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Teach WRs to get Open with Wipers Hand Combat Technique

July 8, 2024 by

This article was originally posted on the Glazier Coaching Blog.

Gunter Brewer, Assistant Coach, Virginia Tech discusses the wipers hand combat technique to use both hands to knock the defensive back’s hands off at the line of scrimmage.

WR Hand Combat/Avoid Technique Progression: Wipers is a part of Coach Brewer’s Glazier Drive 24 lesson Wide Receiver System.

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In addition to the description of the technique, you will see practice video and game application of the technique.

Hand combats are techniques used by a Wide Receiver in a release movement using their hands and arms as weapons to prevent or block a defender’s hands/arms touching the Wide Receiver’s body in a combative way.

Wipers technique is a hand combative technique that is used to knock a defender’s arms off the receiver’s body in a downward movement with both hands/arms.

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