Citation

Tai SSM, Miltenberger RG. J. Appl. Behav. Anal. 2017; 50(4): 849-855.

Affiliation

University of South Florida.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

10.1002/jaba.412

PMID

28940381

Abstract

With concussion rates on the rise for football players, there is a need for further research to increase skills and decrease injuries. Behavioral skills training is effective in teaching a wide variety of skills but has yet to be studied in the sports setting. We evaluated behavioral skills training to teach safer tackling techniques to six participants from a Pop Warner American football team. Safer tackling techniques increased during practice and generalized to games for the two participants who had opportunities to tackle in games.

© 2017 Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.

Language: en

Keywords

athletic performance; behavioral skills training; coaching; football; tackling