(in sport) an attempt to gain possession of the ball or to seize and stop a player in possession of the ball, performed while launching oneself at the opposing player.
a flying tackle from O'Shaughnessy brought him down
Example sentencesExamples
The centre looked to be over in the corner, but a flying tackle hurled him into touch.
One of the results of all the flying tackles was an agonising afternoon for Stubbs, who was stretchered from the field.
A flying tackle caught him off guard.
My uncle executed the best flying tackle I had ever seen or have ever seen on any football field since that day.
Some things never cease to be funny, and flying tackles appear to be one of them.
A few youths who made it into the mall were stopped by flying tackles from police.
With an open field ahead, he produced a flying tackle to bundle the number five into touch.
The referee had his work cut out as tempers flared when flying tackles came in.
He ducked under the flying tackle and heaved a pass 60 yards off his back foot.
They were having the better of what little football was breaking out amidst the flying tackles, but it was Morton who broke the deadlock five minutes from the interval.