Spring ball: Spring Scrimmage on Saturday

[Detroitgator]

Same same.

Or stop routes.

Or curl.

Or 4 route.

I know some would consider a hitch route shorter than button hook but it depends on the coaching vernacular and maybe some slight minor variations on footwork.

What’s that?

 

[GatorJ]

https://247sports.com/college/florida/board/14/Contents/practice-notes-and-observations-spring-day-2-228344140/?page=1

Weston is at OLB. Chatman has been all over the DL to bring aggression on every rep.

 

[Silverback Gator]

Good to see

No one runs hitch routes better than us... or more often.

He looks slow and unmotivated. Probably thinking, this **** again?

 

[Swamp Donkey]

https://247sports.com/college/florida/board/14/Contents/practice-notes-and-observations-spring-day-2-228344140/?page=1

Weston is at OLB. Chatman has been all over the DL to bring aggression on every rep.

Is it just me or does it seem like a lot of injured players?

But the backups are "impressing the coaches."

And hungry. Some of them have to be hungry because you know they're getting in the buffet line behind Big Des.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

What’s that?

Something that a few of the transfers we have gotten from other teams have understood.

 

[MertzJay26]

I've seen enough, start Lagway

Not a single chance that he starts

 

[URGatorBait]

Not a single chance that he starts

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

And hungry. Some of them have to be hungry because you know they're getting in the buffet line behind Big Des.

 

[jdh5484]

 

[Theologator]

Is it just me or does it seem like a lot of injured players?

But the backups are "impressing the coaches."

And hungry. Some of them have to be hungry because you know they're getting in the buffet line behind Big Des.

And a lot of shoulders among them.

Jacob Rudner at 247 indicated that the injuries were part of the reason Hocke got reassigned.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Throwing from the belt line is a real problem. It slows down the entire motion and makes it easier to get strip sacked. I hope we are all over this and this is just a warmup but Ive seen it in HS game clips a lot too. If I were the QB coach it would bother me more than the semi side-armed stuff he did.

 

[Homer J]

He's got the same throwing motion as Justin Fields. He needs to spend the off season with Shane Mathews.

 

[URGatorBait]

Didn't Tebow do something similar ?

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Didn't Tebow do something similar ?

Drop the ball to his waist? No. His motion was weird though. Sort of a javenile toss. I swear all lefthanders look weird throwing the ball though.

Some things are hard to overcome though, such as a slow motion and dropping the ball to the waist is one of the slowest.

 

[wrpgator]

Throwing from the belt line is a real problem. It slows down the entire motion and makes it easier to get strip sacked. I hope we are all over this and this is just a warmup but Ive seen it in game clips a lot too. If I were the QB coach it would bother me more than the semi side-armed stuff he did.

Giraffe motion

 

[jdh5484]

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Giraffe motion

 

[wrpgator]

Spurrier live look as he watches this out his office window.

 

[AlexDaGator]

Same same.

Or stop routes.

Or curl.

Or 4 route.

I know some would consider a hitch route shorter than button hook but it depends on the coaching vernacular and maybe some slight minor variations on footwork.

Improvement in this area requires talent and commitment.

There are guys who play wide receiver and then there are wide receivers.

Guys who play wide receiver are able to catch balls thrown at their hands while they're mostly facing their QB. This is not difficult.

Wide receivers are able to catch balls thrown over their shoulders while their QB can read the name on the back of their jersey. That's a different skill and a lot harder to learn. That's what made Ben Troupe so deadly. He could make those over-the-shoulder catches when many NFL tight ends could not. How many TDs did Danny throw on fades/corner routes or on Mills play? How many did Jabbar Gaffney catch over his career? It's about timing, ball placement, and trust. It's about the QB and the receiver and their chemistry. We haven't had a lot of receivers who could consistently make those catches in recent years.

A high school team can complete a bunch of bubble screens or button hooks and a talented receiver can turn it into a big play; but you need a lot of practice and timing to hit Mills play.

Caleb Douglas was our best at those kind of routes last year. He'll be playing for Texas Tech. Our next best was Pearsall (who wasn't good at it). He'll be playing in the NFL.

We've got a stable of fast receivers. Two questions: 1, are they capable of making that catch (it's a skill some can never master) and 2, will the QB and the receiver put in the reps (many, many of them) to make these routes effective?

I don't know.


Alex.

 

[soflagator]

Burke, Mizell and Jean all have the look of potentially great WRs for us. I look forward to trying to locate them along the sidelines this season as walkon’s and soon-to-transfer 2*’s start in their place.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

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Giraffe motion

I was going to say Franks.

Many QB uses that motion for the longbombs. It may not be a problem if you only use it for that.