I’ve been critical of a lot of tackling videos on here, but this by far is the worst offender… I’m am all for TOUGH GUYS and being ANTI-FRAGILE but this is not it. It’s bad for players and bad for the game. This is the way a lot of old timers like myself learned to tackle, but it’s not sustainable and sooner or later it will (did) catch up with you.The issue we have now is that we have over corrected in the way the majority of tackling is being taught. The emphasis on eliminating the use of the

Measuring 40 times from a 3 point stance is beyond archaic. Football players should focus all their time on developing real max velocity and acceleration, not obsessing over a start technique that has almost zero bearing on actual game speed.Speed absolutely matters and should be tested, but the current 40-yard dash setup wastes time on a skill that's irrelevant to on-field success.A far better measure would be a flying 40 (laser starting around the 2-yard mark, finishing at 42 yards) from a 2-p