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Post by stud17 on Mar 3, 2008 0:32:10 GMT -6
I listened to Jim Tressel talk over the weekend and he spoke briefly about QBs being live in practice. He said QBs are live most of the time, forcing them to play under pressure (although he said Troy Smith wasn't live much his senior season).
Do you guys have your QB live in practice?
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Post by leighty on Mar 3, 2008 0:59:11 GMT -6
Never
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Post by scoresalot on Mar 3, 2008 7:41:48 GMT -6
For several years, I was an assistant on a triple option team, and we did run with a live QB some. We didn't do it every day, and as the year went on we did it very rarely. Our philosophy for doing it early in the season was to get the QB used to how quickly his decisions had to be made and pitching under pressure. Plus, when your QB is so vital in the running game, we needed to know that he could do it. Again, once the season started, we treated him like all other players, it was just a thud, not taking to the ground.
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Post by wingt74 on Mar 3, 2008 8:07:40 GMT -6
Live, but I have a quick whistle...very quick.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 3, 2008 8:24:06 GMT -6
I agree have a quick whistle. But, also instruct your kids not to kill him when he is unprotected (blindside in the pocket) or bat a ball out of his hand when he is throwing.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 3, 2008 8:48:55 GMT -6
I coach a small youth team. I try to follow the model my coaches used when I played. I don't do a lot of live tackling & scrimmages anyway. Linemen are always live. And, I have a quick whistle so that my backs don't take too much punishment.
I tend to do less of it as the season goes on because no matter how quick I am on the whistle something can always happen.
I was involved in such an incident in Jr. High football. An assistant coach was running the defense during a 'thud' scrimmage with two games left in the season. He called a corner blitz, forgetting that the QB and I didn't like each other. I didn't 'thud' him. I tried to cave his chest in and I think I partially succeeded.
The HC wasn't happy with me and, he didn't look too pleased with the assistant coach, either.
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nexthc
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Post by nexthc on Mar 4, 2008 7:24:14 GMT -6
We never have the QB live in practice! On pass, we will let him throw the ball and run buy him so that he feels the pressure that a sack is coming and that he needs to get rid of the ball. On running plays, we will just tag him (breaking down in a good tackling position of course).
Bottom line... we do not want the franchise going down in practice.
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Post by spartancoach on Mar 4, 2008 12:49:54 GMT -6
During live team, its live on QBs (we run a lot of zone read and speed), but quick whistle.
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Post by airman on Mar 4, 2008 13:08:35 GMT -6
in preseason we actually let the qb get hit. when you throw the ball your qb needs to know what it is like to get hit. we use the high jump pit and we use a drill with blitzing lbers coming right at him.
we protect are qb by having the most protective set of pads.
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Post by jjkuenzel on Mar 4, 2008 15:03:11 GMT -6
If your QB is not involved in your run game, whether it be zone read or option, then I think it is foolish to make the QB live. What is going to be gained from it? He is just going to be taking unnecessary shots. Like nexthc said, you don't want the franchise going down in practice. Trust me, once he gets that first hit come game time he will remember and know what it is like to get hit. It is not as if he has never played football or taken a hit before. If he is any kind of athlete he has played defense before and given his fair share of hits as well.
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Post by phantom on Mar 4, 2008 19:28:24 GMT -6
Our QB wears a red shirt and God help the scout team guy who hits him. As you said, JJ, they've been hit before.
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gac8666
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Post by gac8666 on Mar 4, 2008 20:51:57 GMT -6
We had a 4 year starter.... if he got touched in the hallways we got upset.
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