As someone who played american football, the impact of hits like that is comparable to a car accident. The body is jarred, you feel a sense of shock, and sometimes the wind is knocked out of your lungs, and you feel a little drunk for a few seconds. I've had two concussions from playing but back in those days we didn'thave concussion protocols. If we could get up we were expected to keep playing. But on occasion you can get hit really hard and it's sort of fun. You fly through the air and land five yards away and just keep rolling.
I played in the the 70s got my first concussion at 13 by the age of 17 I sustained over a dozen concussions from minor Bell ringers to being KOed most were from me smashing the ball carrier with reckless abandon
@@revtoyotawhen I started playing in 72 we still had suspension helmets and and the rules were different than today's game almost everything we did is against the rules now, defensive linemen could head slap the o linemen so they would tape their hands up like a boxer and smash em in the ear hole defensive backs could level a receiver as long as the QB still had the ball so you didn't run crossing patterns
The "pause" in between each play is for Refferies to set the next play AND for coaches to assess strategy, & call the next play . Players do not freelance/make it up as they go . Every play is a coordinated execution of what the coach told them to do .
Well not just that, the game as it’s played would not be possible at a constant, non-stop pace. Even the best hurry up offenses can’t sustain that pace for long. The hits WILL slow you down, which is why you don’t see track and field stats going to the NFL, being fast and having cardio goes out the window if you’re not used to getting absolutely rocked play after play. So naturally the game just works better with downs and some time between each play.
In American football, it is also a measure of pride to get up immediately after getting hit really hard. You do NOT want to the player that hit you to think they got the best of you. That is the biggest reason you see football players get up immediately and act as if it didn't hurt. Believe me, it did hurt...you just don't want the opposing player to know that.
@@NotSoFast71 Idk what you mean by "here" as it seems you don't understand how it works in the US. We don't play football before 7th grade. I mean you can play peewee but it's only from 11-13 years old. Aidan moved out of the US before he was 7 years old.... Where exactly do you think he would've played football?
The rules have changed in college football where an opposing player cannot blindly block someone who is not able to see the block coming or whose head is turned away from the blocker. This prevents a lot of head, neck and spinal injuries. Those blindside blocks were before the rules changes.
You can still lead with the shoulder, but it has to be aimed at the stomach. Legs and arms leading for chest tackles and leg tackles to prevent unnecessary rib injuries and knee injuries.
I played Right Guard on the line in the early 90's. We actually had plays that used blindsided blocks to catch defenders unawares, opening up holes. You don't see too many pulling guard run plays anymore.
When the helmets fly off, one of our popular sports broadcasters, John Madden (he of the video game title), liked to joke, “They need to look at that helmet, see if a head is inside of it!” 🤣
I played HS football and 2 years of college ball. My years of playing HS linebacker didnt translate well to college. Everyone was just so much bigger than me. EVERYBODY seemed bigger than me lol! I remember in college, I lowered my shoulder and landed a huge hit on the running back, but boyyyyyy did it hurt. I remember I was too scared to look at my arm because I had this idea that the running back actually ripped it off my body lmao! After the hit, I couldnt feel anything and I asked my teammates, "hey does my arm look okay?", "is it still there?" lmao! I also remember in college how scary special teams were to me. On kick off return, you would have these gigantic machines running full speed at you, while you are turning your hips and running backwards to create a pocket for your ball carrier. It was like the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan. That being said, I loved it and I wished I had more faith in myself in college.
Fax I understand what you mean on special teams. when I was in football my team on kick returns created a wedge and I was the point of the wedge Everyone would run to so it was kinda scary having big dude coming at you at full speed but at the same time it was so fun creating a wall with my teammates and running head to head against the other team.
Also remember this is a highlight video. These kinds of massive hits only happen a couple times a game usually. That being said yes concussions and brain injuries are a big problem in the NFL.
Injuries are definitely a part of the game. When I played over ten years from age 8 to 18, i broke my nose twice, broke or tore ligaments in nine fingers, had two concussions, played half a season with a borken foot, cracked my sternum, and had numerous sprained ankles. Today at age 52, I have arthritis in both hips and one knee, my hands are constantly in slight pain or tightness, and my neck has a permanent bulge in a disk. But it was worth it. No game makes you feel more alive or like more of a man. It's a very powerful feeling. And I was never large or fast enoug to play past high school. When yous trap on the pad, you feel like a gladiator. It's a tough man's sport. And there is a lot of trash talk on the field. The players on game day really hate each other and want to hurt the other side. It's a great way to get out your aggressions.
