Most NFL teams don't hit at all during the season in practice

Oct 21, 2014
2:51:28pm

SpiffCoug

and even in the off-season hitting is very limited. The Seahawks got penalized this year for hitting too much during the off-season.

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Criddle with excellent points on radio just now. He thinks the focus on tempo

palangi

10/21/14 12:25pm

I can believe that

Jhayes

10/21/14 12:29pm

Interesting... Last week Gunther was saying that BYU has a lot of standing

dfudge

10/21/14 12:30pm

he's right about the hitting. but I've watched several practices over the years

palangi

10/21/14 12:35pm

probably contributes to the poor tackling we see each game

icecougar

10/21/14 4:48pm

Most NFL teams don't hit at all during the season in practice

SpiffCoug

10/21/14 2:51pm

might be valid, but its the defense thats not performing.

Government Bailout

10/21/14 12:33pm

if you watched a BYU practice, they move through drills like a machine

palangi

10/21/14 12:38pm

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palangi

10/21/14 12:39pm

I'm sure that they film practice, and use that for teaching/coaching.

srey

10/21/14 12:35pm

film isn't good enough, mistakes/weaknesses need corrected on the spot

palangi

10/21/14 12:41pm

This is true for many coaching situations.

Accipiter

10/21/14 12:50pm

exactly. *whistle* "where the heck are you hands, look at your feet, you're

palangi

10/21/14 12:59pm

Look at your feet. Now back to me. Now back to your feet. Now back to me.

Dread Pirate Westley

10/21/14 1:03pm

I've never been sold on up-tempo... players get tired on both sides of the ball

Yakov

10/21/14 12:55pm

yeah, but I was referring to the tempo of individual drills, not team

palangi

10/21/14 1:04pm

Yes that makes sense... efficiency is as much quality as it is quantity

Yakov

10/21/14 1:29pm

How about slowing down the tempo and keeping with a running game that is working

slowhiteguy

10/21/14 1:26pm

The tempo of practice isn't the problem, in my opinion.

Anae4Anae

10/21/14 1:46pm

right, if you look at my other posts I agree with what you're saying, but a lot

palangi

10/21/14 2:15pm

Chip Kelly does both. They have high speed practices where the players

Thrill

10/21/14 2:24pm

And what I'm saying is that it would be naive to think that coaching isn't

Anae4Anae

10/21/14 9:12pm

RE: Criddle with excellent points on radio just now. He thinks the focus on

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