Releasing is the Key

Through the course of coaching receivers at four different colleges, one thing has stood by itself as being the task that has frustrated both players at that position and some coaches on those staffs. Invariably, the release (a clean release without sacrificing vertical speed) is what we are all striving for on pass plays. But that has become a bigger issue to deal with as offenses have attempted to go less with substituting players in questionable run/pass situations. In other words, on 2-and-6 with 22 personnel on the field (two backs-one tight end), a defense will generally be more prepared to attack with a “base” personnel of their own, as well as a “base” front. Coming to the line of scrimmage (LOS). and flexing the tight end into a slot or even wide receiver position causes the defense problems they may not have expected. In addition to, or separately, moving one of the