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Message: [QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 2673279, member: 1847"] Accidents happen. Malice happens. Swinging arms are the major culprit. A stupid thing to do in tackles. Rather than "Fiery Forwards", I prefer controlled aggression. One solution is to teach and reinforce proper tackling technique, either 1 or 2 tacklers - around the legs, or shifting your [B]forward[/B] momentum into the ball carrier under the rib cage, lifting and then dumping them on their arse. Thaiday showed how to do it on JWH. The other method is a full frontal hit (very good if you have forward momentum and both arms wrap up the ball runner). This is real aggression: intimidating, a real hit which hurts and drives the attacker backwards. A swinging arm (with a few rare exceptions like going for the ball) in a tackle is stupid. The risk of contact with the head is always there. That is what is the basis of a penalty magnet. I like Bennett's commitment to strong defence and good tackling technique. Gillett is a good example of his influence I think. The key is however, consistent controlled determined aggression ... which only comes with good line speed where the defence is moving forward, and not flat footed or in a slow moving broken line. We have been so guilty of that. [/QUOTE]

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