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EDD'8 AND DRLL8

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W Do what your p|ayers can donot what
someone e|se's p|ayers can do
W Dr||| the techn|ques that are used |n the
coverages you rundon't s|mp|y dr|||
W Use a ||m|ted number of dr|||syou don't need
101 dr|||s
W G|ve your p|ayers "d|agnost|c too|s"a spec|f|c
read and a spec|f|c response
DLILNSIVL 8ACk IUNDAMLN1ALS
W ALIGNMLN1 Vert|ca| and hor|zonta| pos|t|on
on rece|ver |s cr|t|ca|
W S1ANCL Lvery D8 must have a comfortab|e
stance that w||| e||m|nate wasted mot|on and
a||ow h|m to max|m|ze h|s speed to the ba||
and the rece|ver
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ILL1
Shou|d be set under the armp|ts or narrower
D8 can stagger feet to where he |s comfortab|e
1he outs|de foot |s up Ieet can be on the ground
and we|ght |s even|y d|str|buted
utt|ng more we|ght on the ba|| of ba|| of the
outs|de foot may e||m|nate (fa|se steps) If D8 has a
more pronounced stagger keep h|s front foot f|at
on the ground and back foot w|th h|s hee| off the
ground 8e comfortab|e
8CD
1here shou|d be three bends Ank|es knees and
Wa|st
1he bend |n the ank|e shou|d be s||ght and a||ow the
feet to support we|ght even|y 1he knees w||| be a
more pronounced bend
1he bend |n the knees must keep the D8 |ow knee
bend w||| d|ctate trans|t|on and |eg dr|ve
1he wa|st shou|d be bent so as to keep the torso at
a 4Sdegree ang|e 1oo ||tt|e wa|st bend w||| resu|t |n
we|ght transferr|ng back on the hee|s 1oo much
bend w||| |ock the h|ps when |n trans|t|on
AkMS nLAD 8ACk
W Arms shou|d be re|axed and ready to p|ay off
b|ockers or |eve| rece|vers 1ense arms w|||
restr|ct mob|||ty
W nead |s up and re|axed w|th eyes on key
W 8ack |s stra|ght and shou|ders shou|d be
s||ght|y forward but re|axed to a||ow for
backward arm sw|ng
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W Lvery D8 must make a smooth trans|t|on from
a stat|onary pos|t|on to acce|erat|on wh||e
retreat|ng
W Areas to focus on
Wa|k ] shuff|e
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1rans|t|on
1urn and run
kUN ASS kL
W D8 takes three s|ow short read steps or shuff|es
wh||e read|ng kunass key
W kunass key |s uncovered offens|ve ||neman
(||neman who has L8 over h|m)
W L|neman f|res out w|th |ow hat run
W L|neman does anyth|ng e|se (pu|| down b|ock fan
b|ock retreat) p|ay pass react |ate to run
W WnLN IN DCU81 LA ASS IIkS1
W D8'S two best fr|ends on the f|e|d DL1n and the
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W Do Ioot]n|p dr|||s |n mass
W 8etter p|ayers |n back ||nes
W No one stands around young p|ayers w|||
p|ck th|ngs up as they go
W Coach stands to s|de so that he can see a||
p|ayers
AGILI1 DkILLS (ILL1 nIS)
W Mass drlll as much as posslble no one sLands
around
W All drllls are CC (Change Cf lrecLlon)
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MASS DkILL MCVLMLN1S
W 8ack and up
W 8ack and up at 4S
W 8ackturn and run up
W 8ackturn and run up across body
W Down the ||ne
W Weave
W 8aseba|| turn
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fadestop
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W Cneonone wlLh W8 runnlng one seL of
paLLerns
W PlLch ench lade
W CuL CuL up CuL up sLop
W osL lg osL / flag
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1ACkLING DkILLS
W 1ack|e every day don't have to put ba||
carr|er on the ground
W Cpen I|e|d
W Ang|e ] Ang|e Cutback
W S|de||ne
W Shed
8C
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Set up |s 10 yard square
1 backpeda|s Syds
8C takes 3 steps then breaks
kUN 8ALANCL nI1
8C
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Set up |s 10 yard square
At S yards 8C can cutback or fake
and cont|nue
ANGLL kUN 8ALANCL nI1
8C
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At S yards 8C can cutback or fake
and cont|nue
ANGLL 1ACkLL ] ANGLL 1ACkLL
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k can fake D
D can move as soon as ba|| goes
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