BroncsFan
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- Jul 28, 2016
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The reason for the back peddling and quick plays is because we have no intention to try and get them onto their back, which is all about technique.The wrestling we can do without... Our defence when it's on and working has good line speed and good first contact. As soon as they start back peddling, they start looking around and not trusting the bloke beside them and then we get cut to shreds through allowing quick plays- because there's no wrestle...If they're not going to wrestle they need to get the other aspects sorted.
It's why every forward looks useful in the storm system they just copy and paste the technique to all their players. It's not an overly complex thing to learn.
You can have as fast a line speed as you want but if you're not getting them on their back then you will be conceding quick plays all day and getting cut through the middle.