Safe Contact. Sound Fundamentals.

Safe Contact. Sound Fundamentals.

TackleBar™ Football is a safer approach that preserves the tradition and fundamentals of the game.

"TackleBar™ Football seems to be a very good alternative to teach the fundamentals of football, while minimizing/eliminating injuries to players. I see this form of the game a better fit for young players; I do not see the need of starting tackle at such a young age.”

Glen Mason
Big 10 Network Analyst
Former Head Football Coach: Kent State, University of Kansas, University of Minnesota

TackleBar™ is for today’s game of football.

TackleBar Football consists of a harness worn around the torso with two foam bars attached at the back. A ball carrier is downed by tearing off one of the foam TackleBars. The TackleBar Football system has been strategically designed to teach proper defensive fundamentals. The bar location requires defense to play with their head up and eyes on the ball carrier at all times.

  • TackleBar™ Football

    TackleBar™ Football

    Youth football enrollment has been on an alarming decline over the past 5 years. We believe a new approach to the game, leveraging new equipment, is required to respond to these circumstances.

    TackleBar™ Football can be played with pads but no tackling. A traditional line of scrimmage, blocking, and safe contact is still embedded in the game. Padded TackleBar™ Football enables development of traditional football skills, positions, formations, and plays.

    TackleBar™ Football
  • Practice and Scrimmage Accessory

    Practice and Scrimmage Accessory

    More and more leagues and conferences are also eliminating tackling from their tackle football practices. TackleBar™ Football allows for practices and scrimmages to be run in game-time speed, but without the tackling.

    Practice and Scrimmage Accessory

Check out TackleBar™ in action!

Additional Videos

Wrap and Rip™ Technique

Wrap and Rip is the technique for engaging and downing a ball carrier by removing a bar. This technique has been developed in harmony with the latest safety recommendations for shoulder tackling, which calls for the tackler to keep his/her head to the side, away from the impact of the tackle.
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