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3-3-5 Coach Senior Member Posts: 246	Pro Plant Jan 29, 2004 9:11:54 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by 3-3-5 Coach on Jan 29, 2004 9:11:54 GMT What are you guys teaching your DB's when breaking forward out of their pedal? I really like the Bill Williams "pro plant" but I just have not seen or heard of it from anyone else.

LedgerSko Senior Member Posts: 316	Pro Plant Jan 29, 2004 9:23:59 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by LedgerSko on Jan 29, 2004 9:23:59 GMT The Wisconsin Badgers teach a "pat pat" technique. They dont want a plant with the back foot. They teach their DB's to "pat pat" both feet and break forward. I have heard of Penn State teaching a plant and point the belly button at the ball.
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Coach Golla Senior Member Posts: 271	Pro Plant Jan 29, 2004 11:18:03 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Coach Golla on Jan 29, 2004 11:18:03 GMT Coach, We teach the pro plant. We put it in all of our off-season conditioning drills. We love it! PG

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Pro Plant Jan 29, 2004 11:39:47 GMT

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Post by 3-3-5 Coach on Jan 29, 2004 11:39:47 GMT

We also pro plant which is what I installed 2 years ago when I coached the DB's for the 1st time. I got plenty of clinic tapes (especially from Bill Williams) and seeing how he was/is the most precise in his teachings, I felt comfortable with it. I was just wondering how many others use it and any opinions of it.

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Pro Plant Jan 29, 2004 13:54:38 GMT

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Post by frmrgriffinsafety on Jan 29, 2004 13:54:38 GMT

In college I learned to not plant on the back foot and have been teaching that in my coaching. It sounds like the previsou posters "pat-pat" technique. My coach called it "flintstoning" your feet after the way Fred Flintstone would start his feet moving before the car starting moving. It's like a slowdown and then break type step. It really helps on wet turf or sloppy field conditions. The plant can get slippery.

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DC29 Senior Member Posts: 453	Pro Plant Jan 30, 2004 10:56:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by DC29 on Jan 30, 2004 10:56:25 GMT We called it the "buzz step"
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DC29 Senior Member Posts: 453	Pro Plant Jan 30, 2004 11:02:21 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by DC29 on Jan 30, 2004 11:02:21 GMT We called it the "buzz step"
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Pro Plant Feb 2, 2004 22:45:58 GMT

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Post by Coach W on Feb 2, 2004 22:45:58 GMT

"and seeing how he was/is the most precise in his teachings, I felt comfortable with it."

I've heard many coaches speak and talk technique and Billy Williams is more precise than any I've seen. The guy breaks things down to the smallest degree, then makes it easy to understand.

jakeman Member Posts: 36	Pro Plant Feb 4, 2004 6:36:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by jakeman on Feb 4, 2004 6:36:15 GMT We teach the pro plant (also called the Christoff Hop, named after A.J. Christoff who used to coach at Univ of Colorado). It is fairly easy to teach and extremely natural.
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rookie Member Posts: 91	Pro Plant Feb 4, 2004 7:10:14 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by rookie on Feb 4, 2004 7:10:14 GMT Could one of you guys please explain the pro plant & why , in your opinion, it's better than the "buzz step" method ?

DC29 Senior Member Posts: 453	Pro Plant Feb 6, 2004 22:37:21 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by DC29 on Feb 6, 2004 22:37:21 GMT personally, i prefer the shuffle. i've done both, and really liked the shuffle from an outside technique. we did it about 10 years ago and it was kind of new then. our coaches got it from the chicago bears circa 1993.
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