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TheGreatWhiteHope_
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Stenstyren
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tonight
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TheGreatWhiteHope_
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QuanticHawk
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decafchicken
United States20089 Posts
 Making the next step up or going into something else? | ||
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Titusmaster6
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zerglingsfolife
United States1694 Posts
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aztrorisk
United States896 Posts
a good football player who plays SC | ||
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TheGreatWhiteHope_
United States335 Posts
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
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101TFP
420 Posts
Am I the only one who has a really hard time seeing the ball in american football matches? It is (usually) brown which often matches the background color and the player carrying the ball tends to cover it with his arms. How the hell do you manage do watch the ball (as a spectator) ? (maybe i am too used to soccer, where you can always clearly see the ball) | ||
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TheGreatWhiteHope_
United States335 Posts
Once you get a stronger understanding of how offenses work it will become easier to track the ball. Aside from the functional setbacks of following the ball(small, brown, and shitty film quality in this thread's case)you will learn where the ball is going to be by nature of the offense. I'm referring to play-action pass, screens, power run, triple-option run and other offensive schemes that make the ball easier to track if you know where to look. Edit: For starters, the center always has the ball and hikes it to the quarterback* *wildcat quarterback aka running back or direct snap | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
GL at pro days. | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On December 16 2010 21:32 101TFP wrote: Any time I try to watch an american football match I am completely lost. I kind of know the rules, but I never manage to follow the ball with my eyes. Am I the only one who has a really hard time seeing the ball in american football matches? It is (usually) brown which often matches the background color and the player carrying the ball tends to cover it with his arms. How the hell do you manage do watch the ball (as a spectator) ? (maybe i am too used to soccer, where you can always clearly see the ball) It's probably easier to start by just following the players around the ball. The ball usually doesn't do anything interesting (the way a shot would in soccer), but the way the players manipulate themselves is what's worth watching. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32097 Posts
On December 16 2010 12:10 RiB wrote: Yeah that is for sure me. In the process of talking to agents and trying to pick one before Christmas. As you can imagine, it is a tough process trying to feel out who has your best interests at heart before you sign yourself away on a contract. I'm a slot receiver so a good percentage of my catches were seam reads. You should definitely blog about it man. I'm sure it will be a very interesting and unique experience no matter how it shakes out. Do talent evaluators speak to you and let you know that you won't get drafted, but you're a likely FA signee post-draft? Or is this something you just concluded based on your career and where you played?? Could you suddenly turn into a potential draft choice if you have a beastly pro day, or is pretty much determined that you've gotta crack it as an FA at this point?? good luck | ||
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TheGreatWhiteHope_
United States335 Posts
You should definitely blog about it man. I'm sure it will be a very interesting and unique experience no matter how it shakes out. Do talent evaluators speak to you and let you know that you won't get drafted, but you're a likely FA signee post-draft? Or is this something you just concluded based on your career and where you played?? Could you suddenly turn into a potential draft choice if you have a beastly pro day, or is pretty much determined that you've gotta crack it as an FA at this point?? good luck I will definitely keep a blog with updates as the whole process unfolds. In determining as to whether or not I will be drafted or picked up as a free agent, a number of factors are taken into account. One source is scouts from NFL teams who come out to practice's and games in order to evaluate your talent level. By NCAA law, they are not allowed to speak with you directly and instead talk to two people: your head coach and the strength and conditioning coach. The head coach and S&C coach then relay any information he said about you to you directly. It is at this point that they give you the general idea of how the scout perceives you as a player who might be able to compete in the NFL: 1st rounder, mid-late rounder, or FA. At the FCS level (aka D1-AA as opposed to FBS or D1A) it is hard to get noticed unless you put up a lot of numbers(It's not like a scout can turn on ESPN and watch the UC Davis versus Cal Poly game). In order to put up a lot of numbers it helps A LOT to be a starter for at least 3 years so you have more time to accumulate numbers. In my case, I did not get a chance to start until my Junior year and was not the "go to" guy until my senior year in which I put up good numbers. Because of these factors: a relatively unknown school, "good not great" numbers, and counsel from some experienced coaches and friends of the family who played in the NFL; It's pretty much determined I will go as a FA. Seeing as how my schools pro day is in mid-March, I'm just training hard so I can put up good numbers(which is 10x more important for FCS guys than FBS guys). Right now, I'm being marketed as an Austin Collie type slot receiver who runs good routes and catches the ball from the slot. The only thing scouts want to see is me run a forty somewhere in the mid 4.5's. If I do that I will have my choice of going to 3-4 training camps(although making the cut from 96 players to 54 players is an entirely new challenge). | ||
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Impervious
Canada4212 Posts
Make sure to study as well. It'll help you prepare for the Wonderlic test. | ||
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PetitCrabe
Canada410 Posts
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GoShox
United States1842 Posts
GL in the future! | ||
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TheGreatWhiteHope_
United States335 Posts
 We actually got the closest to beating Boise St. that year out of any of the teams they played. | ||
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Impervious
Canada4212 Posts
I noticed from the video that you have amazing awareness of your position on the field and the situation of the game (at least, this seems true from the highlight videos). Much better than average highlight video. This is something that I've found very few players to have, and the ones that do are generally far more successful on the field than their athletic abilities would lead you to believe. I've tried teaching that type of stuff to players, but I've found that conditioning and teaching them to be more athletic is far easier. It seems to stem from some natural talent and understanding of the game, and you can't really teach natural talent to someone. There are many people who have natural athletic abilities, but a natural talent for a position in Football is a differnet thing. This might be different at the highest levels, so take anything I just said with a grain of salt. If I was scouting for players, I can think of many different scenarios where I'd be trying to find people like you, who would likely be undervalued from the numbers-only approach. This is especially true for a team that likes to have tons of recieving threats, such as the Bengals, or a team trying to find some good backup recievers, even though they don't want to commit a draft pick to it, possibly a team like Indy at the moment. I'm sure that even if you don't get drafted, you still have a shot at making a team. Just keep working at it, and impress people when you get your shot in the training camps! Good luck, and don't waste such an awesome opportunity! | ||
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