mistackle

present singular third person mistackles · participle present mistackling · participle past mistackled · past mistackled

1. hobbiesTo tackle improperly, such as when it is not legal, or not in the correct manner.

   And, in what may seem a fusion of the previous two mistackling incidents, there was a third embarrassing episode.

   2020, Eugene L. Wolfe, Boris Johnson in 100 Facts, page 47

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   If the attacker tricks the defender into going for the tackle and she mistackles the ball, the attacker will most likely be in an advantageous position for a clear shot at the goal.

   2015, Albert M. Luongo, Soccer Drills: Skill-Builders for Field Control, page 51

   If, for some reason, he mistackled the ball, you could be sure that the man was going to stay there and be planted square on his ass.

   2016, George McDermott, Success In The Streets "The Great Save" A Survival Story

   However, consider the dramatic and very public case of the highly skilled international footballer, Eduardo da Silva of The Arsenal — who suffered a compound fibula fracture to his left leg and a dislocated ankle with medial ligament damage in Febrary 2008 when brutally mistackled in the away game at Birmingham City.

   2018, John Spiers, Philip Booth, Neil Russel, Who Decides Who Decides?

2. To attempt to deal with (a problem) in the wrong way.

   […] mistackled while others are neither properly grasped nor tackled at all.

   1992, Agbafor Igwe, Nnamdi Azikiwe: The Philosopher of Our Time

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   The two thought the agreement had mistackled the shari'a by referring it to the proposed constitutional conference.

   1989, Africa Events - Volume 5, page 15

   The issue of technology, in general, was very wrongly conceived and thus mistackled in many developing countries during the past three decades.

   1999, Maher Aziz Bedrous, Emad El-Sharkawi, S.B. Abdel Hamid, and Waeil Saleh Kaddour, “Re-Appraisal for Energy Technology Sustaining Development in Developing Countries: Egypt Case”, in Energy & Environment, volume 10, number 4

plural mistackles

1. hobbiesAn illegal or badly executed tackle.

   Common errors leading to a mistackle:

   1983, Ed Torba, The Boys Club Guide to Youth Football, page 166

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   A mistackle counts two yards for the team with the ball.

   1927 October, William Cletus Doyle, “Games for First Year Latin”, in The Classical Bulletin, volume 4

   The defense had misreads and mistackles in abundance.

   1998 September 9, The Grizzly