The Seahawks are using a new style of tackling, and it could change the NFL

[Nightman]

We were taught: Face should go directly to the ball. Watch the torso to avoid jukes.

Head up, hit with shoulder and wrap.

This was in the 80's, nothing new. Basic form tackle.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

45 years ago, this was the way I was taught to tackle. Now, it's Revolutionary, brought in special by Rugby Coaches. It's unbelievable what you can sell to the American Public. There are some younger folks out there who are going to buy into this load of BS.

LOL..... I love America!

 

[viman96]

This is not new! This is exactly how I grew up playing football and was coached tackle!

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

The Seahawks are using a new style of tackling, and it could change the NFL

By Scott Davis 34 minutes ago
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/seahawks-using-style-tackling-could-181615592.html

Despite a slow start to the season, the Seattle Seahawks still finished the season as one of the NFL's best defensive teams.


The "Legion of Boom" is notorious for its stingy, hard-hitting defense that squashes opposing offenses, but the Seahawks are at the forefront of a safer, revolutionary style of tackling.

ESPN's Sheil Kapadia detailed the Seahawks' effort to promote a new, rugby-style tackling method that has been paying dividends over the last three seasons.

It's been pushed by assistant head coach Rocky Seto, who after coaching at USC, joined Pete Carroll and the Seahawks in 2010. Seto has been promoting a different style of tackling that removes players' heads from the equation. According to Kapadia, Seto showed a visiting English coach the method in 2012, when the coach told him it looks like the way rugby players make tackles.

The basic idea is to target the hips and thighs and drive your shoulder into the opponent. Seto told Kapadia:...

It already has seeing that we started doing it last year and they the years before. At least the finally caught up. What's next, simplified offensive playcalling?

Press still doesn't talk about Marinelli flipping the line.

 

[jobberone]

Lead with your shoulder. Aim for the players trunk. Avoid contact with the head.

What a radically new approach to tackling in 2016. Props, Seahawks, for being on the forefront of this. Between this and Chip Kelly, we won't even recognize the game going forward.

I'm guessing the writer never played.

 

[CyberB0b]

We were taught: Face should go directly to the ball. Watch the torso to avoid jukes.

Head up, hit with shoulder and wrap.

This was in the 80's, nothing new. Basic form tackle.

But this isn't teaching that method. This is the old way:

Notice the emphasis is ACROSS the body, head into the ball.

The emphasis here is head to the same side of the body, not across. My coaches would have called the Seahawks method an arm tackle.

 

[jobberone]

You tackle the center of the body. The legs, arms, and head can move in different directions but you always go with your center. Same principal as boxing and martial arts.

You should never run your head into anything face up or not.

Chalk it up to the offseason and rugby lover's everywhere, huh?

 

[Frozen700]

So basically tackle the way it was taught to me since I put on pads? How novel.

What next? Telling players that they should warm up and stretch properly before practice and games?

Funny, if this was the Cowboys. We wouldn't be making fun of the article.

 

[CyberB0b]

Funny, if this was the Cowboys. We wouldn't be making fun of the article.

Well, the Cowboys haven't done anything innovative in a long, long time, on either side of the ball. We're running an offense from the mid 90's and a defense from 2002.

 

[erod]

So the one-arm flying flails at the ball carrier wasn't the proper technique?

Who knew?

 

[The Natural]

Seahawks: Tackling like it's 1925

This is how we were taught to tackle growing up.

 

[MRV52]

45 years ago, this was the way I was taught to tackle. Now, it's Revolutionary, brought in special by Rugby Coaches. It's unbelievable what you can sell to the American Public. There are some younger folks out there who are going to buy into this load of BS.

LOL..... I love America!

Exactly nothing new here. Damn I feel old now.

 

[mrmojo]

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Man we must not be tackling at all LOL

 

[Frozen700]

Well, the Cowboys haven't done anything innovative in a long, long time, on either side of the ball. We're running an offense from the mid 90's and a defense from 2002.

I agree.

