Stem & Break
- Prescription
- 6 × routes / side · 60 s restabout 12 min
- Players
- 2 minimum
- Equipment
- Football, Cones (recommended)
Run a ten-yard stem to the cone (or any other marker: bottle, bag), break on three steps, catch. Alternate routes 4, 5 and 6 without telling the passer which one.
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Key points
- The speed is the same before and after the break.
- Three deceleration steps; the third one plants.
- Six routes per direction.
Common mistakes
- Rounding the break and running two extra yards.
- Looking at the ball before finishing the pivot.
Demonstrations
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