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Add Toreando Passing class with comprehensive drill progression
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# Toreando Passing Class
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**Class Length:** 1 hour
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This class consists of several progressive drills that build upon each other. Each drill is available as an individual game file for reference.
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1. [Underhook or Russian Tie Control](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/standing/underhook-russian-tie-control.md)
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2. [Progressive Touch to Bodylock](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/standing/progressive-touch-to-bodylock.md)
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3. [Split Legs Knee Touch](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/guard/supine/split-legs-knee-touch.md)
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4. [Seated Guard Control](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/guard/supine/seated-guard-control.md)
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5. [Toreando Leg Control](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/guard/supine/toreando-leg-control.md)
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6. [Seated Guard Toreando Pass](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/guard/supine/seated-guard-toreando-pass.md)
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7. [Seatbelt Back Control](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/pinning/seatbelt-back-control.md)
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8. [Hand Cover Back Control](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/pinning/hand-cover-back-control.md)
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## Standing Drills
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### Standing 1 - [Underhook or Russian Tie Control](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/standing/underhook-russian-tie-control.md)
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**Overview:** A standing drill focused on establishing and maintaining an underhook or Russian tie control position while preventing your partner from establishing their own control.
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**Time:** 3 minutes, 2 partners or 6 minutes total - switching back and forth
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#### Controller
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**Position:** Standing, facing your partner
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**Objective:** Cover your partner's hands and fight for an underhook or a Russian tie, then maintain this control position
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**Win:** Maintain the control position or successfully pick up a single leg
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#### Defender
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**Position:** Standing, facing your partner
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**Objective:** Prevent your partner from establishing control and work to gain your own underhook or Russian tie
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**Win:** Break your partner's control and establish your own underhook or Russian tie
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### Standing 2 - [Progressive Touch to Bodylock](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/standing/progressive-touch-to-bodylock.md)
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**Overview:** A competitive standing drill where both partners start with no connections and race to achieve a bodylock by completing three progressive touches: underhook, hand behind the knee, or Russian tie control.
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**Time:** 3 minutes, 2 partners or 6 minutes total - switching back and forth
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**Position:** Standing facing your partner with no initial connections
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**Objective:** Complete three touches (any combination of underhook, hand behind knee, or Russian tie) before establishing a bodylock, or bypass these requirements by shooting for a double leg takedown
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**Win:** Successfully complete three touches and establish a bodylock, or successfully execute a double leg takedown
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## Ground Work Drills
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### Ground Work 1 - [Split Legs Knee Touch](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/guard/supine/split-legs-knee-touch.md)
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**Overview:** A ground work drill where the top player works to split the bottom player's legs or get both legs on one side, while the bottom player tries to establish inside foot position and ankle control.
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**Time:** 3 minutes, 2 partners or 6 minutes total - switching back and forth
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#### Top Player
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**Position:** Standing or kneeling in front of your partner in guard
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**Objective:** Split your partner's legs or get both legs on one side, then establish knee-to-knee touch
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**Win:** Successfully achieve knee-to-knee touch while controlling leg position
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#### Bottom Player
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**Position:** On your back in guard position
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**Objective:** Get your feet inside and establish control of at least one ankle
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**Win:** Successfully get feet inside and grab at least one ankle
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### Ground Work 2 - [Seated Guard Control](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/guard/supine/seated-guard-control.md)
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**Overview:** A guard drill focused on the bottom player working to come up on a single leg or put the top person's hands on the mat, while the top player works to flatten the bottom player.
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**Time:** 3 minutes, 2 partners or 6 minutes total - switching back and forth
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#### Bottom Player
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**Position:** Seated guard position facing your partner
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**Objective:** Come up on a single leg or put your partner's hands on the mat
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**Win:** Successfully come up on a single leg or force both of your partner's hands to touch the mat
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#### Top Player
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**Position:** Standing or kneeling in front of your partner's seated guard
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**Objective:** Flatten your partner to their back and prevent them from coming up
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**Win:** Successfully flatten your partner's shoulders to the mat
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## Toreando Pass Work Drills
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### Toreando Pass Work 1 - [Toreando Leg Control](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/guard/supine/toreando-leg-control.md)
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**Overview:** A guard passing drill focused on controlling your partner's legs during the toreando pass while they work to recover guard with feet inside.
