See in the trial, when he had the arm out and the offload was 100% on, Player ready for the ball - and he pulled it back in...
I almost vomited in my mouth.....
You could nearly call it a cultural thing Bat, the way we play is ingrained into our very existence.
For years we've been playing stereo football, cart it it for 4 tackles the kick down the fullbacks throat.
In my opinion a good set starts by one or two barnstorming runs, runs that bend the line. [ For those who don't know the analogy - imagine you had a straight piece of string on the ground and you move the centre backwards, you will notice both the outside of the string come closer together, if you keep pushing the centre further and further the outside ends will eventually touch, thats called bending the line.]
In order to bend the line,, those two initial hitups have to be fierce, get deep and run hard and throw yourself at the defense, if you dont you wont attract defenders - won't bend the line.
You also attack the vunerable defender so he gets help.
Speed of the play the ball is paramount in those initial hit ups so the line doesn't reset properly. The way good teams do this is they go to their knees and avoid being rolled onto their back.
Usyally on the third they hit the vunerable edges. A good 'heads up' playmaker will see this. If that fails on the fourth you'll see out plays then on the last a bomb or grubber for repeat set.
Of course there are plenty of variations but it all starts with good hit ups, off loads will come when we realise we can do it, practice it, be confident.