Product Description

An informative and easy-to-understand instructional tool for developing and improving the skill of the wide receiver. Provides a thorough review of the techniques, mechanics, and thought processes needed to refine and improve wide receiver play at any skill level. Covers wide receiver fundamentals (stance, vertical push, catching the football), pass-route release, breaks and separation, individual pass routes vs. various coverages, base pass routes and techniques, techniques vs. bump-and-run defenders, advanced moves (stick and double-stick, mid-stem, single- and double-step, etc.), running counter routes (quick hitch and go, slant and go, the smash, etc.), shifting and going in motion, wide receiver blocking, contingency plans for wide receivers and much more. Dozens of diagrams and illustrations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #210291 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 136 pages

John Featherstone, Head Football Coach, El Camino College
A comprehensive, well-illustrated and informative book that should be an integral part of every coach's library.

Noel Mazzone, Special Teams/Running Backs Coach, Oregon State University
The coaching points, visual cues, and timing tips can help any coach improve the efficiency of his team's receiver play.

About the Author
Ron Jenkins is the quarterbacks/receiver coach and passing game coordinator at El Camino College in Torrance, CA.

Ron was a record-setting track performer in high school before receiving a football scholarship to play wide receiver at Colorado State. After college, he spent a season with the Dallas Cowboys as a wide receiver before being released off the injured list and returning to graduate school for his Masters. He began coaching in 1994 at Santa Monica Junior College, and then coached at Los Angeles Harbor College where the Seahawks scored more points than any other football team in school history and also set most of the school’s offensive records.

Ron has written three other football books, has appeared in several best-selling football videos, and has written a number of articles for various coaching and professional journals.

Customer Reviews

Helped me alot......
My dad bought the book for me. The best part was the seam and burst releases. The bump and run stuff was great also. My coach says I am better and he uses the stuff in the book now..