Everybody I know who played college ball have injuries that will follow them for life... some people are built for it, and some people aren't, I suppose. But even the toughest people have issues. Was it worth it to you? To play football despite the injuries?
@@goatitisful I only played through high school and still have a torn labrum to this day I never got surgery on. 100% worth it in my opinion the fun and memories with the team is something I wouldn’t trade for anything
American football, rugby and Australian rules are all equally the ultimate man sport. Iv watched college and NFL my whole life, but been watching rugby and AFL last few years and they are both on the same level as American football when it comes to brutality, AFL is just insane, even compared to American football, in my opinion Aussie rules football is the craziest most insane sport in the world, and the athletes are beasts.
I've never played football, but as a country kid I've had hundreds of horse wrecks and I assume it's a similar experience. You come flying off the horse and, most often, stop suddenly on the ground. You felt it, might be a bit rattled, might have to catch your breath, and have a few scrapes, but you get back up and get on and get on with your day (unless something is actually broken and that's only happened to me twice. I'm a good roller). It's the next day and the few following when you actually feel it. 😂
You could definitely play, if you grew up doing it. You start lifting pretty early to get the mass as you get older. I also think Americans are in general pretty coordinated and athletic since we are encouraged from a young age to be a multi-sport athlete. Most high school players will choose at least a couple out of baseball, basketball, football, track, and soccer. A lot of us start from 4-5 years old.
Yeah, and there are levels to it. There’s an incredibly thorough system all throughout the country looking for the best and most motivated football players at every level of competition and getting them to the next level up, and, ultimately, to the NFL. A college team like Alabama is closer to the NFL than it is to most college teams. An actual modern NFL team completely dismantling and destroying them in a game is as guaranteed as it gets, but Alabama would destroy most of the, like, 800 college teams.
A guy on my High School team got knocked out and his helmet went flying and the video went viral for a little bit. What wasnt shown after the hit was me at linebacker and 2 Defensive Lineman charging their center and leveling the center, quarterback, and running back in one dog pile. Rivalry games man, they get really really brutal, especially in American Football
You CAN get "sent off the field" in American Football, but it is Very Rare... even after the most BRUTAL HITS, there will just be a 15 yard penalty.... in order to get Sent Off in American Football, you need to do something CRAZY, like put your hands on an official, or get in multiple fights in the same game... it's very rare to see anybody sent off in American football.... something I've probably seen less than 10-12 times in my whole life.... I've seen 2 players get into fights with each other twice in the same game, and still they didn't get sent off... even egregious penalties dont get people sent off for the game.... strangely tho, it happens pretty often in baseball.
If you haven't seen it they also have a NFL version.Its set to the song here comes the boom.They also have yt videos explaining the rules of American football.
That's why criticism for American football players wearing "armor" is ridiculous. Without the pads and helmets, their careers would only last for a few games
Oh you guys did a reaction to big hits 😊 I was going to suggest that after watching one if your football vids👍 You guys have an awesome channel; I love all your videos. My father was born in the London but moved to the U.S. so I have love&interest for 🇬🇧 😊
One rule to be aware of is on a tackle nowadays you cannot go head to head. Hits ot the head are now a penalty. Anotehr rule you need to be aware of is that on a pass a defender cannot hit the receiver until the ball arrives and the receiver touches the ball. What is so beautiful about some of these hits is the timing. Right as the ball gets there the hit occurs. The most dangerous plays are passes caught across the middle of the field.
You really have no idea how big these guys are as well, I stood next to Daniel Faleele the biggest player in the NFL when he played for the Minnesota gophers 6’ 9” 385 pounds. They are massively big!
5:04 The players can get a foul for certain hits, it depends on if the player tackling hit the running player in the head/neck area. Also if the tackling player launches with his head instead of his shoulder (launching with your head can lead to serious injuries for both sides).
Bouncing right back up after being knocked down is one of the first things a coach teaches you. The other guy is denied the satisfaction of thinking he hurt you (especially since he probably did). You could be badly hurt and need to go to the hospital but you'd better bounce back up fast and try to walk it off.
