[Electric Coach]

As I said earlier in my last post concerning this topic, FOB tackling is one idea that I think can help to speed up the game.

I consider FOB to be any part of the bases’ front ranging from one corner of the front to the other corner of the front. If the defender contacts any part of the ball carrier’s base using any or the entire front of his (the defender) base, a tackle is made.

At times, there will be what I call nip touches. That’s when a very small portion of the defender’s base front grazes or nips the ball carrier’s base. They usually occur unexpectedly. They are hard to call especially when the game is being played on a really live board.

One of the ways that I catch those types of touches is I look for the slightest pause in movement or deviation in direction of the ball carrier. Tackles made directly at the back of the ball carrier’s base vary in occurrences due to a number of scenarios. One scenario would be unobstructed forward movement of the ball carrier in relation to the time the defender arrives at the point of attack (base-to-base contact). Speed ratio between the pursuing defender’s base and ball carrier’s base plays a role as well.

There are other times when the switch itself can determine if a tackle is or was made simply by quickly turning the switch on and off when base contact is close, but uncertain.

Overall, you should be paying close attention to the game every time the switch is on.

Maurice

The Electric Coach