Things You'll Need:
- Receiver
- Quarterback
- Defender
- Football
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Step 1
Set your feet at the line of scrimmage. Remember to keep your upper body loose and relaxed. Allow it to lean slightly over the position of your feet. Also your feet should be placed close together with one foot slightly ahead of the other.
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Step 2
Burst off the line of scrimmage as soon as the ball is hiked. You want the defense to think a train is screaming right toward them. If you can get the defense on their heels, you will have a lot of success.
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Step 3
Whip your head around to find the football. When you are running the pattern, the defense is going to guard against getting beat long. They will probably sit back a yard making sure you don't run a post route. As you whip your head around your shoulders will follow. Immediately look in the direction of the quarterback to find the ball. This constitutes the "sitting" part of the route because you are sitting for the ball.
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Step 4
Give the quarterback a nice big target. Hold your hands out so that they are on either side of the numbers on your jersey.
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Step 5
Catch and immediately secure the ball. As soon as the football hits your hands, immediately tuck it into your elbow and place your other hand over top of it to keep the football secure. The weakness in running a football sitting route is that the moment the defense realizes that you're not slanting and about to catch the ball they will tackle you from behind as soon as your body makes contact with the football. (If it's done prematurely it's a penalty.) This could cause the ball to pop out of your grasp.
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Step 6
Lower your shoulder and gain a few extra yards. You'll have to use instinct when it comes to which way you want to run after the catch. But the important thing is to lower your shoulder so you thwart any oncoming defenders.
Comments
Kreem8 said
on 6/5/2008 great article very informative