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Heh, some of those junior high/high school football drills 30-40 years ago were just brutal and coaches didn't know any better. I remember one "gauntlet"-like drill where there were six guys lined up single file about 10 yards apart. The seventh guy was supposed to carry the ball through each one: get tackled head-on, get up and run, get tackled head-on again, get up and run again, etc. Then the sixth guy at the end would get the ball and be the runner while the last runner lined up as tackler No. 1. After getting tackled head-on six straight times I remember struggling to just stand up.It's a lot different now. When I was in high school about 25 yrs ago I remember in a game I was playing LB and after a tackle the LB next to me came up and was staggering around all dazed. Clearly had a concussion. Of course we had no clue how bad concussions are and we were joking after "see Leo out there, he didn't even know his name". Scary stuff looking back on it. In gym class our football coach had guys line up a few yards away from each, 1 on 1 no pads or anything, and just smoke each other. Whoever got moved back lost. Some huge blows happened. I don't think anything like that would be allowed now.
Once before a game we had tackling drills during warm-ups and a buddy of mine hit me so hard it shattered my facemask. Another time -- also during warm-ups before a game -- I got mildly concussed in the same drill. How stupid was that kind of stuff?
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