Post by Oneback on Mar 1, 2012 17:23:49 GMT
Bill Belichick recently said in an article:
For a very long time, coaches on all levels taught players to block and tackle with their shoulders. "It goes all the way back to playing the game without face masks (which entered football in the mid-1950's)," says Patriot coach Bill Belichick, for whom the history of the game is an avocation. "Guys were taught to lead with their shoulder and turn their head to the side to protect their faces. Then equipment changed, and techniques changed" (for the SAFER & BETTER way).
For a very long time, coaches on all levels taught players to block and tackle with their shoulders. "It goes all the way back to playing the game without face masks (which entered football in the mid-1950's)," says Patriot coach Bill Belichick, for whom the history of the game is an avocation. "Guys were taught to lead with their shoulder and turn their head to the side to protect their faces. Then equipment changed, and techniques changed" (for the SAFER & BETTER way).