Evaluating Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Safe Tackling Skills to Youth Football Players.

摘要

Concussion rates and head injuries for football players have been on the rise and there is a need for further research in football to increase skills and decrease injuries. Behavioral skills training has been proven to be 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 among six participants from a local Pop Warner football team. Results show safer tackling techniques increased substantially during practice and generalized to games among all six participants.;Key words: applied behavior analysis, athletic performance, behavioral skills training, coaching, football, tackling.