Thread: Faking a foul
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Old Mon Dec 16, 2002, 03:05pm
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Re: Induced Fouls

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Originally posted by CYO Butch
Lefty Dreisel used to teach his players (maybe he still does) to get real close to the guy they were defending, grab his jersey in the middle, up against the chest, and fall over backward pulling the offensive player down on to of them. His old Maryland teams used to draw a lot of "fouls" of this sort - usually led the ACC. Have any of you ever seen/called anything like this?
Yup,but it's more prevalent in football.It's an old pass blocking technique used by offensive linemen when they're being bull rushed.
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