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Tackling
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:22 pm
by PBR1893-BEER-HAT-GUY
Anyone ever frustrated by defensive secondary lowering the shoulder and not wrapping up the player with the ball? Happened several times yesterday on #1 for nmsu. Curious, I watched the first score of Miami game just now. Secondary came up and made the hit at the line but just by lowering the shoulder...when I. First saw hit I cheered and turned to my neighbor next to me as if the play was stopped...then next thing I see...a guy in the end zone. Sure, I can be guilty of armchair quarterbacking but am I missing something?
Re: Tackling
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:52 pm
by bcoach
PBR1893-BEER-HAT-GUY wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:22 pm
Anyone ever frustrated by defensive secondary lowering the shoulder and not wrapping up the player with the ball? Happened several times yesterday on #1 for nmsu. Curious, I watched the first score of Miami game just now. Secondary came up and made the hit at the line but just by lowering the shoulder...when I. First saw hit I cheered and turned to my neighbor next to me as if the play was stopped...then next thing I see...a guy in the end zone. Sure, I can be guilty of armchair quarterbacking but am I missing something?
No you are not missing a thing. Watch a Clemson game to see the difference. They hit low and wrap up. We hit high and either try and knock the guy down or grab him around the shoulders. In my humble opinion if you hit low and wrap up he can't keep the legs churning for another 2 or 3 yards or more.
Re: Tackling
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 9:33 am
by appfanz
If anybody watched the N.C. State game last Thursday they gave a clinic on tackling. What hurt Louisville was they couldn’t break any tackles and had very few yards after catch. Textbook tackling.
Re: Tackling
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 9:59 am
by fjblair
You see it in the pros too.
Re: Tackling
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 10:23 am
by App91
Would love to see the statistic for yards after contact. Lots of arm tacking, especially linebackers.
Re: Tackling
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:38 pm
by WVAPPeer
I'll tell you that little guy for NMST #1 made our guys miss on several occasions - he was impressive - I have always thought that Springer was out best open field tackler and he was left sprawling a couple of times - Give their guys credit ---
Re: Tackling
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:50 pm
by bigdaddyg
I would say that tackling (or lack there of) kind of goes with the level of athlete. You probably see better technique at the Clemson's and Alabama's as they tend to have more skilled guys. Not always but probably more often than not. I'm sure it hurts quite a bit to actually tackle a guy running right at you! Lol
Re: Tackling
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:51 pm
by yikas1
We didn't do a good job of tackling but those backs for NMSU were the real deal.
Re: Tackling
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 4:57 pm
by AtlAppMan
Sometimes the tackling effectiveness is a byproduct of the "angle" the defender has on the ball carrier. I am not making excuses as I agree I have seen too many times where we didn't wrap up the ball carrier. However, if the defender is not getting a good angle then it looks like he didn't wrap up. In a case of Clemson or Alabama example the defender may more likely be in a better angle than our guy may.
Re: Tackling
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 5:25 pm
by Appstate88
If you are fresh, you move your legs to get to the right position, wrap up, and make a sure tackle. When your gassed, you don’t move fast enough to the right position and your forced to try to bring them down by reaching out with your arms. Our defense was gassed at times during the game and NMSU #1 and #3 were fast.
Re: Tackling
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:04 pm
by AppStateMtneer
WVAPPeer wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:38 pm
I'll tell you that little guy for NMST #1 made our guys miss on several occasions - he was impressive - I have always thought that Springer was out best open field tackler and he was left sprawling a couple of times - Give their guys credit ---
It was like watching Steven Miller again but on the wrong team
Re: Tackling
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:20 pm
by AppStateNews
AppStateMtneer wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:04 pm
It was like watching Steven Miller again but on the wrong team
Miss that guy! Still think he's one of the most underrated RBs in App history...
Re: Tackling
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:09 pm
by T-Dog
AppStateNews wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:20 pm
AppStateMtneer wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:04 pm
It was like watching Steven Miller again but on the wrong team
Miss that guy! Still think he's one of the most underrated RBs in App history...
Absolutely. Only had one year to show his stuff with Satterfield calling the plays and was stuck behind the worst OL in App State history.