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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Educate me on "Seahawks Technique" please.
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Seahawks tackling was the old way of teaching tackling which was head to the side tackling and using your shoulder pads. Your head and your shoulder would be basically horizontal.
The problem with it is multi-fold.
when you lower your helmet you lose visibility on your target.
You're still leading with your helmet, so if the running back lowers his head you get the battering ram.
while your head is supposedly at the side, your helmet is still potentially striking.
What we've being told to teach is safe contact which is break down, wrap first point of contact is the chest plate which keeps the head our of the tackle.
Coaches like Seahawk because you can basically absolutely level a kid on the tackle because you are a ballistic object. The problem is because your head is down you can miss tackles, but if you catch a kid in the lane you can absolutely cleat him.
However with safe contact if you teach it right its tough to miss a tackle, and you can still tackle with intent, your just not sitting a kid out with a concussion for two weeks.
The parents have to take a role in this two. If every parent went on registration day and asked "Do you teach safe contact" and the coach said no and the parent said we're out, this game would change in a hurry.