Banker: Huskers to Look at Rugby-Style Tackling

[Mavric]

Defensive coordinator Mark Banker said Nebraska is going to bring in somebody from the rugby community to look at rugby-style tackling. That’s something Pete Carroll has done with Seattle the past few years. “Take the head out of the equation, and give us a chance to take a look at that,” Banker said.

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[Scratchtown]

Hmm. Interesting.

 

[hskrpwr13]

Fair idea

 

[HuskermanMike]

Seattle Seahawks do this I heard someone say. Far less injuries in rugby then in football, I wouldn't mind it causing less head injuries for our players. If it improves tackling I am all for it, if it makes our tackling worse, I would go away from it.

 

[BigRedBuster]

Seems to me more like a wrestling take down instead of trying to have a big hit.

I actually like this idea.

 

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[Guy Chamberlin]

My 12 year old son has played rugby for the past two years, despite weighing 75 pounds soaking wet. He loves it.

Most of us dads are new to the game. The rules are still baffling but you pick up on the logic and skillset really quick.

Turns out the same thing that helps both parties avoid injuries (and penalties) makes you a much better tackler: stay low and wrap up. Good rugby tackling is textbook football tackling, the kind you don't see as much anymore. My boy is taking down kids twice his size.

Rugby is also nastier than football, if you're worried about the wussification of American sports.

 

[Scratchtown]

I was just talking to our HC, and we just kind of shrugged our shoulders and said....well it's nothing different from what we teach. It's the athletes willingness to get low to make the tackle that is the difference.

I've always thought hitting high was super lazy.

 

[GSG]

it's nothing different from what we teach. It's the athletes willingness to get low to make the tackle that is the difference.

 

[Huskerzoo]

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[Guy Chamberlin]

I was just talking to our HC, and we just kind of shrugged our shoulders and said....well it's nothing different from what we teach. It's the athletes willingness to get low to make the tackle that is the difference.

I've always thought hitting high was super lazy.

Not having a helmet or pads is good motivation for clean hits.

 

[VectorVictor]

I was just talking to our HC, and we just kind of shrugged our shoulders and said....well it's nothing different from what we teach. It's the athletes willingness to get low to make the tackle that is the difference.

I've always thought hitting high was super lazy.

Not having a helmet or pads is good motivation for clean hits.

Which goes back to the conversations people have about taking helmets out of football (or going back to the leather ones) to help reinforce fundamentals (via 'pain management').

 

[Landlord]

I was just talking to our HC, and we just kind of shrugged our shoulders and said....well it's nothing different from what we teach. It's the athletes willingness to get low to make the tackle that is the difference.

I've always thought hitting high was super lazy.

Not having a helmet or pads is good motivation for clean hits.

Which goes back to the conversations people have about taking helmets out of football (or going back to the leather ones) to help reinforce fundamentals (via 'pain management').

It's a scary thought, but might be a good one. In modern day football, helmets are used as a weapon moreso than helmets work for safety a lot of the times. The more indestructible you make an aggressor feel the nastier it'll get.

 

[olddominionhusker]

Seattle Seahawks do this I heard someone say. Far less injuries in rugby then in football, I wouldn't mind it causing less head injuries for our players. If it improves tackling I am all for it, if it makes our tackling worse, I would go away from it.

Less head injury risk for sure but rugby has its own injury concerns as well. I'm a neurosurgeon and have worked with alot of athletes across many sports for head and spine injuries. I spent a full year in New Zealand doing a fellowship in 2004. Front line rugby players had some of the worst accelerated neck degenerative disease that I have ever seen before or since.

 

[ScottyIce]

I was just talking to our HC, and we just kind of shrugged our shoulders and said....well it's nothing different from what we teach. It's the athletes willingness to get low to make the tackle that is the difference.

I've always thought hitting high was super lazy.

Of course, all hail Coach Power T!