Spring Practice Updates Day 9

[jbr82]

The best i can remember about our poor tackling was being to slow, bad angles, not shedding blocks, and not strong enough to bring ball carrier down.

 

[wildorange]

The mid section, you look at the belt buckle your watching the hips. It's basic fundamental football and it's something we haven't did well in years. We have to tackle well to win in the SEC, that's the bottom line. GBO!

 

[WoodsmanVol]

But now we have a coach who knows how to teach them to tackle

I hope so. I really hope so. It's tiring seeing our boys look more like Keystone Cops more than SEC football players.

 

[awaitingawin]

if you watch last years games, a lot of these kids, not just ours, would come up to lay the wood and try to brace brace their shoulder by holding their other wrist with their dominant hand.

You gotta wrap up with both arms in this league. Big hits are not near as important as making the dad gum tackle. Hopefully Pruitt will get that fixed.

I seem to remember a certain defensive back last year who played for the N.O. Saints who put their head down and completely missed the guy he was going to tackle, thus ending the season for the N.O. Saints.

Players try to lay the wood sometimes and instead get the wood laid to them because they try to lunge at the offensive player or knock his head off for a highlight reel moment and cause the team to lose. No mistake about it; teams have lost many a game because the defensive players failed to wrap up the target.

 

[UCDog90]

Sometimes these coaches need to recruit/play those athletes that are football players. Too much focus is spent on bringing in the best athlete as it relates to measurables that the fundamentals are not there, and at this point, you shouldn't have to teach how to tackle.

 

[JacketVol]

Sometimes these coaches need to recruit/play those athletes that are football players. Too much focus is spent on bringing in the best athlete as it relates to measurables that the fundamentals are not there, and at this point, you shouldn't have to teach how to tackle.

We may be old school but all these comments are right on. I grew up in Georgia and we were taught the proper way to tackle when we stepped in the field as young kids. Bad youth coaching and looking for the big ESPN hits are the problem.

 

[tbones0711]

wrap the carrier around the waist hopefully with both arms and slide down his legs. this technique has the highest % of getting the runner to the ground IMO. GBO!

 

[jakez4ut]

We’re gonna need some patience here imo. It’s gonna take more than a minute to both turn around the poor tackling and, likely even longer, to turn around the defeatist attitude that this team has (referring to JP saying the team has poor body language).

Agreed, and while also installing and teaching new schemes on both sides of the ball....

At least it sounds like CJP knows what he's in for.

And it sounds like he might be more frustrated and impatient than some of us. Lol

 

[LittleVol]

Gray is better suited for safety than Byrd...if Byrd can't make it at corner, then back to offense...

GO VOLS!

What??

Gray has been moved to CB because safety has gotten to deep.
That's a direct result of Byrd being moved there
Warrior
Byrd
Kelly
Abernathy
Jackson are all in front of Gray there...

And CB has opportunity.

 

[vol-un-tear]

Just out of curiosity, what is everyone’s take on the “proper tackling technique?” I played football in my youth and our coaches always taught going lower than the runner and wrapping up. Not very flashy, and I’m wondering about the POP CJP is talking about. Just curious what they are teaching at the college level now, esp with the new targeting rules, etc.

Plant and see if they grow! Head up in chest and head explode with your legs. Imagine your face mask going through the chest. Wrap up and explode! You can actually see this in the video of the linebackers. Watch coach pound his thighs.

 

[volinexile17]

What??

Gray has been moved to CB because safety has gotten to deep.
That's a direct result of Byrd being moved there
Warrior
Byrd
Kelly
Abernathy
Jackson are all in front of Gray there...

And CB has opportunity.

Going back to his high school days, Gray has always struck me as an athlete, not a football player.

 

[Air_Force_Vol27]

Gray is better suited for safety than Byrd...if Byrd can't make it at corner, then back to offense...

GO VOLS!

I think I'll trust our coaches as to where people play. According to some the DBs are learning every position so they have an understanding of assignments and if necessary can play in game if an injury occurs.

 

[LittleVol]

Going back to his high school days, Gray has always struck me as an athlete, not a football player.

You are exactly right.

Kid has a ton of natural ability...but no identity as a football player.

Yet...

 

[Remy]

These days regarding tackling is much different than just a few years ago. Kids in youth, high school, and college football now are being taught to keep the head face/raised at all times never let the defender see the crown of the helmet. The other big change is to slide the head one way or the other as much as possible to one side while wrapping up. This is far different than the technique of using the helmet as a weapon or as my old coach would scream at us, "PUT A %$#@ING HAT ON HIM!!!!!!!!!"

 

[Volnukem]

I have a friend that is in college coaching and rugby style tackling is steadily becoming the most implemented technique. Here is a video of Pete Carroll describing the technique and the drills they use to teach it.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOCtUFwxsFU[/youtube]

 

[amavol2]

Just out of curiosity, what is everyone’s take on the “proper tackling technique?” I played football in my youth and our coaches always taught going lower than the runner and wrapping up. Not very flashy, and I’m wondering about the POP CJP is talking about. Just curious what they are teaching at the college level now, esp with the new targeting rules, etc.

Head on the front side, eyes to the sky, hip roll is where the pop comes from it creates power, wrap and drive to the ground. Hip roll technique needs to be improved, just a guess.

 

[Foster's Tacos]

Just out of curiosity, what is everyone’s take on the “proper tackling technique?” I played football in my youth and our coaches always taught going lower than the runner and wrapping up. Not very flashy, and I’m wondering about the POP CJP is talking about. Just curious what they are teaching at the college level now, esp with the new targeting rules, etc.

I actually coached youth football this past year and they had us watching videos about putting their head against the runners body (as opposed to across his body as I was taught)... blew my mind.. So who knows anymore.

My definition was always to watch the belt buckle and explode through the runners hips with your helmet across their body. "Low man wins"

 

[lifeisdeep]

"The weather was good enough to practice outside." Love it.

 

[jakez4ut]

Just out of curiosity, what is everyone’s take on the “proper tackling technique?” I played football in my youth and our coaches always taught going lower than the runner and wrapping up. Not very flashy, and I’m wondering about the POP CJP is talking about. Just curious what they are teaching at the college level now, esp with the new targeting rules, etc.

he mentioned it, about getting your feet right....even while moving. it's how how you apply your leverage against the ball carrier.

i'll also say this, there's a body type they're looking for on defense. they want longer guys....longer wingspans....the type of players we're going against that carry the ball are big....big RB's, big TE's, long rangy WR's, QB's that can run.....they want guys that can wrap up, and that are physical at the point of contact.

technique only goes so far for a t rex.....

 

[#1ManningFan]

Who is #23 and #21 in the LB core? Ignont and Reid?

 

[SaintLouisVol]

Sometimes these coaches need to recruit/play those athletes that are football players. Too much focus is spent on bringing in the best athlete as it relates to measurables that the fundamentals are not there, and at this point, you shouldn't have to teach how to tackle.

If the player doesn't have the speed to catch the ball carrier or the size and strength to keep from being run over, it doesn't really matter how well coached he was in high school.

Unfortunately, a lot of very gifted athletes don't get very high quality coaching in high school. Some HS coaches are great. Others are horrible.

I think college coaches would rather teach a naturally gifted player than try to make a well-coached player bigger or faster. A player can only do so much to improve the body they were born with.