Front Tackle

12 or more

Balls, Cones, Shields

1 v 1 tackling in a 5m x 5m grid/ ensure no other working groups are near area
Ball carrier is the attacker and the player without the ball is the defender
Use of ball encourages tackled player to assist fall to ground & allow ball carrier to be developed in presentation technique

Hands up ("boxers hands"), chin up off chest into squat position
Lower the hips just prior to contact, wrap arms around ball carriers legs (band of steel grip)
Head to be on the side of the thigh, go with the momentum and take the tackle- half twist during tackle will assist head positioning.
Get onto your feet as soon as possible after tackle is complete