"What's happening on the hip-drop is the defender is encircling tackling the runner and then swinging their weight and ...

Hip drop tackles are brutal tackles that are enforced ... landing on and trapping the runner’s leg(s) at or below the knee.” However, this tackle is deemed to be an extremely risky tackle.

The NFL has been seeking to take the so-called "hip-drop tackle" out of the sport ... landing on and trapping the runner's leg(s) at or below the knee." The move has caused severe injury to ...

Movement: The patient is instructed to lift one leg up by flexing their hip and knee, standing on only one leg (figure 1A). Assessment: The clinician assesses the weight-bearing leg by evaluating the ...

Variables of interest included peak HADD, hip internal rotation (HIR), contralateral pelvic drop, as well as pain on a verbal analogue scale and the lower-extremity function index. We also assessed ...

The NFL’s much-discussed new rule against hip-drop tackles has only produced one penalty flag this season, against Carolina’s Jacoby Windmon on Sunday — and the league’s disciplinary office didn’t ...