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Headquarters Passing I Smash Pass & Backstep

Headquarters Passing I Smash Pass & Backstep

From The Lair

April 9, 2026

Add this dilemma to your passing game and destroy those butt scooters.
Headquarters works great as a transition from split squat if their knee shield is too strong to get past.
First, we want to understand our body positioning and how to make sure we keep good pressure.
From HQ we can work on pressuring the knees together or opening the knee and dropping inside to land chest to chest. Depending on what we do with the knee shield, we can then look for our smash pass or backstep.

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