The physics of the game dictate that whoever is moving faster at the point of contact exerts force and the one moving slower is receiving the force. So you have to hit as hard as you can.
I ruined my knee playing football, an just 12th grade. I would still do it all again. the scope, the clean-out, the cortisone shots right into the middle of my knee. Someone once said football hits are like car crashes and I believe it! BTW, I was 6'-3"; 272 lbs and max bench was 425 lbs. as a high school senior, yes a lineman on both Offense (tackle) and Defense (Nose Guard, right in the middle). Imagine a pro!!
we grow up playing it. we play in the streets without pads when we are young. older are coached with hard circuit weight training and conditioning drills to get hardened. you learn to shake it off.
My son plays...started when he was 6. He's still growing but at 14 is now around 6'1", 155 pounds. Loves playing defense because he likes giving the hits LOL. Great reaction btw
I think these would be average hits for their day. Now, in the eighties, I think was the most brutal time. It was like pre-historic violence, guys playing with broken ribs, and blood coming out of their mouth. One guy, Ronnie Lott, got his finger smashed on a play, and went into the locker room at half time, and CUT IT OFF, and finished the game. That's when it was like medieval combat, just pure violence.
NFL players are the most well rounded athletes in the world and I’ll die on that. The level of agility, speed, strength, etc., these guys have is just next level.
the difference between football and rugby is that football has tons of head to head collisions, the helmets dont do shit except prevent you from getting killed, people get knocked out all the time
Convert an edge/linebacker into metrics for non US. Micah Parsons - Dallas Cowboys Height: 6' 3 ⅛" - 1.91 m Weight: 246 lb - 112 kg Arm Length: 31 ½ in - 0.80 m Hand Span: 11 in - 0.28 m 40-yard (36.576 m) dash: 4.36 sec 20-yard (18.288 m) shuffle: 4.40 sec Three cone drill: 6.96 sec Verticle Jump: 34.0 in (0.86 m) Broad Jump: 10' 6" (3.20 m) Bench Press: 19 reps - 225 lbs (102 kg)
Most Americans playing with their friends just play 2 hand touch where if you get tagged with 2 hands it counts as a tackle, so it’s only that dangerous at high levels
It should be noted that a lot of these hits would be illegal in the game today (some of them were illegal when they were made, too, but many more of them would be illegal now). Mostly the ones where people are getting hit in the head, because rules have changed to try to reduce concussions in the game. This is not to say that big hits are not still a major part of the game, though.. Body-on-body collisions, no matter how violent are still fair game in most cases. Players just have to be more judicious about how and where they deliver them than they used to.
Having played this growing up, I enjoyed your honest commentary. Thanks! You may enjoy some skill-related football videos: Most athletic plays (well, some of them, anyway): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y_xjV3m0bqk.html. Best NFL jukes: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-du5SopfbML0.html. Dangerous air-born hits from just one season: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FiEJMOwfzpk.html. The hurdles and hits and tackles you see are all legal. Tell us what you think!
The hit @ 3:13 ALWAYS makes me cringe!! The worst hits are the ones you never see coming. The players can develop a sixth sense that the hit is coming but they have to keep their eyes on the ball. These are elite athletes playing at the top level.
Skills to pay the bills. Spartanesque Gladiator games come at a price. The other half of the team has to have to athleticism to get it across the line by any means necessary. Training and conditioning starts in grade school and is strategically fine tuned in high school and college. Winning battle strategies are educational, influential and entertaining. The crowd gives the Live, Live, Live thumbs up by throwing money at them, more for winning, less for losing.
Many of these were legal, at the time. No horsecollar tackles whereyou tackle (grab by the back of the pads around the neck) No leading with the helmet No hitting a defensless player (ie wr in the air, kicke/punter on their follow through motion) No grabbing the face mask No body slams No blindside blocks Those were done away with because of the injuries they caused The current tackle under review is the "hip drop" Or where the defender tackles from the back wraps his arms around the offensive player and becomes dead weight while dropping to the ground. Causing the defensive player's body to land on the offensive player's legs. Forcing the runners knee to bend inward, and their foot is relatively pointing outwards. Causing a lot of leg injuries. However, you can put your shoulder down and drive through someone with every bit of force you can muster and you can just blast someone with a shoulder pad. For perspective: Just keep in mind the AVERAGE NFL player height and weight is 6'2 245 lbs (188 cm and 112 kg) and the AVERAGE 40 yard dash time is 4.48 seconds, so the newtons of force applied by a single average player is 1740.48N experiencing nearly the same G force astronauts experience during a space shuttle flight per large 2 player collisions
College football is popular but not more than NFL. But for some areas that have no professional team, it's their default team. Its also a rally point for college pride. But Only top 3% of college players make it to NFL. Skill level and competitiveness is like amateur vs. professionals in any sport.
Don’t sell soccer players short. The top athletes in soccer most likely could be pro nfl players if they had dedicated their lives to it like they did soccer. A good example is ibrhamovic who has an insane build for a wide receiver in the nfl.
