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As yet another player underwent surgery for a spinal injury in the NFL, i was wondering what the tackling techniques are that are beinng coached around australia, particularly in regards to head placement, this is a serious issue and and i would be worried about any team having a mentality that a big hit is more in portant then your own safety
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Antonio -
We at the Warriors had an issue with this very same subject regarding a juniors player who allegedly injured his neck during one of last season's games, and our coaching staff was approached about this exact thing. I know that we teach, and I was taught, that tackles are made with the head up and back during a tackle, so that a players eyes should be looking skyward and forehead on the same angle as the players' back. Heads should never drop down, that's how players get hurt. We preach this technique for the safety of our players, and I can't imagine any coach telling players to lower their head to get a bigger hit, when such a play could literally kill the person involved.
Obviously, as was the case with the Bills player, all the coaching in the world can't stop a player from doing the wrong thing at the wrong time. Ultimately, the player is responsible for their own actions on the field.
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I agree with ODan. We at the MINERS are cursing our players everytime we see a head drop down. We teach head up and let the players know everytime they drop it.However i have been told that it is a defensive instinct to drop your head just before contact to protect the face. It may be, as we see even the best coached athletes in the NFL do it. All we can do is minimise the risk and continue to reinforce it.
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thats of course how it should be, but in terms of head placement? my fear is that although teams are preaching "heads up" they may still be enforcing a technique that places the defender trying to make a tackle with their face mask on the body.
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i found out the hard way, physio twice in one week. same day as the nfl guy did himself up as well.
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Post #14668
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if anyone plans on tackling with their hed down you should check what happened to Kevin Everett and then u might listen to your coach
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The talk over here was "too many offensive players are being forced to make tackles on special teams, and they don't have the technique down".
To a point, it might be valid... still, these guys are surely spending more time on special teams practise than Australian teams do on tackling - and most guys I've played with and coached knew to keep their heads up.
I just think it's guys getting in a bad situation, or guys going for the "punishing" hit. Just thank God it hasn't happened in Australia yet (to this extent) and pray that it never does.
Not to make light of the situation, but if you guys haven't seen this story about Everett's rehab, check it out: Youtube Clip
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AntonioP (16/09/2007)
thats of course how it should be, but in terms of head placement? my fear is that although teams are preaching "heads up" they may still be enforcing a technique that places the defender trying to make a tackle with their face mask on the body.
"Face tackling" is illegal in high-school football.
The problem is, it's SO close to a good form tackle where you lead with the shoulder, that it's almost impossible to enforce correctly. Either player moves sideways 6 inches and that facemask is no longer to the side of the body.
I don't know how many coaches preach "drive your facemask through his sternum" (it's how I was taught, and I'm sure I was guilty of using those exact words at least once) but it's certainly enforcing the main idea of keeping the head up.
Hopefully your players have their own neck-strengthening regimen, too (I'm sure there are still only a tiny few teams who get group gym time where it can be the coach's responsibility). No better prevention than having a strong neck in the first place.
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There is a safety video doing the rounds called 'Heads Up' which focuses on that issue. It might be linked on the GA or AGCA website. Worth checking out. We show it to our players every year.
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K.T.PRefer to Olderdan's last post, there is only one proper tackle, which every player defence or not is taught, if not by the coach, by the veterans on the team. Even with properly exicuted techniques, there are still injuries that do happen, gridiron is one of the most violent sports in the world. What I suggest you do is worry about using the proper technique, if you keep focusing on injuries from tackling, then guess what....you will get injured sooner than later. In the history of the NFL, I can only think of a handful of spinal injuries, deifinately not the norm....hey, people get hurt in netball...you figure that one out.
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