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What skills do you need to get past the defenders as a running back?

Also, what muscles do you need for a good stiff arm? What skills do I need to get past the defense?

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1. quick hips, strong legs, and the ability to read the field and look for an open hole. that's what you need in order to get past any defense or to even be able to gain a yard.
2. superior speed, quickness and ability to deceive the receiver to commit.
3. If you have strong triceps, you'll be able to stiff-arm the hell out of people. (Tricpes are used for extension, biceps for pulling) You'll need good lateral quickness to get past LBs and DLs. Then you'll need breakaway speed to beat the DBs in the open field. You'll always need great vision to go along with these other qualities.
4. pretty much the only thing you need is be able to make fluid cuts and run people over