College regular season is 12 games. Most you currently play is if you make it to the National Championship and that would be game 15 but only 2 teams play that many.
Th physics are such that you always want to eb the one moving faster before the hit, otherwise you tkae the brunt of the impact. Your goal is to run THROUGH the other person.
At 1:24 the player that delivered the hit taunts the ball carrier afterwards. That is a penalty. You can hear the announcer talking about it. At 10:13 it is likely the touchdown was negated by a penalty for a blind side block.
Playing football is almost like being a fighter. If someone hits you hard and it’s a clean hit myself and other players will legitimately compliment the other player who hit them on the hit haha
I played for the Temple Wildcats in TEXAS under the Friday night lights. I also played soccer and rugby. Football is a body sacrificing, collision sport.
From the 2nd clip, DJ Swearinger was an absolute wrecking ball for South Carolina during their best years. I’m not sure what he did in the league, but he was a menace in college
A college regular season has 12 games, plus one more if you get a bowl game or two more if you get to play in the National Championship. The NFL has 17 games played in a regular season, then up to 4 more games in the playoffs if you make it all the way to the Super Bowl.
The proper “form tackles” look really bad but are in fact quite safe. Putting your shoulder into their waste and wrapping their legs protects you and them. It’s not fun to get hit like that. It hurts. But neither player is injured. You can play hurt. You can’t play injured.
I played football in high school and college. I played wide receiver. I have taken many hits like this . I got 4 brain concussions. It is especially painful when the weather is cold.
to put into perspective the average size of the players who make it to NFL is 6'2, 245lbs moving at 15+ MPH (24 kmh) so in perspective these guys are massive. one line I've heard was "Rugby is a contact sport, Football is a collision sport."
CTE is incredibly common in grid iron football players due to the amount of concussions that are experienced over the course of a football players career. Will Smith was in a movie where he played the doctor who first discovered CTE, it’s called Concussion. It’s a quite brutal sport, the pads don’t really do much in terms of protection, rather they just encourage players to essentially weaponize them. Helmets in particular, one feels very secure in a helmet but your head is really almost like how an egg yolk is inside its shell. the rapid movement and constant collisions at high velocities, similar to that of a car crash, as well as shots to the head are quite damaging especially over time. Football players have a very short career relative to most professional athletes in most of the positions, it’s just not a sport one can have much longevity in realistically. It’s also why the season is so short and why they only play one game a week, the recovery time required is much higher than that of even ice hockey which is also quite a physically demanding high contact sport. It is great entertainment though
Actually football helmets were never designed to prevent concussions, that’s a misconception. They were designed to prevent skull fractures, which they are actually very good at doing. It’s just the technology has not kept up with the speed of the game
They have done some studies with accelerometers and some hits are 25 Gravities plus . Meaning at the moment of impact your body is coping with 25x the force you get just walking about.
american football and hockey have the hardest hits in sports. players are in full sprint and trust their padding to protect themselves when delivering these absolute BOMBS!!! in rugby you’re aware that you’re vulnerable when hitting but not with pads
One of the earliest lessons you get as a 7yr old is, "If there's a turnover or you're on special teams, always keep your head on a swivel." Now, you guys know why. Spacial awareness is key, without losing laser focus. Growing up playing pre-concussion protocols football, we were taught the technique for delivering the textbook earhole shot. All the best hits are banned or penalties now. The game's gotten soft, but it's still fun competition. I see guys get injured trying to not get penalties for making a hard & clean football play. The moms & wives went to the NFL, then government, and came back to the NFL with government. They made them change rules and call more penalties + they fine players the next day after the NFL safety committee watches all the penalty & injury playback. You can't make rugby tackles and be successful in American football. It won't work. You can't arm-tackle Derrick Henry, unless you want to lose an arm!😂😂😂
9:51 Now (as of a couple years ago), this play would probably be draw a penalty on that blocker. The blocker can’t block someone going in a perpendicular angle to them (the best way I can put it is, you can’t block at an angle that looks like this ‘+’ but you can if it looks like this ‘=‘ or ‘II’. Essentially the blocker can’t blindside the opposing tackler and blocks have to be negotiated in a parallel fashion. To prevent injuries from not looking at the opposing blockers. There is a contradiction to what I say where you can’t block like this ‘=‘ but that’s for passing plays only before the ball is thrown (rub screens). It’s a lot to process but overtime it’ll become easier to understand 😂😂
I played nearly twenty years in the UK and never had my helmet knocked off, had some defensive tackles try and twist it off but that would have taken my head with it.
