Covering the Shoulders

Top Player:

• Position: Kneeling next to your partner with one hand across their back.
• Objective: Focus on breaking your partner down and getting their hips to the mat, their shoulders to the mat, or chest to back contact with their hips covered (hooks in).
• Constraints: None
• Win Condition: Partner’s hips or shoulders are touching the mat.

Bottom Player:

• Position: On the ground with your knees and either hands or elbows on the mat. Your partner should be on kneeling next to you with one hand across your back.
• Objective: Focus on standing or getting your legs between you and your partner.
• Constraints: None
• Win Condition: Either stand up or transition to a position where your legs are between you and your partner.

Reset if either player wins.