Ramming; Thxs HLin NC & Thiery

bigjohn · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 20, 2009, 11:13am

There is no ramming in NFHS. It is called butt blocking or face tackling. They both involve driving the front of the helmet into the opponent.

This is from the 2006 S&I guide published by the NFHS. The words frontal area and top are no loinger in the S&I caption although the same pictures are.

Butt Blocking in 1 and 2 and face tackling in 3 are both tactics which involve driving the face mask, frontal area or top of the helmet directly into an opponent in blocking or tackling respectively. both result in a foul for illegal helmet contact

bigjohn · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 20, 2009, 11:14am

NFHS Forum: I have never seen BUTT BLOCKING called.

jtex · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 20, 2009, 11:50am

I am in Texas. Texas and Mass do not follow NFHS rules. These two states follow NCAA football rules.

bigjohn · #4 (**permalink**) Thu Aug 20, 2009, 12:37pm

These players are protected by rules that have been in place for many years. It
is of the utmost importance that participants, coaches and game officials carefully
and diligently observe safety rules.
Intentional helmet-to-helmet contact is never legal, nor is any other blow
directed toward an opponent’s head. Flagrant offenders shall be disqualified.

http://www.eaifo2.org/files_pdf/2009_football_rules.pdf