I am not sure why, but this season my brain keeps saying to me, “football is just blocking and tackling.” Yes, I know this comes from Lombardi… Some people try to find things in this game that don’t exist but football is only two things ; blocking and tackling. – Vince Lombardi In past seasons, I’ve…
I am reading Coach George Allen’s Handbook of Winning Football. Coach George Allen was one of the winningest NFL coaches on the Rams and Redskins in the 60′ and 70’s. I watched his teams many times give my home team Dallas Cowboys fits on Thanksgiving. I was surprised this morning reading Coach Allen’s defensive line chapter and…
I received my December American Football Monthly magazine just the other day and I must agree with the cover story, “The Tackling Crisis: Why Proper Tackling Has Deteriorated,” that tackling at all levels of football is terrible. According to AFM research 78% of surveyed coaches believe tackling has gotten worse over the last decade. I hate…