hip drop
Controversial tackling maneuver
A hip drop is a tackle in American football where a defender wraps up a ball carrier and then rotates to drop their hips and body weight onto the runner's lower legs.
The technique is controversial because it frequently causes knee and ankle injuries.
The NFL banned hip-drop tackles in 2024: He was flagged for a hip-drop tackle.
- tackleGear or takedown
- low tackleHit below the waist
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
- takedownForced grounding maneuver
- twistRotating motion or surprise
waist · swivel · dance · Latin dance · sway · pelvis · grind · rotation · NFL · illegal · penalty · dirty play · player safety · injury · knee · torque · lock · grapple
- gait problemslimp, limping, hobble, hobbling, shuffle
- spinal conditionsspinal cord injury, spinal fracture, spinal curvature, spinal stenosis, spinal deformity
- gait biomechanicsstride, stride length, cadence, foot strike, heel strike
tackling technique safety
hip droptextbook tackle
Ideal technique bringing down
shoulder tackle · rugby tackle · high tackle · arm tackle · two-hand touch
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