The importance of building pressure to set up footsweeps:

We want to try and do 2 things in the lead up to hitting a successful footsweep. 1. Force movement. This could be as simple as me grabbing the collar tie or hands and pushing them backwards knowing this is going to force them to step giving me the chance to catch the sweep. This is shown in the clips with Barnett, Rod and Hinger. The key with this is purely timing. There has to be a change of pace. If you force them to step backwards and you go forwards at the same pace you will miss the sweep. You must force them to go backwards and then come forwards with a change of pace to catch the sweep. The ability to be relaxed and then be able to explode before going back to being relaxed and doing this multiple times throughout a match is huge and needs to be trained on its own. A simple example of this would be a double leg. If you moved around at one pace and then entered for your double at the same pace it would not work. There MUST be a change of pace. 2. Making them forget about there feet. For this we use heavy collar ties and changes of direction. You need to force your opponent to start focussing on getting there head up and away from you, this will give you the exact direction you need. As they look to pull there head backwards and move away, there weight will come to there heels and they will make the step you need to be able to catch the sweep. Again, you will need a change of pace here.