Seattle presents new style of tackling
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Basically the same as a double leg takedown in Brazilian Jiu jitsu. Wrap and drive with your shoulders.
Been around for a long time now. This is how I teach tackling as a dc. It's rugby style tackling.
Hey, camdenlawprof, you may be even more interested in the attached article. Pete Carroll isn't the only advocate for this style of tackling.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...gby-style-tackle-is-changing-college-football
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...gby-style-tackle-is-changing-college-football
I saw that on line thanks to another poster. It's good to be reminded of it. The Seahawks play ferocious defense, so if they can do it without spearing, everyone else can use it without fear of a disadvantage.
I remember that the boys' book about football I read was by Herbert Masin (sp?), and he prescribed something similar -- hit with a shoulder and wrap.
Before most towns had youth leagues and we played without equipment and supervision, that is how we tackled. Use your shoulder and arms and lift.
I find it funny that the article calls it "new" yet the second paragraph admits they've been doing it for 3 seasons. There is nothing new about this at this point.
Nothing about hawk tackling is lifting. It is near shoulder to near hip, squeeze the thighs, and roll. Lifting is the old style of lifting.
Really successful. Our kids really embraced it. It actually is a lot less painful than normal tackling and reduced our shoulder injury and head injury numbers.
I would post the film we use, of our kids doing it, but that would give away where I coach. haha
Ohio State has been doing it for a couple of years so I am sure Ash will use it at Rutgers. I believe they feel it has helped them on defense. More schools have been going to it and most fans don't really notice the difference.
So it's more effective and lessens the risk of injury. What's not to like?
He already said he is going to. One of his major points when talking with high school coaches at Rutgers that day.
Yes this thread has some deja vu to it. There was a thread on this back when he was hired.
Boring!!
In pop-Warner I coached the following: My bigger players executed a high-tackling methodology, leading in with the shoulder pad-helmet & eyes up, preferably above the hip area and wrapping hard. If a second defensive player was close he would strip the ball loose. My smaller players wrapped around the knee-thigh area.
I fully understand that we're trying to make the game safer but honestly it's getting so boring. If a wide receiver or a running back knows he could go across the middle and get tackled by having his legs wrapped he will have no fear of getting hurt. A high tackle is not meant to paralyze an individual, it's meant to sting and make him feel the tackle. IMHO the reason spread offenses are catching on is because defenses are handcuffed. So unless there's 21 below zero temperatures expect to see very high scoring games. I saw a great interview on ESPN regarding the Pittsburgh vs. Cincinatti game and a retired referee said that during his tenure as ref (1991-2003) flags wouldn't have been thrown on any of those plays.
In pop-Warner I coached the following: My bigger players executed a high-tackling methodology, leading in with the shoulder pad-helmet & eyes up, preferably above the hip area and wrapping hard. If a second defensive player was close he would strip the ball loose. My smaller players wrapped around the knee-thigh area.
I fully understand that we're trying to make the game safer but honestly it's getting so boring. If a wide receiver or a running back knows he could go across the middle and get tackled by having his legs wrapped he will have no fear of getting hurt. A high tackle is not meant to paralyze an individual, it's meant to sting and make him feel the tackle. IMHO the reason spread offenses are catching on is because defenses are handcuffed. So unless there's 21 below zero temperatures expect to see very high scoring games. I saw a great interview on ESPN regarding the Pittsburgh vs. Cincinatti game and a retired referee said that during his tenure as ref (1991-2003) flags wouldn't have been thrown on any of those plays.
I completely disagree that a high tackle is used to sting and that a low tackle is soft. A higher tackle (what we call peck to peck) is used in square on situations. We wrap at the hip and roll because it does two things. The first is that squeezing through thigh and rolling neutralizes the players speed moving forward. This allows us to neutralize his momentum. The second reason we wrap through the thigh (near shoulder to near hip) is the more natural tackle because 90% of tackles in football are from an angle not head up.
We became a better tackling team by implementing this and removing the old head across the body, bite the football, technique.
Exciting? I'd rather have a defense that was good than exciting, and kept its starters on the field throughout the year. Pete Carroll brought this style of tackling to Seattle with him in 2010. Here are Seattle's defensive efficiency rankings (http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef) over the last several years:
2015: 4th
2014: 1st
2013: 1st
2012: 2nd
2011: 10th
2010: 29th
2009: 29th
2008: 27th
