Interpolation_Dawg_EX
09-25-2015, 10:15 PM
I've got family that are fans of the other msu and they send me this article after we discussed the topic last week: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/columnists/graham-couch/2015/09/23/couch-column-msu-rugby-tackling/72709030/
?It?s been stressed almost every day, anytime we do a tackling drill, all through summer, all through winter,? MSU senior safety RJ Williamson said. ?We watched videos on rugby tackling and watched the Seahawks. The Seahawks were a big team we watched how they tackled and implemented some things, like hawk tackling, rolling, wrapping and squeezing. It brings guys down a lot faster.?
A lot of wrapping and squeezing, sometimes driving legs, sometimes rolling, a shoulder to the hips or the chest or the thigh. Six different tackling techniques in all.
?I think it?s helped us a lot in terms of tackling in space,? senior linebacker Darien Harris said, ?coming at different angles, whether you?re head-up on a guy or coming from the side, whether you?re coming after engaging a block.?
?It?s been stressed almost every day, anytime we do a tackling drill, all through summer, all through winter,? MSU senior safety RJ Williamson said. ?We watched videos on rugby tackling and watched the Seahawks. The Seahawks were a big team we watched how they tackled and implemented some things, like hawk tackling, rolling, wrapping and squeezing. It brings guys down a lot faster.?
A lot of wrapping and squeezing, sometimes driving legs, sometimes rolling, a shoulder to the hips or the chest or the thigh. Six different tackling techniques in all.
?I think it?s helped us a lot in terms of tackling in space,? senior linebacker Darien Harris said, ?coming at different angles, whether you?re head-up on a guy or coming from the side, whether you?re coming after engaging a block.?