Long Step Pass from Stack Pass

Long Step Pass from Stack Pass is a passing sequence that clears the legs built around a handful of repeatable controls. Top player has long-stepped across the partner and is tripoded over the far shoulder with hips elevated and weight on the head and the back foot. Another common starting shape: top player is engaged with the bottom player's open guard with at least one of the bottom player's legs framing or hooking on the top player. It is worth attempting once comfortable with: Tripod pressure for long-step finish. The ideas that hold it together are pressure comes from the chest and head, not from sitting on the hips, finish to the far side, never the near side, and cross the body line rather than settling parallel.

The long step pass chain is a sequence of small controls, not one athletic burst. Drop the hips only after the angle past the partner has been established. Trap the near arm or shoulder so the partner cannot turn in. Walk the back leg toward the partner's head to lock side control. Pin the bottom player's far leg or knee down with a hand or shoulder so it cannot retract. Step the lead leg deep across the partner's body toward the far hip rather than alongside the body. Drive the head and chest forward over the far shoulder to create a finishing angle. Top player has settled chest-to-chest in side control on the far side, with hips low and the partner unable to recover guard.

Later in the long step pass, tripod weight on the far shoulder, not on the partner's hips tend to decide whether the position stays on track. Watch for these mistakes: Dropping the hips before clearing the far leg, which gives the bottom player space to recover. Letting the head drift away from the partner, losing the pressure connection. Stopping the step too early so the hips stay square next to the partner instead of past them. Failing to control the bottom player's far leg, allowing it to recover an inside position. The high-percentage version of long step pass from stack pass is the one you can still chain when the bottom player recovers a hook.