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duty is to tackle everything in sight.
The place for him to tackle is behind his
opponent's line, and the time for him to
tackle is all the time. Clean, sharp break¬
ing through is imperative in a tackle.
If a runner reach the flank of the line,
he is likely to gain his distance because
it is more open. To this end, he should
make a careful study of the different
methods of breaking through, as laid down
in a previous chapter (Chapter I., Sec¬
tion 7).
The first thing a tackle Bhould do, when
he steps into the line on the defence, is
to notice his opponent's style of blocking
and adapt his method of breaking through
to that. Get up in the line. Keep
your man at arm's distance, but let the dis¬
tance bo in opponent's territory. Watch
the ball and go through with it.
A tackle may be assisted very often in
getting through by the half - back on his
side of the line. The half can come in