For Hudl coaches · Official Preferred Partner
Your film is in Hudl.Your tackle plan is next.
Send Atavus three games from this past season, straight from Hudl. We grade every tackle, trace every miss to its root cause, and hand your staff a Tackle Performance Assessment you can coach this week.
Tackle Performance Assessment$2,500$1,000
- Share film directly from Hudl
- Teachable moments returned as Hudl playlists
- A season-long tackle plan built from your film
The partnership
Hudl captures the game. Atavus explains the tackles.
Atavus is an Official Preferred Partner of Hudl. That means the film you already shoot, store, and break down in Hudl is everything we need to build your assessment.
No new software, no new upload workflow. You share the games, and our tackling analysts do the grading.
How it works with Hudl
From Hudl film to a tackle plan. Four steps.
Select games to share
- Week 1 vs. CentralFull game · 64 defensive snaps
- Week 2 at RiversideFull game · 71 defensive snaps
- Week 3 vs. LakeviewFull game · 58 defensive snaps
Tackle ratings · Goal ≥ 70
Primary issue · Team · Late strike timing
Share of strike issues by position group
Playlist · Atavus teachable moments
- Q1 08:14Missed · Late strike timingFix
- Q2 03:47Made · Near shoulder, near footEffective
- Q3 11:02Missed · Pad level risingFix
- Q4 01:36Made · Leverage heldEffective
Illustration with sample program data, not real client data.
The Tackle Performance Assessment
What happened. Why. What to change this week.
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How did we tackle?
Our analysts grade every tackle on your game film against one consistent standard, rolling it up into Overall, Performance, and Safety ratings.
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Why did we miss?
Every miss is traced to its root cause — Leverage, Strike Timing, Near Shoulder, Pad Level — by team, position group, and player.
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What do we coach this week?
You get specific fixes your staff can install in practice right away, then we track improvement week over week.
Performance Diagnosis
Tackle ratings
Key performance indicators
Primary performance issue
Defenders rise out of their stance before contact, arriving high and late instead of driving through the frame. Root cause behind explosive plays and YAC.
Rising out of pad level before contact — 38% of all strike issues.
Arriving high on contact instead of driving through the frame.
Angles strong overall (89% made); occasional over-pursuit in space.
Quickest improvement opportunity
Pad-level correction with film-based leverage cues in practice for the next two weeks. Measure pad-level issues per game.
DL/LB strike mechanics — together 58% of strike issues — through a targeted pad-level and strike drill program.
Position-specific completion mechanics toward the 65%+ effectiveness goal by next season.
Sample data for illustrative purposes only. Not real client program data.
Per assessment$2,500$1,000
Why it matters
How did your tackling impact the outcome of the game?
- A missed tackle that turns a short gain into a scoring drive.
- Poor leverage that hands a runner critical yards after contact.
- A technique issue that resurfaces late in the fourth quarter.
THE PROBLEM
You know how many tackles you missed. Do you know what they cost you?
Almost every staff counts missed tackles. Very few can explain or have the time to explain why they happened or what they cost on the scoreboard.
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“Missed tackles are losing us close games”
The one-score games come down to a handful of plays. Tackling is usually one of them.
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“We need to develop our players and our young assistants”
Better tackling technique makes better players, better coaches, and a safer game for your kids.
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“We don’t have staff time for detailed film grading.”
Most high school staffs can’t grade every tackle every week. That’s the part we take off your plate.
THE OLD QUESTION
“How did we tackle?”
Gets answered with a count. The conversation ends there.
THE RIGHT QUESTION
“HOW DID OUR TACKLING IMPACT THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME?”
Connects every tackle to downs, yards, points, and the result.
HOW IT WORKS
What happened. Why. What to change this week.
Here's what a Tackle Performance Assessment puts in front of your staff, then how we prove it improved.
Game Film ANALYSIS
Every tackle graded against one consistent standard, not opinion.
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What happened & why
The root cause of each miss: Leverage, Strike Timing, Near Shoulder.
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Personalized & Actionable
Team, position, and player-level fixes your staff can coach this week.
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Measureable, this season
Improvement tracked week over week, starting now, not next year.
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TRUSTED BY THE BEST
TYING TACKLING TO RESULTS
How HIGHLAND PARK TURNED THEIR YEAR AROUND MID-SEASON
Highland Park, one of Texas’ most success high school football programs, had a slow and atypical start to the 2026 season. They noticed issues with their tackling, but couldn’t pinpoint the cause. They invested in Atavus’ Tackle Performance and implemented Atavus in less than a week and saw measureable improvement immediately.
WHAT YOU GET
TACKLE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT & IN-SEASON CONSULTING
Built to run alongside your season, not on top of it.
Every tackle graded, every miss traced to its root cause, and what those misses cost you in downs, field position, and points.
Tackle Performance Assessment (TPA)
Working sessions with our tackling staff every week that turn findings into a weekly coaching plan for your defensive staff.
In-season tackle consulting
No added staff hours
We do the grading and breakdown. Your staff gets the answers and plan.
Player & assistant development
Clear corrections for your players and a teach framework for your young assistants.
SAMPLE REPORT
GET A SAMPLE TPA REPORT
Built on a sample program, so you can see the full format, findings, and plan your staff would get. Same grading and structure; sample data
FAQ
Coaches Usually ask
Answers on timing, film, staff time, and more
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As soon as your TPA is in place. Send that week's game film and we deliver findings and a plan before your next game. From there you'll see the trend week over week.
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Very little. We grade the film, build the reports, and write the plan. Your staff shares film and joins one short session to review the findings.
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Yes. Most staffs start mid-season. We build the plan around this week's opponent, not next spring.
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Start with a short call with our tackling staff. We'll learn about your defense, walk you through a sample TPA, and talk about whether a TPA fits your staff. Film analysis begins once your TPA is underway.
STOP COUNTING MISSED TACKLES.
START FIXING WHY THEY HAPPENED.
Start with a short call with our tackling staff. We'll walk you through a sample TPA and talk about whether it fits your program.