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For those of you who attended practice

What are your impressions of the players during the:
-angle tackling drill?
-open field tackling drill?


Thanks

I thought JJ didn't practice tackling, or do those drills work with his no tackling philosophy?

Are practices still open to public; and if so, what is the schedule?

Thanks.

kull wrote:For those of you who attended practice

What are your impressions of the players during the:
-angle tackling drill?
-open field tackling drill?


Thanks

Are you asking if they practiced these things, or did you see them and want other people's opinions?

I really hope we spent some time working on them, but I thought JJ didn't like to do that.

JJ doesn't like live tackling during spring and summer camps due to injury. those drills are at the discretion of the defensive staff. It doesn't have to be full contact to get the guys taking proper angles or getting the bag,middle cone open tackling drill.

What I was asking is have you seen them do the drill in practice, and how did they perform?

I kind of feel about this like I do when they blame a college for allowing a person to graduate when not being able to read. Reading should be taught in the early years just as tackling should be taught in early football years. Fine tuning is one thing, but I would like to think our players have learned the basics before they were recruited. Practice time should be spent on learning the opposition and specific game plan for upcoming game.

That said, our tackling is atrocious and they probably do need some retraining, but that is sad to think it need be done.

They practice tackling every day. More than some teams, less than others, I'm sure. But they tackle every day. Coaches seem to think it will continue to get better.

PonyPride wrote:They practice tackling every day. More than some teams, less than others, I'm sure. But they tackle every day. Coaches seem to think it will continue to get better.

If they thought it was going to get worse, I don't think they would let on.

Or they just wouldn't address it. But they have.

The debate over whether to tackle in practice was always a hot one with the fans. I think the consensus was that you need to practice real tackling a lot, and know that injuries are a part of the game. The reason - UH's best tackling/hitting years (though not statistical) were under Glanville, who always liked to practice with "live bullets." JJ's defenses were otherwise considered kind of soft.

How fast does one of those tackling dummies run a 40?

Warbow wrote:How fast does one of those tackling dummies run a 40?

Warbow quite putting forth the idea that tackling a moving player and a stationary tackling dummie is not one and the same...

we're talking practice...

expony18 wrote:we're talking practice...

So was I. Practice is where you fine tune you timing on moving targets ie
running backs.

If they just tackle low instead of high, and if the LBs learn to cover that middle dumpoff route a little better, and if the D-line gets even a little more push, that's a significant improvement off of last week.

Two drives die if they cover that middle dumpoff route OR they tackle low instead of high.