What is a tackle in football?
Q: What is a tackle in football?
A: A tackle in football is a defensive move that aims to stop an opponent who is running with the ball.
Q: How is a tackle done in English style rugby football?
A: In English style rugby football, a tackle is done by diving and catching the runners' legs.
Q: What type of tackles are outlawed as dangerous?
A: Tackles round the neck are outlawed as dangerous.
Q: How do you tackle an opponent in soccer?
A: To tackle an opponent in soccer, it must be done with the feet around or against the opponent's feet while they have control of the ball.
Q: What rule changes were made for soccer tackling from 2017 onwards?
A: From 2017 onwards, tackles from any direction that endanger an opponent's safety may result in the offender being sent-off, including "scissoring" which poses a high risk of severe knee injury to the player being tackled. A "studs up" tackle may also be punished with a caution (yellow card).
Q: How does American and Canadian football define tackling?
A: In American and Canadian Football, to tackle means to obstruct (physically interfere) with the forward progress of a player in possession of the ball. When this happens, play ceases until the beginning of the next play.
Q: What happens when there is a successful tackle in American and Canadian Football?
A: When there is a successful tackle made in American and Canadian Football, then ball becomes dead, and down is over.
