Arrington Steal of the Draft

RickyInKenner · 05-01-2008, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by foreverfan

I strongly disagree. Having won numerous touch football championships for years, I make the following observations...

CANNOT BE COACHED
Depth preception and body control.
Running full speed with great hand eye cordination.
Jumping for the ball and timing it at it's highest point.
Sensing the defender and positioning yourself to protect the football in a 1/10 of a second.
Laying out for the football correctly.
Controlled precise/cuts routes.
Making spectacular catches look routine.
Speed.
Hand size.

CAN BE COACHED
Learing the playbook.
Looking the ball into your hands and reading Wilson before you run.
Setting up the defender with your route.

Danny Abramowitz once said that a good receiver concentrates on catching the football and a great receiver concentrates on concentrating on catching the football, and their is a difference.

Can concentration be coached? With Devery, sadly, it's always been a work in progress. Still, minus his drops, he is a great receiver with his Ave Yards and TD to catch %.

pretty much everything you listed you can coach, except for the stupid stuff that does not matter (like hand size).

you CAN learn how to time your jumps. you CAN fine tune your routes. you CAN improve ball skills. you can even improve your speed. look at TJ hoosh frmo the bengals. he did some free flo do type of **** in the offseason and got ridic faster.

foreverfan · 05-01-2008, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by RickyInKenner

pretty much everything you listed you can coach, except for the stupid stuff that does not matter (like hand size).

you CAN learn how to time your jumps. you CAN fine tune your routes. you CAN improve ball skills. you can even improve your speed. look at TJ hoosh frmo the bengals. he did some free flo do type of **** in the offseason and got ridic faster.

Well, for every one player that you can teach these things to, there are 100s of other that will never make the entire adjustment to the pros no matter how much coaching you give them. Just because the coach trys to teach somebody something, doesn't mean that the player will be able to do it consistantly and sucessfully. I'm not saying that you can't get better, it's just that the really great ones, do this stuff naturally and effortlessly. That's why Costson made the adjustment quickly and Devery never will.

But don't get me wrong, success is usually desguised as hard work.

05-01-2008, 06:27 PM	#1
RickyInKenner Registered Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 60	Re: Arrington Steal of the Draft Originally Posted by foreverfan I strongly disagree. Having won numerous touch football championships for years, I make the following observations... CANNOT BE COACHED Depth preception and body control. Running full speed with great hand eye cordination. Jumping for the ball and timing it at it's highest point. Sensing the defender and positioning yourself to protect the football in a 1/10 of a second. Laying out for the football correctly. Controlled precise/cuts routes. Making spectacular catches look routine. Speed. Hand size. CAN BE COACHED Learing the playbook. Looking the ball into your hands and reading Wilson before you run. Setting up the defender with your route. Danny Abramowitz once said that a good receiver concentrates on catching the football and a great receiver concentrates on concentrating on catching the football, and their is a difference. Can concentration be coached? With Devery, sadly, it's always been a work in progress. Still, minus his drops, he is a great receiver with his Ave Yards and TD to catch %. pretty much everything you listed you can coach, except for the stupid stuff that does not matter (like hand size). you CAN learn how to time your jumps. you CAN fine tune your routes. you CAN improve ball skills. you can even improve your speed. look at TJ hoosh frmo the bengals. he did some free flo do type of **** in the offseason and got ridic faster.
RickyInKenner Registered Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 60

05-01-2008, 08:18 PM	#2
foreverfan 12,000 BS Posts Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 13,457 Blog Entries: 5	Re: Arrington Steal of the Draft Originally Posted by RickyInKenner pretty much everything you listed you can coach, except for the stupid stuff that does not matter (like hand size). you CAN learn how to time your jumps. you CAN fine tune your routes. you CAN improve ball skills. you can even improve your speed. look at TJ hoosh frmo the bengals. he did some free flo do type of **** in the offseason and got ridic faster. Well, for every one player that you can teach these things to, there are 100s of other that will never make the entire adjustment to the pros no matter how much coaching you give them. Just because the coach trys to teach somebody something, doesn't mean that the player will be able to do it consistantly and sucessfully. I'm not saying that you can't get better, it's just that the really great ones, do this stuff naturally and effortlessly. That's why Costson made the adjustment quickly and Devery never will. But don't get me wrong, success is usually desguised as hard work.
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