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Menlo School football tackles new season with rugby in mind

Original post made on Oct 2, 2014

Long a leader in the evolution of player safety, the Menlo School football team has embraced a method of shoulder-leverage tackling as one of its priorities. In August, all of the Knights were taught rugby-style tackling, in which you lead not with your head but rather your body. [Web Link Read this story] and see more local sports coverage on [Web Link PASportsOnline.com].

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Posted by the great American game
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Oct 2, 2014 at 12:29 pm

Geez, I imagine that the coach wishes that particular picture wasn't chosen. While the rest of the world embraces heads-up tackling from youth to college, that picture sets it back ten years.

That said: good luck to Charlie Roth and the Knights this season!

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