Football: Cornerbacks use new technique to increase aggressiveness

ohio state vs. wisconsin 22-1 footballFor Darius Hillary, working with his third position coach during his college career at first seemed daunting.

But, for the Wisconsin football team’s fifth-year senior cornerback and the rest of the secondary, the change has been welcomed because of the various techniques new defensive backs coach Daronte’ Jones has brought in.

“He’s taught us a lot of different techniques we can use during the games,” Hillary said. “He’s a players’ coach. He’s there to help us.”

When the cornerbacks line up in press coverage, they used to implement a “scootch” technique. But recently they’ve been using the bail technique, and back off receivers right before the ball is…