Post by captainpp on Jan 15, 2013 18:20:15 GMT -6
BLB, Thank You. This was what I was going to try to express . Prior DCohio mentioned something about the low block ( what we called and drilled all day on, The Flying Cross Body Block ) Later the Crack-Back Block came and that's the block that did the damage. He!! seeing some guy trotting his way to cross body ya that wasn't hard to defend. It slowed the defender down some, and at times a defender went down just to bounce back up. Seldom was there a leg injury.
As you mentioned, a rule came in. Not trying to get into a p!ssing contest with ya DCohio but that rule in my opinion, was a error. Regulate the low block yes . At this time I'm not going to express how, but it can be done.
Again IMHO, That rule just increased the speed to great lengths. Barely is there anything to stop this speed now. ( guess you can see that I'm a " O " coach ) What I hear from Def. Coaches these day's are phrases such as, " play with your ears pinned back " or " play downhill " and " rip though " Back in the day we heard " contain " " play with your head on a swivel " and " block the block " All 3 slow down the defender.
With the comment that the pro's outgrown the field, I totally agree. However, the receiver having to have both feet inbound's, I see it as totally unnatural and very dangerous.
Thing about the helmet I used . This could be different with other people my age, not sure. After you got it on, it was near impossible to get it off by yourself. What we had to do was get on all four's and have a friend pull from the ear portion and the other person try to wedge finger tips in to protect his ears. Another way, pull from the facemask and back of the helmet and wedge from the ear's again. Yes they were heavy, but I can't recall ever feeling like I hurt my head in any degree. Now that was freshman year. Senior year with the much lighter helmet for sure I felt blows.
I'm most likely wrong with my opinion with the low block rule. There sure was a lot of leg injuries. Just not sure of where they were occurring as to the field. Still it seems like all they did was open up another can of worms. Anywhoo playing football with a sense of uncertainty has danger written all over it. For me this is exactly what they are asking.
As you mentioned, a rule came in. Not trying to get into a p!ssing contest with ya DCohio but that rule in my opinion, was a error. Regulate the low block yes . At this time I'm not going to express how, but it can be done.
Again IMHO, That rule just increased the speed to great lengths. Barely is there anything to stop this speed now. ( guess you can see that I'm a " O " coach ) What I hear from Def. Coaches these day's are phrases such as, " play with your ears pinned back " or " play downhill " and " rip though " Back in the day we heard " contain " " play with your head on a swivel " and " block the block " All 3 slow down the defender.
With the comment that the pro's outgrown the field, I totally agree. However, the receiver having to have both feet inbound's, I see it as totally unnatural and very dangerous.
Thing about the helmet I used . This could be different with other people my age, not sure. After you got it on, it was near impossible to get it off by yourself. What we had to do was get on all four's and have a friend pull from the ear portion and the other person try to wedge finger tips in to protect his ears. Another way, pull from the facemask and back of the helmet and wedge from the ear's again. Yes they were heavy, but I can't recall ever feeling like I hurt my head in any degree. Now that was freshman year. Senior year with the much lighter helmet for sure I felt blows.
I'm most likely wrong with my opinion with the low block rule. There sure was a lot of leg injuries. Just not sure of where they were occurring as to the field. Still it seems like all they did was open up another can of worms. Anywhoo playing football with a sense of uncertainty has danger written all over it. For me this is exactly what they are asking.