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Post by defenseforhire on Jul 13, 2004 12:24:43 GMT
Which foot on the wide receiver is forward (up)? Inside toward the ball, or outside away from the ball? And can you give me the reasoning for your answer? Thanks
We teach the outside foot is back. This is because we time up receiver routes based on the QB drop. For example, slant is a three step route, the QB takes three steps and throws. Hitch is a five step route, the QB takes three steps, a hitch and throws, etc.
Coach, I have always coached outside leg back, we do not use the hands up in front of your face, etc. technique, for one reason. You ever see a sprinter start out of the blocks in a stance that employs his putting his inside leg back? I am looking for the extra explosion it gives the receiver, just as it does the sprinter. Thus the name for the outside leg back "sprinters stance". Just my reasoning, I'm sure there is better, but thats what I have always went with. If it's not broken, I don't fix it.
Coach Easton
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
Coach Easton, How does a sprinter know what side of him the ball is on? Sprinter's inside?, Sprinter's outside.
In the old days wideouts placed their outside leg back and outside hand down because at least partially because it is easier to look in to the ball with the outside hand down when in nt stance - which used to be common before Fred Belitnakoff/Oakland(sp?).
Kevin Thibault Varsity Line Coach Saint Clement H.S. Somerville, Ma
Old Reptile, excellent question. I always teach o/s leg back, HEAD ON THE BALL. Our receivers go on ball movement, not on a vocal command. On game night, with fan noise, if they aren't putting their head on the ball, they will be jumping or getting off late all night.
Coach Easton
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
I teach my guys to have their inside leg forward, with 75% of their weight on this leg. Arms can be wherever is comfortable. 1st step is forward with outside leg, no shuffle steps.
Coach, now your talking. I have no problem with that technique whatsoever. I have seen the hands together infront of your face technique really blow up. One night a kid (CB) who was rolled up hard with inside leverage, on the snap just grabbed the receivers hands and threw him to the ground, and he didn't hold him either. It was a great move by the DB! The receiver started complaining and the ref just laughed and said;" You just got whipped on that play, boy" and walked off. Needless to say he didn't have his hands in that posture anymore that night.
Coach Easton
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
I will respectively have to disagree with Coach Campbell... as long as you put the majority of your weight on your front foot, any stance is good. The reason I say this is all my routes are done on steps and I teach outside foot up. Whatever benefits your team is fine, just most of the weight needs to be on the front foot.
Coach Campbell, why do you say?
If the outside foot is up then you will always be one step behind. Coach Campbell
i teach outside leg back for the simple fact that they get a clean outside release. even if it is an inside route this force the the DB to step out and gives the reciever a chance to cut under him with a good swim. if the inside foot is up and it is an inside route you run right into the db if they are shaded. if they are shaded outside you get a clean same leg same arm motion striaght up the field. I also tell them to have thier hands opend and relaxed at chest level to help with press coverage and any blocking assignments. The one thing I do not do is put a lot of wieght on the front foot. I have them put most of thier wieght on the back foot (the the ball of their foot) for a few different reasons. First it helps with the false steps, it forces them to move their back leg forward first and drive up the field. Second, i have found that have their wieght on the front foot does not give them good balance, with the wieght out front the tend to be leaning and very easily thrown to the ground with press coverage because of their stance. it is very hard to put into words why i feel so strongly about this. in this stance the recievers should feel pressure on thier back knee and quad, this should want to explode out of this stance because it is not very comfortable. to truly understand what i mean by this you must get in the stance yourself. on film a reciever that has his wieght on his front foot tends to rock into that back leg to explode forward this stance will eliminate that.
I have a video done buy Urban Meyer when he was the receivers coach at ND and he teaches the receiver to have inside foot up when their is soft coverage. If it is press coverage he teaches the receiver to have his feet closer together so that he can move lateraly to avoid the bump. He actually had the receiver change his stance if the corner moved into press.
batch 1, Coach Meyer is a great coach, or he would not have the job he just got! But, a CB who is taught pro technique will not attempt to bump when the receiver is moving laterally. He is taught to mirror the receiver and then jam him when he takes that first downhill step.
JC
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
Post by Coach Mc Carty on Dec 19, 2004 0:49:02 GMT
The only time I tell my receivers to have outside foot up is if they will be crack blocking. The reason for this is if the defender they are going to block would come at the line my receiver now has to cross his entire step over his other leg to get the right angle to block. Be having the outside foot up you have the entire crack block open for the proper first step. You have to be careful that teams don't key on this. So I tell my players to mix it up a little bit. I prefer the hands up at chest height. Get ready to box incase it is press coverage. You also want the thumbs up. You are much more stronger anatomicaly with your thumbs up than you are with them pointed together. This holds true for fighting off press and for blocking.
Chris Peterson, former Univ of Oregon WR coach now Boise State OC, made a video for the coach's clinic one year with a series of WR techniques for different patterns, routes, and coverages. I will see if i can locate it if you want a copy.
Keith Wheeler<BR><BR>www.herofund.com - give to those that are giving their lives everyday.<BR><BR>"It's not about plays; it's about personnel, execution, getting people to believe and doing it right." - Norv Turner<BR>
For at least a couple snaps in a row in the Orange Bowl last night, I saw USC wideouts with their outside foot up. I thought that was interesting at the time. I'll check the tape again to be sure.
There are certain routes that make the receivers release quicker and that put him in a better position to fend off a rolled up hard corner, by putting their outside leg up as you saw USC do last night. You can bet that is Norm Chow's input, as he is a student from the lineage of the passing game master, Sid Gilman, who advocated that very thing.
Coach Easton
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
how big is American Falls? The size of the school? saw you guys had a rough year in football.... you should get to the Boise State Coach's Clininc this year if possible. They are are always exciting and you should corner Chris Peterson (the OC) and ask him about different WR things he used to do at Oregon and see if he has any ideas on how to help with the receivers. I will get you a copy as soon as i can get it back from one of my asst coaches.
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Keith Wheeler<BR><BR>www.herofund.com - give to those that are giving their lives everyday.<BR><BR>"It's not about plays; it's about personnel, execution, getting people to believe and doing it right." - Norv Turner<BR>
outside foot up gives you better vision of the ball, safety and linebacker. Routes should be off yards not steps. Players have different strides and in bump coverage your steps will change. The routes on steps concept is great against air. Whichever you choose you will never match your steps to all the routes in the passing tree. Go outside and walk your routes and see if every route matches up to plant foot. It does not.