Contact - TUBE FLARING TUBE FLARE ORFS FLARE 37 FLARE 45 FLARE

[count] sports : the act of tackling another player: such as. a American football or rugby : the act of forcing the player who has the ball to fall to the ground.

A tackle is a defensive play in which the defender tries to directly take the ball from a dribbling opponent. The defender can kick the ball away, steal it or stop the offensive player being careful not to miss the ball and hit the offensive player. That would be a foul.