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Sit
Route3-7 ydaka Stick
Vertical stem to 5-6 yards, then a small ROUNDED settle facing the QB (the receiver stops and turns back). Foundation of the stick concept (with a flat underneath and a clear over the top). Quick-game staple, 3rd-and-medium reliable.
Demo rendered on @X (outside WR) at 5yd depth. Only the route runner and the QB are shown so the break stays the focus; the same route family scales to any depth a play calls for, and concepts that use this route may set a different depth.
How to run it
settle in the void, face the QB.
Reading it by coverage
How to run the sit against what the defense shows.
- Cover 0:
- hot vs blitz — settle early at 5, square up, ball on rhythm.
- Cover 2:
- sit behind the underneath defenders and in front of the safeties — soft spot.
- Cover 3:
- settle in the hole outside the hook defender — face the QB and show hands.
- Cover 4:
- sit under the quarters bail — the underneath is soft with only three short defenders.
- Zone:
- find the void, stop, and face the QB — it's a spacing route.
Concepts that use this route: Stick