the player with the shield will go side ways along the face of the player and once the player with the shield passes the cone they can either go back to the left or to the right the red player will then go in for the tackle before the player with the shield goes back to the left or right so basically the tackle is to be made in the centre
smaller steps into the tackle wrapping of arms in the tackle reaction of the defender
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