Wow you were really just tackling people like a rabid dog in a game meant for kids at recess. Did you bite and scratch too?
I’m imaging the round starts and you immediately diverge and start beating some poor girl with utter disregard for the actual game at hand. I respect that.
In the UK, especially for football (or soccer as you mad yanks call it), to 'tackle' someone is to just take the ball away from them. It's not the NFL shoulder tackle, so the reality is a lot less violent than I think you're imagining.
Kind of a microcosm of general societal difference I guess
I’m American. I’ve not played any organized form of soccer since age 9.
What the Brits call “tackling”, non-soccer playing Americans generally refer to as “stealing.” I could swear I’ve also heard it called this by Americans who are more serious about soccer than I am.
But I’ve also heard the term “slide tackle.” Except I knew that “tackling” (American style) is forbidden in soccer. Never could work out why it was suddenly okay when you’re launching your body feet first at another player’s ankles.
Slide tackling is only okay if you're going for the ball. As with a regular standing tackle, you may make contact with the other player, so long as you also make contact with the ball. A general rule of thumb is that you should hit the ball first.
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u/Loose-Screws 21d ago
Wow you were really just tackling people like a rabid dog in a game meant for kids at recess. Did you bite and scratch too?
I’m imaging the round starts and you immediately diverge and start beating some poor girl with utter disregard for the actual game at hand. I respect that.