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Message: [QUOTE="tep624, post: 2311306, member: 430"] The point you make about the repetitive collisions on the line is valid. That doesn't happen in sandlot. And for instance a head hunting safety running full blast at the line and blowing someone up - generally doesn't happen in sandlot. However, I would argue that there are aspects of sandlot that are potentially more dangerous because it's not supervised and kids aren't taught to tackle properly. For example, the spinning and flinging tackles where one kid grabs onto the end of another's shirt or grabs them around one wrist with both hands and spins them in a circle and then lets go. I know for a fact I did that a number of times and the result was the other kid flying to the ground and smacking his unprotected head on the ground because he was trying to hold onto the ball and had no control over himself. [/QUOTE]