WR Drops easy fix...

#26
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7thgroupvolfan said:
Give me a f'kn break...bricks?
Last time I checked a brick wasn't the size of a football. How is this supposed to help again?
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Lol, this is without a doubt the fail of the day. Bricks do in FACT help. It gives the WR "soft hands". By "soft hands" I don't mean silky smooth like lotion does. I mean soft hands in how they catch the ball. It also helps them concentration and anticipation.
 
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Why is everyone bashing the OP? This really works. Nobody was laughing when TT was producing all conference and all American WRs.
 
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RichRollin said:
Lol, this is without a doubt the fail of the day. Bricks do in FACT help. It gives the WR "soft hands". By "soft hands" I don't mean silky smooth like lotion does. I mean soft hands in how they catch the ball. It also helps them concentration and anticipation.
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Beat me to it. With regards to concentration, is anyone really gonna look away with a brick flying at their head?
 
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orangedonkeypunch said:
Beat me to it. With regards to concentration, is anyone really gonna look away with a brick flying at their head?
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Ironically if you watch our WRs, they seem to have hard hands....thus resulting in the drops. This would actually be the perfect drill. We're obviously in the minority here, but this isn't even debatable. It's a proven fact it works.

Another thing besides softening of hands, it teaches them to catch the ball away from their bodies with their hands.
 
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HuntlandVolinColo said:
I can't wait for the ESPN headlines when a WR gets a concusion because got hit in neck with a brick.
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LOL, that would be pretty brutal. But seriously....you position yourself to where the ball doesn't hit your body or your feet. Catching the ball away from your body is part of the point in doing the drill to start with. Catching the ball against their body is one of the reason our guys are dropping passes right now.

The last coach we had that did this produced 1k WRs in two consecutive years. Ironically he was only WR coach for two years. Meachum had previously been labeled a bust, but came out All American. Lucas Taylor. I mean come on guys....can you HONESTLY say you saw Lucas Taylor coming out and being a 1,000 yd WR? Because I didn't. These dudes were coached at an elite level....by catching bricks. Oh yeah, the best WR EVER, possibly best football player ever endorses this tactic. So I'm honestly not sure why it's so hard for some to grasp.
 
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7thgroupvolfan said:
Give me a f'kn break...bricks?
Last time I checked a brick wasn't the size of a football. How is this supposed to help again?
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Next time count to 5 and let your keyboard catch up to your brain before you post some smart Alec reply on a topic you obviously know nothing about.
 
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It is a technique some coaches use. I think some of the folks on here are envisioning the brick being thrown like a football. However, it is not (when done properly).
 
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They do the drills catching tennis balls launched out of a pitching machine. That's a fairly common drill, especially in offseason workouts. It's done all over the country and now I've seen four coaching staffs do it here.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
They do the drills catching tennis balls launched out of a pitching machine. That's a fairly common drill, especially in offseason workouts. It's done all over the country and now I've seen four coaching staffs do it here.
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I have seen and practiced this in baseball, as well.
 
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Some people are so stupid and obviously know nothing of football drills/training. This has been used for years and by many of the all time great NFL hall of famers.
 
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govols105 said:
Make them catch bricks, besides that's something jones has plenty of laying around.
I think i read somewhere that ol' jerk trooper taylor used this technique and it turned out well for our recievers.
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Bricks? No. I say we go all out and start tossing them knives, grenades, broken bottles, and live fireworks.

Because no one will hurt themselves doing that.
 
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k-town_king said:
Some people are so stupid and obviously know nothing of football drills/training. This has been used for years and by many of the all time great NFL hall of famers.
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Even if this is true, it doesn't make it any less stupid.

A brick isn't the same size or weight as a football. In fact, it isn't close.

I guess the thought is, you don't want to drop it on your feet, so you have to concentrate to catch it.

This same thought process can be instilled through productive punishments like push ups. Just as effective as broken toes if you do enough of them.

Or better yet, throw tennis balls or nerf balls, deceasing the size, and therefore increasing the needed concentration to catch it.

No, I'm not a HOF'er, I only have a little common sense; enough to know this is dumb.
 
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