OMG! That’s horrendous. Thank you for sharing, you are absolutely right.
Rugby is amoung the many sports he has played here in Aus, so he has a decent tackling foundation. Even in our little West Aussie Gridiron league, we are very strict about proper tackling technique, and the “Heads Up” initiative has been around for a while.
One of the reasons he chose his current college was because of the quality of the coaching staff. The head coach previously coached at the D1 and NFL levels, there are 3 former professional players on staff and the S & C coach was the S & C coach at the University of Texas a few years ago. It’s a great place for him to be; they run many aspects of the program like a D1 program; he has learnt so much.
He was invited to quite a few different JUCO’s based on the film he posted on Twitter. We flew out last March specifically to tour each campus, meet the coaches and watch practice sessions. His college really stood out; it was miles ahead of the others that we looked at. Other colleges had way better facilities, but fortunately, our S was not seduced by the more glamorous locker rooms and stadiums. The practice was very structured, disciplined and well-organised and hubby, being a former rugby guy, specifically noticed how good they were at teaching tackling technique.
We’ve watched a heap of practices now, we flew out a further 2 times last year, and we were there for Spring Ball earlier this year. We are very impressed with the program.