title: A behavioral intervention for teaching tackling skills to high school football athletes.
abstract: We evaluated an intervention that combined task analysis and differential reinforcement for teaching tackling skills to 2 high school football athletes. As a result of intervention, both players tackled more proficiently in practice drills and maintained proficient tackling during games.
authors.affiliation: Endicott College. johnvictorstokes@yahoo.com
authors.forename: John V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Stokes
authors.forename: James K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Luiselli
authors.forename: Derek D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D056352:Athletes; D005538:Football; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012574:Schools; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013663:Teaching