Hustle To The Line!

Having been raised on teams where you were required to run to the huddle and then run (well, jog) from the huddle to your position, it drives me crazy to watch our team break from the huddle and stroll to the line. If I ever become an offensive coordinator or head coach, that is what I am going to teach my boys.

Not just because that’s what I was taught, but because:

1. By practicing it, we increase the tempo of our practices and get more reps in.
2. More reps for your defense in practice, too. Plus it teaches your D to be ready faster.
3. Also more reps in the game, and a faster hurry-up mode.
4. It may intimidate the opposing defenses.
5. It puts your players in the right frame of mind, and gives them a mental edge.
6. It teaches your players good habits.

Enh, maybe I'm making too much of it, but I don’t think it takes that much time to teach your kids to hustle to the line, and I think the time spent teaching it will, at worst, be made up by the extra few reps in practice.