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Post by boblucy on Nov 21, 2005 19:19:56 GMT -6
It really helps reduce fumbles and any drill that can dramatically help with ball handling and turnover reduction, it has to be worthwhile...Do any of you use this almost forgotten drill?  |
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Post by los on Nov 21, 2005 20:27:01 GMT -6
Sure do! It works best though when the hitters learn they're not trying to kill the running back but just apply two shoulders in unison. We have to use homemade drills such as these for lack of funds for mechanical equipment!
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fish
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Post by fish on Nov 21, 2005 21:06:49 GMT -6
i love the gauntlet. the kids get excited about it and will work hard. you find out which of your runners will lower their shoulders and barrel over people while holding on to the ball. last time i coached backs i would do this and the handoff drill everyday. we had almost no turnovers from the backfield those years.
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Post by boblucy on Nov 21, 2005 21:45:13 GMT -6
i love the gauntlet. the kids get excited about it and will work hard. you find out which of your runners will lower their shoulders and barrel over people while holding on to the ball. last time i coached backs i would do this and the handoff drill everyday. we had almost no turnovers from the backfield those years. That's good. I don't know if runningbacks are developed. Most of the best are truly BORN to run with a football, its just natural vision, balance and agility. BUT, running hard and protecting a football are two skills that can be improved, the gauntlet does those two things..... |
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vtjapes
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Post by vtjapes on Nov 22, 2005 14:48:56 GMT -6
I don't know if runningbacks are developed. Most of the best are truly BORN to run with a football, its just natural vision, balance and agility. While I will agree the Emmitt Smiths, Barry Sanders and such are born, I still most certainly believe that a good running back can be developed. Maybe not and NFL calibur back but a good running back yes. You can teach a back (if he is willing to learn) how to follow blocks and set up defenders. You can also increase a runners balance and agility with drills and fundamentals of a strong running base. It's also been proven that you can increase a runners speed. While I agree that they have to have some athletic abilbity you can develop a kid into a running back. |
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Post by boblucy on Nov 22, 2005 18:28:19 GMT -6
You are right, blocking technique, speed development are certainly polishable skills. Hitting the hole hard and finishing off runs are also teachable. The vision and balance are things that a kid is born with or he's not. I have seen so many kids who want to be star backs kill themselves in the weight room and on the track, trying to increase their agility and speed and strength. Then they go to atleast two football camps in ther summer to try to improve, and then, the first day of August practice, the kid who has been laying on the couch all summer and hanging out with the girls starts running all over the place and wowing the coaches with the ball in his hands....Now at the college levels I agree that even the most talented kids have to work hard to keep up when trying to play tailback.
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