I'm wondering how much pain you'd expect when getting hit playing American tackle football if you're fully suited and padded up? I ask because I watched a women's pro football game in person recently, and I started to feel a little low wondering if these ladies are just much tougher than me, or if the padding makes it less intense than it looks.
It was a WNFC pro women's football game.
It depends on the hit. Some hits barely hurt, some are jarring like a minor car accident. Some are incredibly painful and can result in major injuries.
I played in 7th and 8th grade. In 9th grade I was allowed to run XC and my football career ended.
I can't ever remember a tackle hurting. It is jarring when you turn to run and get blindsided.
Do the pads really make that much of a difference in terms of how painful a tackle feels?
Or are NFL players just naturally built in an indestructible way that allows them to take forces that most people cannot absorb?
I played wrote:
I played in 7th and 8th grade. In 9th grade I was allowed to run XC and my football career ended.
I can't ever remember a tackle hurting. It is jarring when you turn to run and get blindsided.
That's more along the lines of what I was asking. I read an article saying that the pads actually made football worse because it led to players hitting harder and what not. Injuries increased with greater use of pads. There are more injuries in football than rugby, which was a shock to me since rugby doesn't use any projection beyond headgear and possibly shinguards.
Another related question. Since tackling is supposedly not that painful in general, in what ways does football make you a better street fighter? Does it in any way simulate the kinds of contact you'll get in a MMA bout?
Interesting:
bartholomew_maxwell wrote:
Interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfWGKALwKGI
This video is ridiculous. The dude isn't a football player. Varsity football is a few steps up from junior high bench warmer so the hitting is much more forceful. NFL collisions are likened by medical professionals as car accidents. If you're really interested watch these videos. Pros Vs Joes pits very good former high school and smaller college athletes against professional athletes.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0RE2IAOIIRXZ97XJD5T1QCY7PJ/ref=imdbref_tt_wbr_aivhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DaSiiWS_T0bartholomew_maxwell wrote:
Since tackling is supposedly not that painful in general, in what ways does football make you a better street fighter? Does it in any way simulate the kinds of contact you'll get in a MMA bout?
an mma bout is nothing like a street fight, it's two people chosen to be fairly evenly matched, confined in a small space where neither can maneuver much, and both are committed to fighting until there is a decisive outcome.
A street fight is where any number of people start yelling insults, someone maybe runs up and throws a wild haymaker then runs, then another group runs up with knives and baseball bats and everyone else leaves the scene and the knife/bat gang struts around in triumph. Maybe someone gets hit on the head or stabbed in the process, maybe not.
Tackling doesn't hurt because it's on the grass, but a good tackler can make it hurt. And a good football player can "win" a street fight by running up, tackling someone - which is both painful and humiliating on pavement - then evading their friends. Street people are slow.
Bad Wigins wrote:
And a good football player can "win" a street fight by running up, tackling someone - which is both painful and humiliating on pavement - then evading their friends. Street people are slow.
Then how did OJ Simpson get murdered by Nicole Kidman?
Bad Wigins wrote:
Tackling doesn't hurt because it's on the grass, but a good tackler can make it hurt. And a good football player can "win" a street fight by running up, tackling someone - which is both painful and humiliating on pavement - then evading their friends. Street people are slow.
What is an example of "making it hurt" that differs from a regular tackle? Is it a tackle where the tackler picks you up off the ground and bodyslams you?
Also, how much greater would the pain be if tackling was done the same, but without pads? Exactly how do the pads actually reduce pain? Aren't you still applying the same force to the person, with or without pads.
It is both jarring and painful. The two are definitely not mutually exclusive.
Start here.
bartholomew_maxwell wrote:
Bad Wigins wrote:
Tackling doesn't hurt because it's on the grass, but a good tackler can make it hurt. And a good football player can "win" a street fight by running up, tackling someone - which is both painful and humiliating on pavement - then evading their friends. Street people are slow.
What is an example of "making it hurt" that differs from a regular tackle? Is it a tackle where the tackler picks you up off the ground and bodyslams you?
Also, how much greater would the pain be if tackling was done the same, but without pads? Exactly how do the pads actually reduce pain? Aren't you still applying the same force to the person, with or without pads.
As a college starting running back at about 185 pounds, when you get hit by a linebacker of 210-230 pounds both going at full speed is when you feel the pain. Or by a good safety who has more speed. Just think about the velocity/weight factor. In rugby, most of the hits are very close encounters. It's the open field hits that produce most of the injuries. The pads, mostly the shoulder and helmut, absorb the hits. In my day, we had much heavier and thicker thigh pads, along with knee and hip pads. Today, NFL guys don't really wear any lower body pads, which amazes me, especially running backs without thigh pads. BTW, of course a body slam hurts more because of the force.
The impact injuries still affect me today but 40 years of running has produced it's share of repetitive type injuries.
former 1-aa playa wrote:
The impact injuries still affect me today but 40 years of running has produced it's share of repetitive type injuries.
Is a few years of glory really worth all of the chronic pain or do you think it's a worthwhile tradeoff?