What Muscles used to tackle in rugby?

Answer 1

Muscles all around the body are used to power through somebodies thighs and smash them to the ground. The main muscles used are probably:

• Shoulders
• Triceps (if pulling down on victims shirt)
• Abs
• Wrist Muscles
• Quadriceps
• Calf's
• General Muscles around the Thigh.

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Answer 2

The Rugby scrum requires the use of several major muscle groups. The most notable ones are the abdominal muscles, the back muscles, the hamstrings, quadriceps and the calves. Contrary to a common belief, upper body muscles are not very important in the scrum.

Answer 3

Upper body. Pecs, lats, traps, biceps, triceps, deltiods. Lower body. Hams, quads, gastrocnemius. Rugby uses virtually every muscle.

Answer 4

The major muscles used in this game would have to be bicep/tricep for when your throwing and your quadriceps/hamstrings, gastrocnemius because the main thing about Netball is to run and jump.

Answer 5

the top back leg muscules are used in a scrum as well as your top arm muscules. and these are used again when takling and the top front muscules are used to sprint up and down the pitch.

Answer 6

Chest, Shoulders (tackling) and legs (for scrums)

Answer 7

basically ALL muscles are in use when you scrummage. The whole of the skeletal frame is employed in the push effort

Answer 8

type 1 muscle fibres

Answer 9

all