Pass Rush System

This has taken me years to develop, design and perfect. I would like to thank the following coaches for their support, time and effort, but also for their knowledge, expertise and their commitment to young men and this great game. Without their involvement the development of this pass rush system would have never been possible.

Lee Becker
Defensive End and Special Teams Coach at, San Ramon Valley High School. Forty-one years of coaching experience.

Ken Delgado
Head Defensive Line Coach at, The University of Louisville, KT. Twenty-one years of Division-I NCAA coaching experience,

coaching 24 defensive linemen into the NFL.

Steve Wallace
Head Offensive Line and Defensive Tackle Coach at, San Ramon Valley High School. Seventeen years of coaching experience at SRV.

John Levra
Retired Defensive Line Coach for the, Buffalo Bills and the Minnesota Vikings. Twenty-two years coaching experience in the NFL.

THE SYSTEM IS COMPOSED OF:

Two Escape Positions Techniques:

•Shoulder Fit

•Long Arm Tie-Up

Seven Initial Pass Rush Attacks:

•Long Arm Strike
•Quick Chop
•Bull Rush

•Power Chop
•Club
•Cross Over
•Run & Chop

The heart of the system lies with the Two Escape Position Techniques because they have the ability to work in sequence. If the Long Arm Tie-Up Techniques are getting blocked the defensive lineman flows right into the Shoulder Fit Techniques and if necessary back to the Long Arm Tie-Up Techniques creating continuous movement past the offensive lineman toward the quarterback.

After learning the Two Escape Position Techniques the defensive lineman now learns two or three of the Seven Initial Pass Rush Attacks. If he is successful with his initial attack, he just goes right by the offensive lineman. However, if he is blocked, by design, he will automatically be in one of the two escape positions. Since he has been trained to keep moving right through these escape positions, the defensive lineman will never stop moving toward the quarterback. The defensive lineman has now mastered,

"THE ART OF NOT BEING BLOCKED".

It cannot get any simpler. Learn two Escape Positions and two or three Pass Rush Attacks then just practice them. You do not need pads or helmets to safely practice these techniques.

So now, for the first time, a defensive lineman can drill with a partner or on his own to improve his game. A basketball player shoots baskets and practices dribbling, a baseball player hits balls and practices throwing, a wrestler drills moves and a boxer spars or shadow boxes on his own and now this type of learning, the development of skill and technique is available for a defensive lineman. Just practice for fifteen minutes, three times a week and any defensive lineman’s sack total for the season will surely go up.

Not only can a defensive lineman master these skills on his own, but these skills do not require the athlete to be the fastest, strongest or biggest athlete on the field to be successful. I have designed these techniques with the same goal of all martial arts, to be able to defeat a larger, faster and more powerful opponent. The typical defensive linemen coach judges and selects linemen based on size and speed. This selection process, which gives no credit for skill or technique, has been changed at San Ramon Valley High School, due to the open minds of coaches, Lee Becker and Steve Wallace. Coach Lee Becker sums it up by telling all his defensive linemen, I do not judge you, on size, strength or speed alone, I judge you simply, on your ability to play the game. The best players will start.