Tampa Bay Buccaneers DT Gerald McCoy has let one of the universal cats out-of-the-bag.
The secret is that depending on who coaches you up-through-the ranks, some defensive players (especially linemen) don’t ever get taught proper tackling techniques.
In many cases, the coaches just let a big fella fly and if its working they don’t fix anything because their time with a kid is limited.
In the Tampa Tribune McCoy explained how new coach Greg Schiano has taught him how to tackle.
“We do a tackling circuit before every practice, and I’ve never done anything like that before,” McCoy said. “I realize now that, before, I was just playing football. Now, I’m really learning how to tackle and I think it’s going to help me a lot.”
That’s a crazy statement right?
Not as much as you think. McCoy was dominant in every level of football that he played and no one has ever questioned his style of play.
Sure he has been sized up for size, speed, footwork and all of that but not very many peo...
Original Story:
|
June 19, 2012