Which is why we will continue to get slapped around.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Tackling is never as easy and clean as they taught in practice it's like guys are just gonna run at you all squared up and junk cmon

 

[Swanny]

The Seahawks are using a new style of tackling, and it could change the NFL

By Scott Davis 34 minutes ago
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/seahawks-using-style-tackling-could-181615592.html

Despite a slow start to the season, the Seattle Seahawks still finished the season as one of the NFL's best defensive teams.


The "Legion of Boom" is notorious for its stingy, hard-hitting defense that squashes opposing offenses, but the Seahawks are at the forefront of a safer, revolutionary style of tackling.

ESPN's Sheil Kapadia detailed the Seahawks' effort to promote a new, rugby-style tackling method that has been paying dividends over the last three seasons.

It's been pushed by assistant head coach Rocky Seto, who after coaching at USC, joined Pete Carroll and the Seahawks in 2010. Seto has been promoting a different style of tackling that removes players' heads from the equation. According to Kapadia, Seto showed a visiting English coach the method in 2012, when the coach told him it looks like the way rugby players make tackles.

The basic idea is to target the hips and thighs and drive your shoulder into the opponent. Seto told Kapadia:...

Here is why I DO NOT like this type of tackle. I do believe this technique will help reduce concussions but I think it opens a player up for greater injury. When I hear drive your shoulder it requires a players head to dip. When the head dips is when BAD SCARY injuries can happen. Injuries where you wonder if the player is going to get up off the turf. Why are we looking to change the technique when the best tackling technique was used in football YEARS AGO. TACKLE WITH YOUR CHEST, Aim for the Hips, keep you head up and get your head in front of the runner. Todays players have no idea what the correct technique is because they are never taught it. They watch these roided up crazy athletes play football on sundays and want to be a missile just like the guys making the big bucks.

 

[erod]

Here is why I DO NOT like this type of tackle. I do believe this technique will help reduce concussions but I think it opens a player up for greater injury. When I hear drive your shoulder it requires a players head to dip. When the head dips is when BAD SCARY injuries can happen. Injuries where you wonder if the player is going to get up off the turf. Why are we looking to change the technique when the best tackling technique was used in football YEARS AGO. TACKLE WITH YOUR CHEST, Aim for the Hips, keep you head up and get your head in front of the runner. Todays players have no idea what the correct technique is because they are never taught it. They watch these roided up crazy athletes play football on sundays and want to be a missile just like the guys making the big bucks.

This is true. Fewer concussions, more broken necks and paralyzations.

 

[Derekmtl85]

How is this new? This is how my coached as showing us how to tackle when i was younger.

Always aim for the legs, lean in with your shoulder.

 

[cachetazo]

Here is why I DO NOT like this type of tackle. I do believe this technique will help reduce concussions but I think it opens a player up for greater injury. When I hear drive your shoulder it requires a players head to dip. When the head dips is when BAD SCARY injuries can happen. Injuries where you wonder if the player is going to get up off the turf. Why are we looking to change the technique when the best tackling technique was used in football YEARS AGO. TACKLE WITH YOUR CHEST, Aim for the Hips, keep you head up and get your head in front of the runner. Todays players have no idea what the correct technique is because they are never taught it. They watch these roided up crazy athletes play football on sundays and want to be a missile just like the guys making the big bucks.

Actually you don't (or should not) dip your head. The idea is to go from bottom up, so your head is always looking up.
And you don't make contact with the upper part of the shoulder. Contact is with the front part of the shoulder.

The article is bad written. The good thing about this technique is not about concussions, but to allow the smaller man to beat the bigger, on the run, one.
That's why you sidestep a second before contact, to make the tackle "twisting" the opponent center of gravity, instead of full frontal.

Samoans use this same technique, but as a high or stand contact. And there is no diference in concussion cases, with going up or low.

 

[Nightman]

But this isn't teaching that method. This is the old way:

Notice the emphasis is ACROSS the body, head into the ball.

The emphasis here is head to the same side of the body, not across. My coaches would have called the Seahawks method an arm tackle.

That is not what I said at all.

I said face on the football, not top of the helmet

If it is your face that means your head is up and its on the ball then you are leading with your shoulder.

When I hear rugby-style I think more of standing, chest to chest bear hug. That is not using your head or shoulders at all because there is no padding.