By Dr. Greg Shepard

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. had an off-tackle play in his offensive package. He said, “Sure.” However, this poor coach didn’t know what his splits were, or which foot his tackle should step with. He didn’t know there was a differnece betweena 44 defense and a 5-2. He wasn’t aware that sometimes people slant and stunt. In other words, this coach ran an off-tackle play without any knowledge of basic details that make the difference between success and failure. Flexibility shoulds be viewed the same way. Details are important. We do flexibility exercises primarily to increase speed.

The upper-left photo illustrates how many athletes stretch (head down, back bent, and toes pointed out) We stress doing this stretch with correct running form, as illustrated on the lower left. The head is straight, eyes focused straight ahead, slight arch in the back, hips forward, with the toes straight ahead. The middle photo makes me cringe, but we see it all the time. Athletes should grasp the ankle not the toe, reach with an outside grip not an inside grip, and don’t pull the heel towards the buttocks. You get a better “Quad” stretch by doing the opposite. Take the heel away from the buttocks. Don’t ever twist the knees in weird positions.

We pay attention to the tiniest of details in every phase of our BFS Program.

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Our total, state-of-the-art BFS Flexibility Program is beautifully illustrated on our BFS Demonstrated by Coach Rowbotham!

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From BFS Magazine — November/December 1988. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).