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Post by CS on Jul 17, 2013 6:04:17 GMT -6
Do any of you use pop up dummies? I feel like they are more of a luxury item than a necessity. We have 1000 dollars to spend and I feel it can be put towards better things than pop up dummies.
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Post by blackknight on Jul 18, 2013 12:28:57 GMT -6
We have four of them. I use two of them for my TE drills. We use them to practice release moves.
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 18, 2013 21:32:36 GMT -6
We don't have any, but it seems to me like they get the most use in DL position work. The biggest pain is dragging them on and off the field.
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Post by ntshu98 on Jul 18, 2013 21:38:28 GMT -6
We have three of them, but I must admit we use them less than I thought we would. They are best for DL drills (i.e. the rip and club techniques), and release drills. I also use it as a target dummy during 1 on 1 pass rush. If you have a thousand dollars, I would look into either chutes or sleds. Or, to be more practical, you could update a variety of bags and shields. As an OL and DL coach, we use our chutes, sleds and shields the most. The popups are more of a luxury.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 20, 2013 9:18:14 GMT -6
What else do you not have that you want/need instead of pop up dummies?
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Post by CS on Jul 20, 2013 10:06:36 GMT -6
What else do you not have that you want/need instead of pop up dummies? Jesus! Lots of things. The HC was wanting to get me some this year but I really don't want them because there are way better tools we could get. IMO. I was wondering if anybody thought they were great I might have changed my mind
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Post by larrymoe on Jul 20, 2013 11:44:55 GMT -6
What else do you not have that you want/need instead of pop up dummies? Jesus! We all need Jesus.
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Post by fantom on Jul 20, 2013 12:10:18 GMT -6
What else do you not have that you want/need instead of pop up dummies? Jesus! Lots of things. The HC was wanting to get me some this year but I really don't want them because there are way better tools we could get. IMO. I was wondering if anybody thought they were great I might have changed my mind When you talk to him you'll have to be more specific. BTW, the fact that you have $1000 to spend doesn't necessarily mean that you have to spend $1000.
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Post by CS on Jul 20, 2013 13:03:39 GMT -6
Jesus! Lots of things. The HC was wanting to get me some this year but I really don't want them because there are way better tools we could get. IMO. I was wondering if anybody thought they were great I might have changed my mind When you talk to him you'll have to be more specific. BTW, the fact that you have $1000 to spend doesn't necessarily mean that you have to spend $1000. I did. I wanted agility pads because we don't have any. Plus we could have used the rest to build some chutes for cheap and make some hoops for the dline. He decided he was going to get a endzone camera . Can't win for losing, lol
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Post by fantom on Jul 20, 2013 13:26:40 GMT -6
When you talk to him you'll have to be more specific. BTW, the fact that you have $1000 to spend doesn't necessarily mean that you have to spend $1000. I did. I wanted agility pads because we don't have any. Plus we could have used the rest to build some chutes for cheap and make some hoops for the dline. He decided he was going to get a endzone camera . Can't win for losing, lol Well I agree with him that the EZ camera is the better investment.
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Post by CS on Jul 20, 2013 15:21:00 GMT -6
I did. I wanted agility pads because we don't have any. Plus we could have used the rest to build some chutes for cheap and make some hoops for the dline. He decided he was going to get a endzone camera . Can't win for losing, lol Well I agree with him that the EZ camera is the better investment. Much better than the pop up dummies!!
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Post by newhope on Jul 21, 2013 13:20:37 GMT -6
I had a D-line coach who wanted them. Told him he had enough sandwich eaters in his group to pick up or hold the other dummies. We had much bigger needs
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