How To Tackle Safely in Football

A lot of Pop Warner players are stil learning the basics of the game of football. Although football is a collision sport, there are techniques used to play the game in a safe way. Here is another video on how to tackle, but safely without injuring your self or other players. I like this video because it points out the top 3 ways players injure themselves and others with poor tackling techniques.

With the players in Pop Warner being very young, most have not yet learned to tackle in a safe way. Yes you want to be aggressive and attack, but you also want to be able to get up from the tackle and be able to walk back to the huddle and stay on the field.

My number 1 rule in tackling is always always keep your head up.