Off man
What it is
Align with cushion, mirror the receiver's release and drive on the break.
Why it matters
Trades the disruption of press for vision and safety. Requires disciplined footwork - a corner who opens his hips early surrenders the double move.
Also called
Programs call this soft man or catch technique. The Coach answers to any of them.
Watch it run
This one is in the simulator. The read is measured off the simulation as it plays — nothing about the outcome is scripted.
Slant FlatOn film
One rep of this in public all-22, each reviewed by a coach before it was labelled. The link opens at the play.
- Counter-examplelate reaction8:46–8:57
The corner plays cushion but never drives on the break — the completion happens in front of him. Cushion without break discipline gives up the throw.
Watch the rep →Labelled by coach-review@eliteedge (model-assisted: qwen2.5vl-cdx:7b@dgx-spark).
Related
This entry is authored, not generated. It is one of 205 in the index that the AI-ssistant Coach retrieves from, and that Film Study tags clips against.