How to Hook and Ladder
The hook and ladder is a highly risk trick play, but when it works, it elevates misdirection to an art form.
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You Will Need
- To be desperate enough to try a trick play
- Offensive possession
- Two receivers
Steps
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Step 1
Line up and hike
Line up your team and have the center hike the ball.
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Step 2
Drop back to pass
Drop back to pass the ball.
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Step 3
Send one receiver mid-distance
Have one receiver run down the sideline roughly 10 yards then turn toward the center of the field -- or 'hook.'
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Step 4
Send another receiver behind the first
Simultaneously, have another receiver run at full speed just behind and outside the first.
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Step 5
Throw the ball
Throw to the first receiver.
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Step 6
Have the receiver lateral the ball
Have the receiver immediately lateral the ball outside to the streaking second receiver.
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Timing is everything on this play. If the second receiver is too early, it’ll be impossible to lateral. If he’s too late, the misdirection won’t work.
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Step 7
Block as needed
Have the first receiver block as needed.
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The play was originally (and still is occasionally) called the 'hook and lateral.'
