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Darrel HazellOhio State UniversityGrand Rapids 2006

Winning in Transition:

To play WR @ OSU the top 4 skills are:

1. Catching

2. Release/Escape3. Break Point

4. Blocking

Create a Drill checklist, but watch game film and tailor drills to mirror game like

situations.

Break Points:

1. Hard Angle Cuts (Hardest skill)

a. 2 step cut

i. Route side foot

1. hard into the ground

ii. Off Foot

1. hard upfield

iii. Come back

iv. Body posture

1. Eyes

2. Hips

3. Arms

4. Steps

v. Change Posture

1. shoulders and head should lunge forward on 2nd step2. get them over your toes

vi. Get your face out of the break

1. the hands should come up late

vii. Smooth transition and explosion

1. Feet should be just wider than the hips to facilitate

explosive change of direction

b. Drills (on Video)

i. Cone Drill

ii. Posture Drill

2. Speed Cut (easiest)

a. Just like riding and turning a bike

b. Drop the route side shoulder

i. Gravity will then make the turn

c. Keep the arms working through the break

d. Get the face out of the break

e. Drills

i. Cone drill

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3. Vertical

a. Get nose up on the defender in the stem

b. Slight step outside the DB frame to the outside

c. Explode out and up

i. Get skinny

ii. Leverage back on top of DBd. Turn your chin not your shoulders

Drills:

4 cone drill Coach

R R

Synchronized Break

R R R R

M Drill ( slow paced)

= back up

Vertical Cut

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C

This slight step occurs 1-3 yards from the defender

Q R

Jet Drill: works catching off a hard break and getting vertical

R R R

Q

Releases and Escapes:

1. Whip (abbreviated swim)

a. Upper body (bird dog)

i. Release side hand

1. target the elbow

2. get that arm off your body

3. get skinnyii. Backside hand

1. Strike outside part off elbow on move side

2. in case you did not clear it with first move

iii. Replace the hip (back hand drill)

1. get your hip past his hip

2. smack him on the cheek as you get by him

b. Lower Body

i. Jab

1. away from break

ii. Stutter

1. to

2. away

3. to

iii. Double Pop

c. Drills

i. Stack release

1. Our release chain drill

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ii. Sink and sit

1. release versus corner who fakes a bail technique

2. Rip

a. Used more downfield when being grabbed

b. Roll hips through to get clear

Escapes:

1. Duck under/Duck Out (good vs. Wall technique)

a. Used on

i. DIG

ii. Curl

iii. Out

iv. Comeback

b. Excecution

i. Get hip to hip with defender

ii. 2 step break

iii. near hand on defenders near butt cheek

iv. drop shoulders and rip through

2. Stackem

a. Excecuted vs. trail defender

b. Head and shoulder fake opposite

c. 2 step cut

i. for vertical release bubble step out then re establish vertical

3. Stair Step

a. Crossing routes

b. With defender on your hip push vertical 1 or 2 steps and snap it off

back onto the route.