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**Time:** 3 minutes, 2 partners or 6 minutes total - switching back and forth
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#### Top Player
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**Position:** Standing with your partner on their back, feet in the air
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**Objective:** Control both of your partner's legs and get their feet to one side of your body, threatening to pass the knee line
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**Win:** Successfully control both legs and get past the knee line
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#### Bottom Player
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**Position:** On your back with feet in the air
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**Objective:** Get both feet inside your partner's legs and grab their ankles, or get both feet inside their arms and grab both sleeves
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**Win:** Successfully establish either position (feet inside legs with ankle grips or feet inside arms with sleeve grips)
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### Toreando Pass Work 2 - [Seated Guard Toreando Pass](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/guard/supine/seated-guard-toreando-pass.md)
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**Overview:** Similar to the previous drill but starting from seated guard position, focusing on toreando passing mechanics against a seated opponent.
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**Time:** 3 minutes, 2 partners or 6 minutes total - switching back and forth
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#### Top Player
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**Position:** Standing with your partner in seated guard
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**Objective:** Control both of your partner's legs and get their feet to one side of your body, threatening to pass the knee line
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**Win:** Successfully control both legs and get past the knee line
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#### Bottom Player
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**Position:** Seated guard position
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**Objective:** Get both feet inside your partner's legs and grab their ankles, or get both feet inside their arms and grab both sleeves
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**Win:** Successfully establish either position (feet inside legs with ankle grips or feet inside arms with sleeve grips)
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## Pin Work Drills
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### Pin Work 1 - [Seatbelt Back Control](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/pinning/seatbelt-back-control.md)
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**Overview:** A back control drill focused on establishing hooks from the seatbelt position while the bottom player works to escape the seatbelt.
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**Time:** 3 minutes, 2 partners or 6 minutes total - switching back and forth
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#### Back Controller
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**Position:** Behind your partner with seatbelt grip (one arm over shoulder, one arm under armpit), partner on their side
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**Objective:** Maintain the seatbelt grip and work to get both hooks in
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**Win:** Successfully establish both hooks while maintaining seatbelt control
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#### Defending Player
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**Position:** On your side with your partner having seatbelt control from behind
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**Objective:** Escape the seatbelt grip before your partner can establish hooks
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**Win:** Successfully escape the seatbelt control
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### Pin Work 2 - [Hand Cover Back Control](https://mennlo.github.io/grappling-games/md-viewer.html?file=games/pinning/hand-cover-back-control.md)
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**Overview:** A back control drill focused on covering and controlling your partner's hands from chest-to-back position, simulating hand control after a successful toreando pass.
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**Time:** 3 minutes, 2 partners or 6 minutes total - switching back and forth
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#### Back Controller
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**Position:** Chest-to-back position with your partner
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**Objective:** Work to cover and control your partner's hands
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**Win:** Successfully cover and control both of your partner's hands
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#### Defending Player
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**Position:** With your back to your partner in chest-to-back position
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**Objective:** Protect your hands from being controlled while not attempting to escape the position
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**Win:** Prevent your partner from controlling your hands for the entire round
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## Conclusion
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### Situational Rolling - Toreando Passing
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**Time:** 6 minutes, 2 partners or 12 minutes total - switching back and forth on submission
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Start from open guard position with the passer working specifically on toreando passing techniques while the guard player works to defend and counter. Focus on the positions and techniques practiced in the drills above.
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# Knee Touch Guard Work
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## Overview
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A ground work drill where the bottom player in seated guard attempts to touch the top player's knees while the top player works to prevent this and establish passing grips.
