Tackle Performance Assessment & In-Season Consulting
How did your tackling impact the outcome of Saturday's game?
Know exactly why your tackles are being missed, what they're costing you on the scoreboard, and what to coach this week, with improvement you can measure before the season ends.
THE PROBLEM
Every missed tackle has a price.
A first down. A field-position swing. A score. The count tells you how many. It doesn't tell you why, or what to change.
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“Missed tackles are costing us drives, field position, and red-zone stops.”
You feel the cost every Saturday, but nobody has put it in game-outcome terms your staff can act on.
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“We know we missed tackles. We don't know why.”
Your staff has the count. Without the root cause, the fix stays generic and the same misses show up next week.
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“We need it fixed this season, not in spring ball.”
The schedule doesn't wait. You need improvement you can measure week over week, now.
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
PROOF AT YOUR LEVEL
How Tulane Upgraded Tackling Performance Mid-Season
When Tulane's defensive coordinator Greg Gasparato wanted to improve his unit's tackling mid-season, he turned to Atavus. Within weeks, the coaching staff had access to weekly film analysis, customized tackle plans, and actionable data insights that transformed their defensive approach.
The partnership demonstrated what's possible when an elite program adds a fractional tackling specialist — without disrupting the existing staff structure or off-season preparation cycle.
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
TEAM, POSITION, AND PLAYER-LEVEL PLANS
Specific corrections for the team, by player and by position group, ready for this week's practice.
Add-on: Individual Tackling assessments &
Transfer Portal Analysis
Available as an add-on for staffs evaluating incoming players.
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.
Don't ask how you tackled. Ask how your tackling changed the game.
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.