Chapter 1 of 2011 Wide Receiver Drill Tape. Shows 5 Core Receiver Cone Drills. Can be used daily to promote body mechanics for route cuts, speed burst, and balance.
Haha you scared me for a second because my middle initial is C haha. I was like how did you know but now I get it lol. Oh okay I see. Yea for some reason I have this habit of hoping. I think my feet will be quicker if I do even though I know that is completely wrong. Hopefully these will help me get my starting position back. I've been out for a while because I had surgery. But im glad i got it. it got my mind right and now I am striving to be the best and you are really helping me out. Thanks!
If you are hopping around the corners of drills and cuts, think about the angle at which you plant your foot. For some they do this natural and for some we have to train it into habit. but if you plant the outside foot with the proper angle and PUSH off with it right away you should start to feel better about cutting.
2 is fine but the most important part is that you have a coach who understands the drill to help you improve by correcting what you have trouble with. Doing them wrong will do damage just as easy as correct can help with body mechanics.
If working on top speed one of the best thing's we've done is to run 300's on the track twice a week at top speed. Maybe 6 times with 2 min in between. Things like this, varying distance, reps, but if you want to get fast, you want to limit the distance but just running 40's doesn't do enough for strides...etc alone.
If your middle initial is C that'd be pretty sweet M Hammer! But thanks, well, really you will see results once you can make it through all these drills sharp and crisp. Many of these movements are not natural at first for some. I've had kids though who never had done a drill in their life go through on the first try and look D1 ready. But for us hard working blue collar types, these drills expose weaknesses in "body IQ". Once those are gone you'll def. feel better in routes, cuts, blocking.
sink your hips to lower your center or gravity, speed up the feet as you decelerate then plant your foot with proper angle, then drive the direction knee to your next target... repeat.
Which part do you need explained? The star drill works on 2 main "Plant/Push" mechanics WR's need to shed wasted movement/time on cuts for HITCH, PIVOTS...etc Novice WR's will not understand how to plant their foot with the ability to push off that same foot in a straight line to their target. Notice at the corner the cut is 180 degrees (like a pivot route) so the foot must plant at 90. at the middle the cut is 90 degrees (like a Dig..etc) so the foot is angled 45 or more.
Ideally there will be no pause the plant foot immediatly doubles as the push foot with the other knee creating the direction of the cut in the most efficient manner. you see a cut on new athletes or guys who are using this drill as a tool to reinforce creating sharp angles. But they better do a similar drill at some point that emphasis plant push that smoothes out the "pause".
Depends on your starting point. But if done at 2-3 times a week CORRECTLY then I would expect to feel better about your body mechanics in at worst a few weeks.
Also when did your players start seeing improvements in their cuts? Was it like after 3 weeks or? I am asking because i am a wr and I want to be the best in my school. So I'm hoping this video and a couple more of yours helps me out
Hi David Murray can you pls explain the exact technique to performing the speed cuts both 90 and 45 degrees. I having trouble with both the deceleration and acceleration technique. thanks
Also if you had more time with them would you do more than two reps per drill or is 2 reps just fine? I am wondering if I should do more or just be patient and take it slow
Hey again, I was wondering how these cones help. Like will it become muscle memory or? Sorry for asking a dumb question but I rather ask then think about it and never know the answer. Thanks again if you reply.
because it is always a good idea to exaggerate your drills because in game time you will NEVER do the full exaggeration but your reality will be closer to be as sharp as possible when you cut. If you don't practice emphasizing lifting and directing your leg at full speed with people trying to knock you out it will only be loose and ugly at times. We want to cut quick and go exactly where we need to go with no wasted steps.