When people say "well they are wearing pads" is like saying "well you were in a car when another car hit you" pads dont make a difference. Violent collisions are still very violent
You have to be aware of what is going on around you every second when you are on the field. Every body playing dreams of getting a good clean hard hit on an opponent. The best part is the sound of it. I never got hit like that in a game but took a couple at practice.
6:28 You don't have to be tall but it helps at certain positions. A lot of QB's are going to be 6'1-6'6 because it helps seeing over lineman who you also tend to prefer be 6'1-6'6 (not to say you won't have taller or shorter in both areas if they make up for it in speed or strength or something else). Receivers on the other hand are a bit more non-descript. You'll obviously enjoy having tall ones around 6'0-6'2 as they make good tall targets, but you tend to want speed in your Wide Receivers so it's not uncommon to see people as short as 5'9 excel if they can perform with speed. Tight Ends on the other hand, are meant to be big bodies targets who are strong and over 6'2 typically. Meanwhile, on defense, cornerbacks fit roughly the same specifications as Receivers, and Safeties often the same as Tight Ends. Linebackers are often tall and strong, but more agile then your Defensive Lineman who might be a bit slower (Although Defensive Ends need speed to edgerush), all three of these positions are like I said, usually Tall and Strong dudes. Offensive lineman are also usually pretty weighty which I forgot to mention, the more size the better. Running Backs vary with power backs often being taller and bigger and more speedy, elusive backs being shorter and more agile. Kickers and Punters, it doesn't really matter as much as long as you have a good leg.
The hits are going to hurt even fully padded. The absolute worst thing to happen is to get hit hard and not see it coming. You can mitigate alot just by knowing your about to be hit hard, but if you don't it hurts so much worse.
The only way you can “sent off” or ejected is if you make a helmet to helmet tackle, sometimes depending on the situation, if the runner lowers his head (which they do a lot) or there was just no way to avoid it. But if the defender doing the tackle makes helmet to helmet contact. It’s usually 15 yards add to end of the play. Automatic 1st down and that player will usually get tossed. So the ball would go from the 15 yd to 30yd 1st and 10. Player most likely tossed. Sorry it’s so long wanna make sure it’s fully understood.
The player named Ja'Daveon Clowney from South Carolina you saw, later had his football career ended by a hard hit that destroyed his knee and broke his leg.
At 11:40 South Carolina was supposed to be on offense but the ref the play before called them short of the first down, so the next play he gets it back for them .
I remember watching the Nebraska Kenny Bell block at a bar in downtown Lincoln. Omg everyone was losing their minds and then they flagged him on the cleanest block. “What is he supposed to do?!”
I played in highschool and got earholed (hit on the side of the helmet where the ear holes are) once so bad a screw that held my facemask to the helmet popped out and I had to walk to the sideline with a crooked facemask and screw it back into place
It’s not what it used to be but still an unbelievably violent sport. Something to notice is receivers going across the middle. The quarterback can get these guys killed if he tries to force the ball or throws it behind the receiver. Timing is everything in American football
As a GenXer, most Americans don't understand the rolling on the ground and acting hurt (unless you actually are). I know in basketball they will exaggerate a foul to try and draw the ref's attention, but it doesn't usually go as far as the soccer players that act like they've lost a limb when they've barely been touched. We want our opponent to think nothing they do has impacted us at all, whatsoever. I'm walking around with a broken leg because I don't want to give the opposing team the satisfaction of knowing they hurt me. 😂😂😂 "That's it? That ain't nothing! I got a whole other leg here that you missed so, suck it!"
You’re allowed to block as long as it’s not from the back or “blind side”. You can block only from the front and from the sides although at full speed the legality of the contact can be questionable . You can’t grab the collar and pull down for a tackle anymore . Called a “horse collar” tackle. You can’t lead with the crown of the helmet or hit the head and neck area. That’s called targeting and will get you ejected for a full game. That penalty carries over to the next game for a total of 4 quarters. If a player gets ejected in the 3rd quarter of one game, they can’t play again till the 4 quarter of the next game.
