Quote:I dunno man. I've heard a lot of professional coaches and former players saying you need to look-in your tackle. You can't do that with your head down.

 

It's not that you do it with your head up, it's that it essentially forces a smaller, lighter player to go chest-to-chest with a bigger player. And that never ends well. If you want to see good tackling technique, Pete Carroll put together a Hawk Tackling / Rugby Tackling video that has top notch, effective tackling technique. It teaches the players to take their head out of the contact, yet still puts them in a position to protect themselves. Wanna know why I think it works so well? Because football coaches came up with it. Not some PR group that is trying to hit a number on a popularity poll. 

 

I agree with you that a player is better of with his head up and seeing what he hits, but there are a lot of better ways to teach this than "Heads Up Tackling".

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