Players lined up passing the ball, at coach's call both attack and defense move forward performing tackle and breakdown
BALL CARRIER
TACKLER
SUPPORT ATTACK
SUPPORT DEFENSE
All the players in the breakdown have to keep a low body position, pushing bottom to top
in more ways than one
in more ways than one
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