please read this.
When you head down field, all you have to do are a few things:
HAUL BUTT. You already do this. It's just that this comes with some rules.
SHED BLOCKS. Sometimes this means sacrificing speed on YOUR terms before someone ELSE does it for you (and sacrifices more of your time than you would have if you had just done it on your own.) Get around the block under control.
When you have a blocker in front of you and a runner just behind him, you have to BACK OFF the blocker to make the tackle. Lateral movement here allows the blocker to push you one way while the runner goes the other. You have to literally move backwards and force the runner to cut outside the blocker - then you have him. If you try to fight the blocker, you fall where the blocker wants you. If you back off, the runner gets so he can't stand it and outruns his block.
When you get near the END end of your lane - SLOW DOWN. Begin to concentrate on lateral movement and let the guy come to you instead of trying to take his damn head off.
QUIT trying to make ESPN and just form tackle the guy. Lowering your head means getting smoked. Keep your head up and go for the TACKLE, not the LICK.
Down field, tackle low. So you can stop him fast. When you become the one of the last guys with a chance, tackle high. So you make sure you get him, even if you have to ride him a few yards.
That's special teams. Please swallow your pride and do what you're supposed to.
Nate Burton, Andrew Economos, and Chris Reis are excused from this post. You guys just keep doing what ever in the hell you were doing before.
When you head down field, all you have to do are a few things:
HAUL BUTT. You already do this. It's just that this comes with some rules.
SHED BLOCKS. Sometimes this means sacrificing speed on YOUR terms before someone ELSE does it for you (and sacrifices more of your time than you would have if you had just done it on your own.) Get around the block under control.
When you have a blocker in front of you and a runner just behind him, you have to BACK OFF the blocker to make the tackle. Lateral movement here allows the blocker to push you one way while the runner goes the other. You have to literally move backwards and force the runner to cut outside the blocker - then you have him. If you try to fight the blocker, you fall where the blocker wants you. If you back off, the runner gets so he can't stand it and outruns his block.
When you get near the END end of your lane - SLOW DOWN. Begin to concentrate on lateral movement and let the guy come to you instead of trying to take his damn head off.
QUIT trying to make ESPN and just form tackle the guy. Lowering your head means getting smoked. Keep your head up and go for the TACKLE, not the LICK.
Down field, tackle low. So you can stop him fast. When you become the one of the last guys with a chance, tackle high. So you make sure you get him, even if you have to ride him a few yards.
That's special teams. Please swallow your pride and do what you're supposed to.
Nate Burton, Andrew Economos, and Chris Reis are excused from this post. You guys just keep doing what ever in the hell you were doing before.