Unconventional training methods helped Dolphins' Hilliard reach the NFL

dolfan7171 · Dec 9, 2009

Here is a very interesting story about how Lex Hilliard got really good in football.

"Constantly, I was trying to juke the German shepherd," says Lex, the Dolphins' second-year running back and special-teams ace. "You're riding a bike, he'd try to bite the tires. I'm out in the yard playing football, he'd try to bite my ankles."

Elvis Hilliard Sr. would watch these battles play out and never once thought about making Charlie stop tormenting his youngest son. Why would he? Elvis Sr. could see the boy getting more elusive by the day.
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MikeHoncho · Dec 9, 2009

Couldn't do that with a cat or goldfish. Dogs rule!

2k5 · Dec 9, 2009

In his teens, Lex would spend hours literally running downhill out behind his old junior high school. Often he'd take a teammate or two up there with him, Chase Kisler being the most persistent.

As the boys would come sprinting down the steeper of two hills – the whole path was perhaps 50 yards long -- Elvis Sr. would be waiting for them along the way. Without warning he'd throw down a rock or a stick and bark out orders on which direction to cut.

Left of the stick. Right of the rock.

Elvis Sr. got that drill from Lex's great-grandfather too.

"I can't tell you how many times I wrecked," Lex says. "My buddy was a little shorter than me. He could cut on a dime. I'd tumble and fall, but I got used to it."

The point?

"Makes you think on your feet," Elvis Sr. says.
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Pretty interesting. Sounds fun to try.

dolfan7171 · Dec 9, 2009

2k5 said:

Pretty interesting. Sounds fun to try.
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I'd try it too.:up:

Delfin Alejandro · Dec 9, 2009

I've been waiting for him to break through and make a huge play. The guy is going to be a great player, he is like a wrecking ball... Lets hope the big play comes on Sunday!!!!!!

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MikeHoncho -=| Censored |=-

2k5 I miss Ted Ginn Jr.

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