- 9 passes ball to 10 and begins to loop -12 runs a hard tight line off 10's outside hip - 10 passes to a looping 9 -13 runs a hard line off 9's outside hip -9 goes behind 13 and hits an at pace 11 who has 15 and 14 for support on the outside
- a lot of moving parts but this play relies on the decision making abilities of 9 and 10 -10 has to make the choice based on what he see's in the defense to make the pass to 12 or offload back to 9 -similarly 9 will then have the option to hit the 13, keep it himself, or send it wide to 11 -11 needs to start his sprint as soon as the play starts in order to make it across the field in time as well as hitting the line with extreme pace
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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