my way, but it has always worked for us.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE