Paging Dr. Rush: Chuck Smith is now a trainer helping players learn the fundamentals of pass rushing.
"I remember watching and they were talking about a new trend that is going on," Smith said."It was quarterback training. … They showed them training all these NFL players. My wife was on the couch and she told me, 'You been doing that.' People always said it couldn’t be done."
"I saved up all my money to go down there and met up with him," Anderson said."He is a real great guy and taught me how to play the position. … Going to him was a real big help especially leading up to my first year leading up to OTAs and training camp." Smith teaches players to always watch the quarterback's hands or an offensive linemen’s knee. Usually, that is a good visual key to begin their rush, he said.The next step is get-off. Smith noticed good eye placement helps facilitate the speed a player needs to explode off the football. He teaches having a proper front-loaded stance that allows a player to generate more power from their pressure foot.The third step is having great hand placement.
"Every pass-rush move has vision, get-off, hands and hips," Smith said."Every technique and every drill, those four vital keys are going to show up."Anderson likens it to a chess match, having multiple moves — with names like bull rush, speed rush and cross-chop — ready to throw off offensive linemen and then counteract their blocking schemes.
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