The New York Times, Jan. 2nd 2019 ARLINGTON, Tex. — Raymond Kitchen had other places he would rather have been than in a big, empty football stadium at 7 a.m. on a Saturday. But there he was, three days before Christmas, with 450 other high school football coaches, attending a two-hour lecture on tackling at […]
The Dallas Morning News, Oct. 15th 2018 Soon after the Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl in 2014, coach Pete Carroll tapped into the network of people perhaps molding future Lombardi Trophy winners: high school football coaches. After Seattle's vaunted defense garnered nicknames and rings, Carroll teamed with Nike and took to Hudl -- a […]
Echo Press, Aug 22nd 2018 Alexandria football coach Mike Empting entered the offseason looking to address a couple of concerns for his team. The Cardinals have put together quite a three-year run on the field. They’ve been to three straight section title games and a state tournament in 2016, but Empting saw a need to […]
Rugby World, Aug. 20th 2018 From tackle techniques in Seattle to drills learnt in Miami, we look at how American Football is learning from rugby and vice versa “I love this example because it encompasses everything,” says Seattle Seahawks linebacker coach John Glenn as he pauses the film, training a red laser pointer on the […]
Puget Sound Business Journal, Jun. 1st 2018 Shortly after Karen Bryant left her job as CEO of the Seattle Storm in 2014, she decided to get in her sand-colored Volvo XC90 and just drive. “I literally threw a sleeping bag, a pillow, my golf clubs, three books, a cooler and I was like, ‘I don’t […]
AFCA Insider, Jan. 1st 2018 Justin Carrigan always is looking for ways to protect his student-athletes, reduce penalties and gain an advantage on the competition. One major shift for his football program from 2018 to 2019 was to partner with Atavus and get his coaching staff trained on this shoulder-led tackling philosophy. “First and foremost, […]
AFCA Insider, Jan. 1st 2018 For many football coaches, the concept of “shoulder-led tackling” made its debut in July 2014 when Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll published the Seahawks Tackling (https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=kLldjE6vvFs) video for all to see. For many, it opened their eyes to a tackling method that not only took the head out […]
AFCA Insider, Jan. 1st 2018 About 100 yards up the hill from Lipscomb Academy’s football field in Nashville, Tenn., Trent Dilfer watches middle school football players practice tackling. But it’s not just any tackling drill; it’s a shoulder-tackling drill designed by Lipscomb’s partner in safety, Atavus. “I’ll walk up in the middle of our practice […]
