35 free video tutorials, each tagged by level
Reviewer Clear, safe, and credible - this is how you actually teach a slide tackle.
Moderator This is a slide tackle tutorial, full stop, from an Olympic gold medalist - body form, approach angle, timing, safety reasoning. Exactly the sub-skill.
Reviewer Teaches decision-making, not just mechanics. Genuinely excellent.
Moderator This is exactly what 'how to tackle' should look like: breaks down interceptions, poke tackles, block tackles, and slide tackles as a risk ladder, explains when to use each. Completely on target.
Reviewer Breaks a scary skill into a safe, buildable progression.
Moderator Explicitly a from-beginner progression for slide tackling — knee-to-ground, then hip, then extend, then speed up — plus three named foot-part variants for different tackle situations. Squarely and thoroughly on-skill.
Reviewer Genuinely useful session plan, steal this for training.
Moderator This is exactly the sub-skill: 1v1 ball battles building into tackling technique and mentality, foot placement, proximity, contact, resilience to keep fighting for the ball. The core of the video is tackling, start to finish.
Reviewer Real coaching — explains the why, not just the how. Minor plug at the end, easy to ignore.
Moderator Wall-to-wall tackling — barge, chop, and cut-off, each named and demonstrated in 1v1 defending situations. Nothing here is off-topic.
Reviewer Live coaching with a kid, not just a talking head — you see the technique land.
Moderator A specific tackle type taught start to finish: foot surface, standing-foot plant, when it's appropriate (tight 50/50s) versus when it isn't (chasing down the touchline), and the injury risk of getting the timing wrong. This is a tackling lesson, full stop.
Reviewer Short but covers the essentials right, including the safety point that matters most.
Moderator Direct, dedicated instruction on slide tackling specifically -- when to use it, a progressive drill from a rolled ball up to a live attacker, and the single most important safety/legality point: challenge from the side, never from behind. This is the core skill itself.
Reviewer Sharp, practical coaching on tackle timing, with a real drill to practice it.
Moderator A former pro directly teaching the hardest part of tackling -- knowing WHEN to commit versus jockeying and dropping off -- with a concrete cone drill to practice the decision and clear coaching points (don't dive in at full speed, step up at 25-30 yards from goal). This is real tackling instruction, just focused on timing and decision-making rather than the slide/block mechanics themselves.
Reviewer Explains not just how to slide tackle, but how not to get carded doing it.
Moderator Dead center of the sub-skill — when a slide tackle is legal vs a foul, one-foot vs two-feet mechanics, sliding on your non-contact foot to stay controlled, and the specific scenarios where you'd actually use it (loose ball, blocking a cross). This is a tackling lesson through and through.
Reviewer This is what separates a defender who reads the game from one who just lunges — genuinely valuable stuff.
Moderator Despite the clickbait slide-tackle title, this is genuinely about tackling as a discipline — managing space, picking a lead foot to show the attacker where to go, keeping eyes on hips/feet, reading cues, and the Maldini line about the tackle being the last resort. This IS how good defenders actually think about tackling, even though the literal slide isn't demonstrated.
Reviewer Detailed, technically sound, and covers the decision-making too.
Moderator Squarely and entirely about tackling: standing tackle contact point, studs-over-the-ball technique, blocking with the body, sliding tackle mechanics and timing, plus jockeying and reading the attacker. Exactly the named sub-skill.
Reviewer Solid overview with real coaching cues, not just definitions.
Moderator Covers all the main tackle types - slide, poke, block, shoulder - squarely the sub-skill, comprehensive overview.
Reviewer The before/after comparison makes the fix obvious.
Moderator Squarely on-skill: a direct bad-technique vs good-technique comparison of an actual tackle, covering arm use, foot placement, and body position. This is tackle execution, not just positioning.
Reviewer Great before/after comparison, real coaching insight.
Moderator Specific, real coaching content on tackling from behind - the knee-slide technique - directly on the sub-skill.
Reviewer Solid, specific coaching under a clickbait title — worth the watch.
Moderator Squarely about tackling — locking the ankle, following through with the body (not just the leg), timing the challenge to when the attacker commits, tactical adjustments against bigger or trickier opponents, and slide-tackle/hook technique with pro examples (Van Dijk, Maldini, Marcelo). Exactly the sub-skill.
Reviewer Straightforward and honest — shows you the mechanics and doesn't sugarcoat that it hurts sometimes.
Moderator Squarely on topic — actual slide tackle mechanics, two variations (clearing the ball away vs. cradling to keep possession), body positioning on the ground, forearm/shoulder tension to avoid injury. This is exactly 'how to tackle.'
Moderator Dedicated block-tackle lesson for young players: plant the standing foot beside the ball, knees bent, hips turned out, hit the middle of the ball with the inside of a locked foot and lean over it. First from standing, then with a step in. Squarely about tackling, though it only covers the block tackle (no timing, jockeying or slide tackle).
Reviewer Clean, safe way to learn the block tackle: plant, lock the ankle, lean in. Nothing on timing or when to commit.
