Defense

Impact Tackle - head on tackle

Preparation
- Get stable
- Stay on your toes so you can quickly change direction
- Keep your hips straight
Make impact
- Place your leg between the defenders’ legs
- Aim for the belly button with your shoulder
  - Above the knees
  - Below the chest
- Head to the side
  - look up to see what coming
  - but keep head stable and strong
- Nose to crack
Complete the tackle
- Arms behind the knees and squeeze
- Power legs through
- Land on top
- Roll when support arrives

Open field tackle

Open-field tackle is more challenging as player momentum, speed and agility come into play.
It's essential to try and keep square on, if you turn your hips a good attacker will switch direction on you.
Never giraffe tackle (feet planted on the ground and reaching out)
If someone beats you on the outside, dive and wrap your arms around their shorts and pull them down

Defense channels

Stay in a flat line
Keep to your Channels
- push faster players to the outside channels
  - Faster players can cover more ground

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