Could you please help me out ?

Question

i play pee wee and we had our first preseason today. i did pretty good but at the end of the game i let up 2 touchdowns.this is how both of them happened, the running back got the ball then he was coming my way, i went to hit him down low but then he stiff armed me on the helmet and i just automatically went up so i didn't get him and since he was a bit faster than me he ran for a touchdown. so could u please help me solve this problem so it does not happen again.

thanks

Answer 1

You got to remember that you got arms too.

Answer 2

You've got to wrap up.  Make sure that when you make contact for a tackle, that you wrap your arms around the ball carrier.  An ideal tackle would be you hitting him around his chest, and wrapping your arms just below  his shoulder pads.  Another tackle, if you are tackling low, is to wrap around the knees or feet and drive your shoulder through his mid-section.  If you get stiff-armed, there's nothing against grabbing a fist full of jersey to bring the guy down, just don't grab the face mask.  If you can't wrap up, and you're both moving laterally, make sure you move laterally with him, and use that momentum to push the guy out of bounds.