NFL plans active offseason conversation about eliminating “hip-drop” tackles

AsylumGuido · 02-07-2023, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by neugey

I'm curious about the way "hip-drop" tackle is prohibited in rugby. What is the clear definition? How are players instructed to prevent making such a tackle? Can it even carry over to American football, if not abused or perverted?

Here's a good tutorial that Australia's NRL put out after banning the hip-drop tackle defining what is and is not a hip-drop tackle.

Key indicators of a hip drop tackle

It translates very easily into American football. Tackling is pretty much the same process in rugby as it is in football.

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AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,622	Re: NFL plans active offseason conversation about eliminating “hip-drop” tackles Originally Posted by neugey I'm curious about the way "hip-drop" tackle is prohibited in rugby. What is the clear definition? How are players instructed to prevent making such a tackle? Can it even carry over to American football, if not abused or perverted? Here's a good tutorial that Australia's NRL put out after banning the hip-drop tackle defining what is and is not a hip-drop tackle. Key indicators of a hip drop tackle It translates very easily into American football. Tackling is pretty much the same process in rugby as it is in football. Rugby Saint II likes this.