Positional Game · GAME-LEO-01
Game Over — Finish or Take the Back
Rung one of the outside-position leg-entanglement ladder, run finish-first. The attacker starts in game over — the most dominant outside-leg control — and only has to finish or take the back, so they feel a won entanglement first.
Start position
POS-LE-GAME-OVER
Round length
1:30 rounds
Reset rule
Reset when the attacker forces a tap or confirms back control for five seconds, or the defender untwists to neutral. Role rotates after each reset.
Top wins by
Force a lower-limb tap, or take the back from game over and hold for five seconds.
Bottom wins by
Untwist the legs and escape toward a neutral entanglement.
Game Description
This is the top rung of the outside-position ladder, and it starts at the finish. The attacker begins in game over — the most dominant outside-leg control, the position that owns the leg line and exposes the back at once. Nothing remains but to finish or climb to the back. Starting here lets a grappler feel a won outside entanglement before they ever have to earn one.
How to Run This Game
Setup: Attacker in game over, legs crossing the trapped leg, the defender’s back beginning to expose.
Top wins by forcing a lower-limb tap, or by taking the back from game over and holding five seconds. The hip line is owned here, so the choice between the leg and the back is the attacker’s to make.
Bottom wins by untwisting the legs and escaping toward a neutral entanglement.
Score: One point per win condition. Role rotates. Default: no heel hooks unless agreed with established tap-release reliability.
Coaching Notes
The rung trains the dilemma game over creates — the defender cannot defend the leg and the back at once. Reward the attacker who reads which the defender gives and takes the other, rather than forcing one. Elevated tier: the finishing line is live; tap early.
Progressions
Down the ladder the control loosens. The next rung is outside heist with a shotgun grip — the come-up to seated on the hips. For the full ladder, see reverse phase progression and the phase-ladder library.