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<blockquote data-quote="Patchey" data-source="post: 628748" data-attributes="member: 61403"><p>None taken! I defiantly agree that bulking up will make a small player a better tackler. There is the physics of it as you mention and the confidence of going into a tackle with more bulk behind you.</p><p></p><p>I think we differ on when it was Ford really improved. I don't remember seeing any drastic changes after the summer of 2012. Certainly nothing compared to his improvement after his 2013 pre-season with Bath. To me that suggests that while the Tigers S&C team may have bulked him up, someone forgot to work on his skills and he stagnated and lost confidence. Whatever Bath did with him last summers seems to have been more productive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Patchey, post: 628748, member: 61403"] None taken! I defiantly agree that bulking up will make a small player a better tackler. There is the physics of it as you mention and the confidence of going into a tackle with more bulk behind you. I think we differ on when it was Ford really improved. I don't remember seeing any drastic changes after the summer of 2012. Certainly nothing compared to his improvement after his 2013 pre-season with Bath. To me that suggests that while the Tigers S&C team may have bulked him up, someone forgot to work on his skills and he stagnated and lost confidence. Whatever Bath did with him last summers seems to have been more productive. [/QUOTE]
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