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To make a low tackle, you don’t always need to get your leading foot close into the ball carrier to be successful, writes ANDREW RYLAND
Traditionally, if the tackler wants to make a strong tackle, they get their front foot close to the ball carrier.
We use terms like ’split the stance’ or ’get inside the hoop’, where the tackler’s foot lands either between the feet of the ball carrier or inside an imaginary hula-hoop under that player.
This does create a strong impact if they are more upright because it Is easy to roll over the front foot – the centre of mass is close to the lead foot.
Under the old tackle law regime, if you are going to tackle at chest level, for the tackler to be loaded and strike at chest level, the foot is really close (see fig 1, below).
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