Reviewer Solid beginner intro, just a bit repetitive and loose in delivery.
Moderator This is squarely a slide-tackle lesson — he walks through three concrete variations (strong-foot across-body, outside-of-foot, and the possession-retaining slide) and stays on that one skill the whole way through. Doesn't wander into jockeying or shape, just the tackle itself.
Reviewer Simple drill, useful safety cues.
Moderator A specific drill for practicing the block tackle - squarely on the sub-skill.
Reviewer Specific, safety-minded coaching. Explains why the mistake hurts you, not just what to fix.
Moderator A real coach, Adrian Heath, demonstrating the block tackle specifically with a player. Squarely on topic, just narrower in scope than tackling broadly since it's one technique.
Reviewer Good technique, but you're sitting through two upsells to get it.
Moderator Same barge/chop/cut-off breakdown as the cleanest version of this lesson — fully on-topic for tackling technique.
Reviewer Sharp, specific cues on timing the tackle and forcing the weak foot — short, but worth hearing more than once.
Moderator This is a coach mid-session, coaching a specific defensive read — waiting for the moment an attacker loses control, takes a bad touch, or goes backwards before committing to the challenge, forcing them onto their weaker foot, and having the arm out ready to block rather than diving in early. That's the essence of one-on-one tackling timing, which is exactly the sub-skill here. Short, but every second of it is about when and how to go in for the tackle.
Reviewer Good tackle technique buried under a messy, hard-to-follow transcript.
Moderator Same three slide-tackle variations as the other beginner slide tackle video — strong foot across body, outside of foot, and the tackle that keeps possession. Squarely on-skill even though the transcript is rough.
Reviewer Practical and easy to run - good for building tackling discipline.
Moderator This is squarely a defending drill built around the exact coaching point that matters most for tackling: don't dive in, hold your shape, shift with the attacker. It's a session/drill design rather than a breakdown of tackle mechanics themselves, but 'when and why not to commit to a tackle' is core tackling coaching.
Reviewer Good basics, but stays generic. Could go a lot deeper.
Moderator Squarely about tackling: reading the dribbler, committing fully, striking the ball with the inside of the foot, following through, and the risk of mistiming it. Exactly the sub-skill.
Reviewer Accurate, practical positioning cue - just doesn't get to the tackle itself.
Moderator Real defending coaching - closing down space, staying patient, using arm's length to judge distance before committing. This is the setup phase of a tackle and directly addresses a common defender mistake (too much space or closing too fast), even though it stops short of actual tackle contact/technique.
Reviewer Good tackle technique drowned in three separate sales pitches.
Moderator Identical tackling breakdown (barge/chop/cut-off) to the other versions of this lesson — squarely on the skill.
Reviewer The 'be late on purpose' idea is sharper than it sounds.
Moderator This is about the decision-making that precedes a tackle — patience, reading the attacker's touch, knowing when to be 'late' on purpose — rather than the physical tackle technique, but that decision-making is a real and important part of tackling well.
Reviewer Starts strong with a clear definition; can't confirm how deep it goes beyond that.
Moderator Opens with a clean definition of what a tackle is and what it's for, that's exactly the kind of grounded, explainer framing that tells me this is genuinely about teaching the technique, not just showing a clip.
Reviewer Accurate but very thin - just the basics.
Moderator Squarely about the slide tackle - one of the core tackle types - foul risk and studs-down rule included.
Reviewer Clear explanations of why you stay side-on and keep your hips open, with a sensible drill progression. Stops short of the tackle.
Moderator Voiced-over drill walkthrough on defensive body shape for 1v1: quick lateral feet, hip rotation, staying side-on, soft knees, leading arm for distance, not crossing the feet, showing the attacker inside or down the line. This is the stance before the tackle; no challenge for the ball is shown.
Moderator Youth 1v1 defending session built on pressure, position and patience: get side-on, stay arm's length away, don't dive in early, use the touchline to show him one way. It's the defending around a tackle more than the tackle technique itself.
Reviewer Simple pressure, position, patience framework and good live corrections, but you sit through a lot of reps to get it.
Reviewer The arm's-length distance cue is genuinely useful and easy to apply.
Moderator This is really about closing down space before the tackle — using your arm's length to judge distance and force a bad touch — the setup phase rather than tackle execution itself, though it's the phase that determines whether a tackle succeeds.
Reviewer Right cues on not lunging and staying on your feet, but it's raw session footage with no real breakdown.
Moderator Live 1v1 defending session: backpedalling footwork, shortening your steps as you get nearer the box, jabbing at the ball rather than lunging, getting a body across once he commits. It's the approach and timing around a tackle more than the tackle itself.
Reviewer Nice defending fundamentals, but you won't learn much about the tackle itself here.
Moderator This is really a defending-shape video — closing space, jockeying, staying light on your toes, body angle. Tackling gets a couple of mentions ('stick your tackles hard', 'win the ball from behind') but it's not walking through tackle technique the way the dedicated tackle videos do. It's the setup for a tackle, not the tackle.