Post by tagart on Oct 27, 2010 9:02:00 GMT -6
I'm new to this forum. I can see that there is an endless supply of great information here, and I was hoping I could ask a question.
I am not a football coach of a team. My 10 year old son started playing this year, and he asked me for help. With the limited amount of knowledge I had (I played in high school), tons of training equipment, forums such as this and online videos we have molded him into an above-average player.
My question, I remember my coaches always yelling at me to keep our hips square throughout the tackle. When we run agility drills, I constantly remind him to keep his belly-button facing me and his toes pointed straight. This keeps his hips square with his shoulders. The other day he asked me why it was so important to keep his hips square, and I informed him that twisting his hips during a tackle could seriously injure him. He then asked how. Well unfortunately I don't know exactly how. I can only imagine, but my son isn't that type of kid that takes speculation well.
My daughter plays volleyball, and has seen the results of my sons agility training and has gotten on board as well. Getting her to keep her hips square has been a blood-pressure raising issue for me, as she constantly wants to turn them, especially during lateral-movement drills such as the shuffle. She turns them and points her toes in the direction she is going, almost in a galloping motion. I told her that this could possibly twist or roll her ankle, but again this is just speculation. She has reluctantly straigtened this issue out, but I want to solidify to both of them the importance of this.
I was wondering if anyone could help me articulate the importance of keeping toes-forward and hips square a bit better (beyond that it is just proper form).
I am not a football coach of a team. My 10 year old son started playing this year, and he asked me for help. With the limited amount of knowledge I had (I played in high school), tons of training equipment, forums such as this and online videos we have molded him into an above-average player.
My question, I remember my coaches always yelling at me to keep our hips square throughout the tackle. When we run agility drills, I constantly remind him to keep his belly-button facing me and his toes pointed straight. This keeps his hips square with his shoulders. The other day he asked me why it was so important to keep his hips square, and I informed him that twisting his hips during a tackle could seriously injure him. He then asked how. Well unfortunately I don't know exactly how. I can only imagine, but my son isn't that type of kid that takes speculation well.
My daughter plays volleyball, and has seen the results of my sons agility training and has gotten on board as well. Getting her to keep her hips square has been a blood-pressure raising issue for me, as she constantly wants to turn them, especially during lateral-movement drills such as the shuffle. She turns them and points her toes in the direction she is going, almost in a galloping motion. I told her that this could possibly twist or roll her ankle, but again this is just speculation. She has reluctantly straigtened this issue out, but I want to solidify to both of them the importance of this.
I was wondering if anyone could help me articulate the importance of keeping toes-forward and hips square a bit better (beyond that it is just proper form).