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## Details
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**Time:** 3 minutes, 2 partners or 6 minutes total - switching back and forth
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### Bottom Player
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**Position:** Seated guard position with hands on your partner's sleeves or collar
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**Objective:** Touch both of your partner's knees simultaneously with your hands
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**Win:** Successfully touch both knees at the same time for 1 second
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### Top Player
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**Position:** Standing or kneeling in front of your partner's seated guard
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**Objective:** Prevent your partner from touching your knees while establishing grips for passing
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**Win:** Establish strong collar and sleeve grips while preventing knee touches for 10 seconds
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## Instructions
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1. Bottom player starts in seated guard with initial grips
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2. Top player starts standing or kneeling without established grips
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3. Bottom player works to touch both knees while maintaining guard structure
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4. Top player works to prevent knee touches while establishing their own grips
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5. Focus on hand fighting and grip exchanges
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6. When either player achieves their win condition, reset and continue
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7. Switch roles after the time period
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## Coaching Points
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For bottom players:
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- Use your guard structure to create angles for knee touches
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- Don't abandon your guard just to touch knees
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- Use grip fighting to create openings
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- Keep your feet active to prevent passing
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For top players:
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- Keep your knees moving and protected
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- Use distance and angle changes to prevent touches
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- Establish grips while defending your knees
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- Look for passing opportunities when your partner reaches for knees
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# Seated Guard Control
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## Overview
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A guard drill focused on the bottom player working to come up on a single leg or put the top person's hands on the mat, while the top player works to flatten the bottom player.
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## Details
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**Time:** 3 minutes, 2 partners or 6 minutes total - switching back and forth
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### Bottom Player
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**Position:** Seated guard position facing your partner
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**Objective:** Come up on a single leg or put your partner's hands on the mat
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**Win:** Successfully come up on a single leg or force both of your partner's hands to touch the mat
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### Top Player
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**Position:** Standing or kneeling in front of your partner's seated guard
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**Objective:** Flatten your partner to their back and prevent them from coming up
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**Win:** Successfully flatten your partner's shoulders to the mat
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## Instructions
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1. Bottom player starts in seated guard position
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2. Top player starts standing or kneeling in front
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3. Bottom player works to come up on a single leg or force partner's hands to the mat
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4. Top player works to flatten the bottom player to their back
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5. If the bottom player comes up on a single leg or gets both of top player's hands on mat, reset
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6. If the top player flattens the bottom player's shoulders to the mat, reset
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7. Switch roles after the time period
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## Coaching Points
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For bottom players:
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- Keep your hips active and mobile
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- Use your grips to pull your partner forward and off-balance
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- Look for opportunities to shoot for a single leg when your partner's posture is broken
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- Use your head position to help drive through on the single leg
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- Be persistent with hand fighting to create openings
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For top players:
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- Maintain good posture to prevent being pulled forward
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- Use head pressure and grips to control your partner's upper body
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- Keep your base wide to prevent being off-balanced
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- Control your partner's sleeve or collar to limit their ability to grab your legs
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- Apply pressure gradually rather than with sudden movements
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# Seated Guard Toreando Pass
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## Overview
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A guard passing drill focused on controlling your partner's legs from seated guard and getting past the knee line, while the guard player works to establish inside feet position.
