If you watch the slo-mo, right as Carter launches himself, he drops his head and looks straight down. At that point, he has no idea where his head is going since its now just an unguided missle and it ends up in a nasty helmet-to-helmet collision.

Thanks for your post.

Do you mean Chuck Clemens vs Nelson? I loved the Clemens article about tackling. I wrote blog post several months ago asking coaches about the merits of the traditional form tackle. I think the game has changed from the bruising inside game to a wide open game and now its about getting the runner down, held up for gang tackle, or push out of bounds.

I thought about buying the videos also. Do you think they are worth buying?

Please send me the pic you mentioned.

Play for Fun and Winning is Funner.

I am curious what your take on Chuck Nelsons article inside the magazine was. I went ahead and bought his three videos since I am coaching defense this spring. I am impressed so far but the drills are pretty wild.

He steps away from the traditional wrap up and takedown 90 degrees to the play and focuses more on wrapping up, thrusting the hips forward while lifting the player, grabbing cloth behind the collar and running through the ball carrier. He stresses high knees *outside* the frame of the ball carrier. He also has his guys clamp down on the runner with their inner arms using their lats. I can send you a pic of what it looks like – I am not describing well….

The drills look crazy but when you watch the game tape, the tackling by his team is insane! Its a swarming, enveloping type of tackle that looks really hard to get away from.