Atavus Starter provides coaches with an introduction to the Atavus Tackle System, an approach built around shoulder-led technique that is both fundamentally sound and safer. Atavus Starter includes introductory access to a drill video library and related drill sheets, equipping coaches with enough technique and practice planning to teach the basics of shoulder-led tackling.

The first step of our process is breaking down the concept of tackling into both pre-contact and contact phases. There are a variety of skills for athletes to learn in each of these steps that are essential in order to maximize power and control to deliver momentum safely into a successful tackle. Learn how an athlete should evaluate a situation and their potential part in the tackle, decides how to take the best path into contact, and positions their body correctly to maximize momentum and power into contact.