[Anthony D Burgess]

Adrian is right.

Also you must consider who you play as that plays a important part.

On Front of the base tackling, it is more realistic than any touch. But FOB requires that you turn players to be more effective. You must understand pursuit angles.

Now the flat front part of the base is a solid tackle, but the corner ( the somewhat rounded part) is questionable and this is your broken tackle option.

See if this will help you: Take your base and trace your base on paper. Now take your player and do the same.

Draw a strait line even with the sides of the base that goes in front of the base.

The area between the two lines of the base is the tackle zone of that player.

If on a tackle the runners base/figure is in the tackle zone of the tackler then you have a tackle, but if the runners bases/figure is not in the tackle zone of the tackler then you have a broken tackle. A referee should bake that call not the coaches playing.

Michigan Joe:

I can't say anything about that style as I have never played it.

But I can say that there needs to be a balance on both sides of the ball. This option must be there or you give someone an advantage over the other due to the set up of the style your playing in.

FOB works best when you can turn players ( Players can react ) and every player that is not touching the opposing player should be allowed to react/turn. But guidline need to be in place to police this.