Did this technique that they TRIED to teach help cause bad pursuit angles and overall too much thinking by players?
Rugby style tackling
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Great question. I was wondering that very thing as I watched the bowl game and all of our missed tackles
It caused us to get run over imo.....like we were trying to drag a person down instead of hittng them and wrap up.
Going to our knees to tackle.
Going to our knees to tackle.
I played rugby in college. And we were coached what can only be described as "wrestling moves" for scrums. And when it came to tackling we were coached to go low for the feet/ankles. I have never played football at that same level. But my guess is it is a very different approach.
Ok - no
How you wrap up or hit has nothing to do with taking piss poor angles or being slow to the damn ball. Those things take place long before the thought of how to tackle factors in.
How you wrap up or hit has nothing to do with taking piss poor angles or being slow to the damn ball. Those things take place long before the thought of how to tackle factors in.
I think you are right Tuco. I think there are multiple things happening with regard to our poor tackling. And I think our lack of defensive speed is a big part of the problem
I blame practicing against slow RBs.
The starters are not used to chasing someone with speed, so they take the angles that they are used to taking in practices.
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Maybe speed but I think football instincts is a huge factor. Anticipating what is going to happen vs reacting to what already happened slows you down a half step.
Maybe a little. But I have coached players that werent the fastest but would always be in the right position to make a play.
This link is how it is supposed to be done. Imagine if you will, the way most of us were taught how to tackle. I'm 40, so in my time it was all about the big hit ala Ronnie Lott. The new Hawk style is targeted about the waist area to help with cutting down on the high hits that are getting flags thrown now and more importantly, the big emphasis on brain injury. The angle is important with this style and like I said it will take somebody some time to change the way they have been doing something basically their whole career.
Similar to how T. Mart. Would revert to the back foot throw when things got hurried for him. I would be very surprised if the staff reverted to the traditional technique next year. It was new for them also and I would expect it to be done better next yr.
http://www.stack.com/a/the-new-tackling-technique-thats-revolutionizing-football-safety
Similar to how T. Mart. Would revert to the back foot throw when things got hurried for him. I would be very surprised if the staff reverted to the traditional technique next year. It was new for them also and I would expect it to be done better next yr.
http://www.stack.com/a/the-new-tackling-technique-thats-revolutionizing-football-safety
I wonder if this trend has anything to do with the new rules for targeting and the overall emphasis on patty cake football?
It's easier, and a lot more fun to blame Bo.
Some Christmas lights go out on Christmas eve day? Blame Bo.
Prime Rib raw in the middle and too done on the outside? Blame Bo.
Make more money but bring home less because higher tax bracket? Blame Bo.
I could go on and on, but the thing is to mutter "effn bo pelini" under your breath when these things happen.
You will feel better.
This. Youtube seahawks tackling.
That aint the reason for our poor tackling. Lmao.
We dont practice it. Its that simple.
They looked like a defense that hadn't practiced against explosive players. Looked like they'd been having some real low-energy practices. I think that's part of why you got that comment out of Banker about the practices being bloodbaths at Iowa or whatever. When your OL and top 2 QBs are hurt, who are you gonna practice hammering on?
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Bingo, it's not a coincidence that the tackling went to sh*t every time we played teams with much greater speed.
Let's not make tackling more complex than it needs to be. Better athletes make better tacklers.
I thought tackling was actually pretty decent this year, especially compared to last year. The angles and pursuits were really the problem. Add to the fact that we had significantly reduced (sorry, I didn't actually look this up, but it seemed to me) targeting penalties (those come with 15 extra yards and ejections), I felt that the rugby style tackling was actually successful and the more it is incorporated, it will continue to improve.
The defense was significantly better at least through the first 8 games, then seemed to go downhill. The main thing I hope changes is the amazing cushion our DBs give opposing wide receivers. Watch Bama and Clemson play pass defense. It is a rare day when receivers catch the ball with no one within 5 yards of them. Granted, they have great athletes, but I thought our DBs were supposed to be the strength of our team.
The defense was significantly better at least through the first 8 games, then seemed to go downhill. The main thing I hope changes is the amazing cushion our DBs give opposing wide receivers. Watch Bama and Clemson play pass defense. It is a rare day when receivers catch the ball with no one within 5 yards of them. Granted, they have great athletes, but I thought our DBs were supposed to be the strength of our team.
Biggest myth in football. Players who can get in position and use sound technique are the best tacklers. Some of the best athletes I have coached were the worst tacklers.
Clearly, you need both. If our guys are not in position to make the play, nit-picking on the technique doesn't make much difference. I think that's where we are right now.
Yeah, but I think you are kinda using the test-out definition for athlete here though. I would agree, and I've had plenty of test-out freaks who either couldn't or in some cases wouldn't tackle no matter what we drilled or how much.
It's hard to quantify how much better Nebraska's tackling would be if they were drilling rugby tackling or "old-school" tackling, but those saying that because it works for world class football players(what I'm calling Seattle's athletes) that it should work for Nebraska is absurd.