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## Details
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**Time:** 3 minutes, 2 partners or 6 minutes total - switching back and forth
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### Top Player
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**Position:** Standing with your partner in seated guard
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**Objective:** Control both of your partner's legs and get their feet to one side of your body, threatening to pass the knee line
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**Win:** Successfully control both legs and get past the knee line
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### Bottom Player
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**Position:** Seated guard position
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**Objective:** Get both feet inside your partner's legs and grab their ankles, or get both feet inside their arms and grab both sleeves
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**Win:** Successfully establish either position (feet inside legs with ankle grips or feet inside arms with sleeve grips)
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## Instructions
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1. Bottom player starts in seated guard position
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2. Top player stands in front of the seated guard
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3. Top player works to control both legs and move them to one side
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4. Bottom player tries to establish inside foot position and grips
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5. If the top player gets past the knee line while controlling both legs, reset
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6. If the bottom player gets feet inside with appropriate grips, reset
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7. Switch roles after the time period
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## Coaching Points
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For top players:
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- Maintain good posture and pressure when controlling the legs
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- Keep your elbows tight to your body when controlling the legs
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- Move laterally to create angles for the pass
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- Focus on controlling both legs simultaneously
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- Drive forward only after securing control of both legs
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- Work quickly to establish inside foot position before control is established
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- Use your hands to help create space for your feet
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- Keep your core engaged to maintain seated posture
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- Frame with your arms to prevent being flattened
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- Look for opportunities to insert your feet when the top player shifts their weight
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# Split Legs Knee Touch
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## Overview
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A ground work drill where the top player works to split the bottom player's legs or get both legs on one side, while the bottom player tries to establish inside foot position and ankle control.
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## Details
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**Time:** 3 minutes, 2 partners or 6 minutes total - switching back and forth
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### Top Player
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**Position:** Standing or kneeling in front of your partner in guard
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**Objective:** Split your partner's legs or get both legs on one side, then establish knee-to-knee touch
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**Win:** Successfully achieve knee-to-knee touch while controlling leg position
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### Bottom Player
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**Position:** On your back in guard position
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**Objective:** Get your feet inside and establish control of at least one ankle
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**Win:** Successfully get feet inside and grab at least one ankle
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## Instructions
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1. Bottom player starts on their back in guard position
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2. Top player starts standing or kneeling in front of guard
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3. Top player works to split legs or get both legs to one side
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4. Top player aims to achieve knee-to-knee touch while maintaining control
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5. Bottom player works to get feet inside and grab at least one ankle
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6. Once either player achieves their win condition, reset and continue
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7. Switch roles after the time period
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## Coaching Points
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For top players:
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- Use your hands to control the legs at the knees or ankles
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- Create pressure to split the legs or move them to one side
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- Maintain good posture and base while working for the knee touch
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- Be aware of the bottom player's attempts to insert feet inside
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- Use lateral movement to create angles for leg control
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- Work quickly to establish inside foot position before your legs are controlled
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- Keep your core engaged to help with leg movement
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- Use your hands to create space for your feet to enter
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- Target the nearest ankle once your feet are inside
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- Maintain ankle grip with both hands when possible
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# Toreando Hip Positioning
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## Overview
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A positional drill focused on the angle and hip positioning mechanics of the toreando pass, emphasizing proper entry angles and hip control.
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## Details
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**Time:** 3 minutes, 2 partners or 6 minutes total - switching back and forth
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### Passer
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**Position:** Standing to the side of your partner with control of their legs
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**Objective:** Maintain side positioning and control your partner's hip direction to prevent them from facing you
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**Win:** Keep your partner's hips turned away from you for 5 seconds while maintaining side position
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### Guard Player
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**Position:** On your back with your partner controlling your legs from the side
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**Objective:** Turn your hips to face your partner and recover guard position
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**Win:** Successfully turn to face your partner and establish any guard connection
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## Instructions
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1. Passer starts to the side of the guard player with leg control
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2. Guard player starts on their back with hips turned away from the passer
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3. Passer works to maintain side positioning and prevent hip turning
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4. Guard player works to turn their hips and face the passer
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5. Focus on hip control and positional awareness
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6. When either player achieves their win condition, reset and continue
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7. Switch roles after the time period
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## Coaching Points
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- Keep your position to the side, don't get pulled in front
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- Use your grips and body position to control hip direction
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- Stay mobile and adjust your position as needed
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- Don't let your partner get their knees between you
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- Use your core and leg movement to turn your hips
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- Work to break one grip at a time to create turning space
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- Use your hands to help guide your hip movement
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- Focus on getting your knees back between you and your partner

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