1974Vol
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The ability to perform well under pressure is the difference in winning and losing. What does it take for a QB to perform well under pressure?
Innate Athletic Ability - I cant say with certitude but my guess would be that both Worley and Peterman can throw a football as far and in non-pressure situations as accurately as many successful college and even pro QBs. They both are big tall kids with good arms.
Confidence - The old saying that Whether you believe you can or whether you believe you cant; you are right! is so true with QBs. To my eyes Peterman never looked confident in his play against the Gators. Worley looked confident in the second half of the Western Kentucky game and in his first couple of series against the UF, but then he throws the pick when trying to waste one OB and he went back to being tentative and finished the game pretty much as the indecisive signal caller everyone wanted to bench.
Play Unconscious Do you think Bret Favre or either of the Mannings or any number of great QBs ever think about their mechanics or reads or anything really once the ball is snapped? Yogi Berra was interviewed while in the middle of a really hot hitting streak; one of those 15-32 with 6 HRs and 10 RBI type runs, and was asked what he was thinking about at the plate. Yogi replied, Nothing, I cant hit and think at the same time. Conscious thought kills performance! Yes you have to get into the right play, right formation, right player package, read the defense, and a bunch of other high consciousness stuff to run a football play; but you do it all pre-snap! Once the ball hits your hands its read and react. When its really going players speak of being in the zone. I have yet to see a Vol QB in the zone. They play scared and tentative.
In my opinion both Worley and Peterman have the God given ability to play effectively as college QBs. I assume both work hard, watch film, and all the other things necessary to be ready for the game. What they lack is the confidence to trust their own talent enough to just let it go and get out of their own way. The challenge for this staff is how do you get them there?
Innate Athletic Ability - I cant say with certitude but my guess would be that both Worley and Peterman can throw a football as far and in non-pressure situations as accurately as many successful college and even pro QBs. They both are big tall kids with good arms.
Confidence - The old saying that Whether you believe you can or whether you believe you cant; you are right! is so true with QBs. To my eyes Peterman never looked confident in his play against the Gators. Worley looked confident in the second half of the Western Kentucky game and in his first couple of series against the UF, but then he throws the pick when trying to waste one OB and he went back to being tentative and finished the game pretty much as the indecisive signal caller everyone wanted to bench.
Play Unconscious Do you think Bret Favre or either of the Mannings or any number of great QBs ever think about their mechanics or reads or anything really once the ball is snapped? Yogi Berra was interviewed while in the middle of a really hot hitting streak; one of those 15-32 with 6 HRs and 10 RBI type runs, and was asked what he was thinking about at the plate. Yogi replied, Nothing, I cant hit and think at the same time. Conscious thought kills performance! Yes you have to get into the right play, right formation, right player package, read the defense, and a bunch of other high consciousness stuff to run a football play; but you do it all pre-snap! Once the ball hits your hands its read and react. When its really going players speak of being in the zone. I have yet to see a Vol QB in the zone. They play scared and tentative.
In my opinion both Worley and Peterman have the God given ability to play effectively as college QBs. I assume both work hard, watch film, and all the other things necessary to be ready for the game. What they lack is the confidence to trust their own talent enough to just let it go and get out of their own way. The challenge for this staff is how do you get them there?
