Rick Beals

Reps per practice is the stat no one measures. #RepsOverDrills

@Dalgby @OleTimeHardball Very common tactic to influence runner to take the long way around the plate and intimidate. Great story of a catcher who sometimes dropped his mask in front of home plate—-try sliding on top of That! Story of TyCobb ending that practice by launching himself feet(spikes)first.

@OleTimeHardball Carlton Fisk is an asshole. A completely unlikable player. Today blocking the plate like that is a rule violation as it should be.

50 years ago Lou Pinella barreled into Carlton Fisk, igniting an all-time basebrawl

Football decisions are LOCAL,- not global. Players react first to leverage, spacing, movement and the teammate left and right. Great football is connected football. #RepsOverGrills

@ChalkLast0712 . Dropped passes? Start by examining how you teach them to catch. Then how you practice catching.

@Coach_ChadJohn This drill helps players learn what to do and who to block: essential stuff. Now remove the blocking shield, replace the coach with DE, OLB or possible DB who are crashing, playing soft, have diff run fits etc .., and see the real learning that shows on game day.

Ohio State working OZ combos this Spring. Eyes on near knee. If the DL comes to you → take him over. If he goes away → climb vertical to the 2nd level. That’s what makes OZ combos work. Feel movement. Stay square. Don’t chase color.

@CoachKGrabowski Exactly! Thank you coach Grabowski. Coach is showing real football decision,in a controlled or constrained environment requiring rapid pattern recognition and response. This where the real learning happens and it shows up Friday night.#RepsOverDrills

🧵Super Bowl Champs John Benton on Inside Zone Here are 3 short John Benton clips from Day 1 that show exactly why offensive line coaches keep coming back to this clinic. C.O.O.L. starts today at 11 AM ET. 1. Win the Moment of Truth On inside zone, the blocker does not always know which side the back will break. Benton teaches the blocker to create vertical force, stay on the defender, and win when the ball declares.

@Figure_robot @NjTank99 Why build a machine that sorts based on the eyes in its head?…way too slow. Sensors should be in its hands, of which it should have dozens.

Watch a team of humanoid robots running a full 8-hr shift at human performance levels. This is fully autonomous running Helix-02 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@JamesALight Two defenders executing introductory game like situation. They learn to work as a unit as a team. Translates directly to Friday night.

Virginia Tech DC Brent Pry - Linebacker Drills Bags - Tight Flow - Wide Flow - Y Off Chutes - Tight Flow - Wide Flow - Misdirection Block Destruction - Rip Thru/Arm Over - Chutes - 1 Man Sled - 2 Man Sled Tackling - Alley Tackle Coverage - Releases - Drops/Breaks Ball Disruption - Dog Fights - Angle Dog Fights Blitz - Rush Technique

@AfricanArchives Thank you! Any decision that considers race in its actions is declaring race matters and that racism is good. So much posturing..

"Any leadership that teaches you to depend upon another race is a leadership that will enslave you." —Marcus Garvey

@AfricanArchives Nothing like the real force of social change: economics- incentives-disencentives

In the 1940s, Pepsi saw Black Americans as an untapped niche market while Coca Cola marketed mainly to white people. Pepsi adverts portrayed black people in a positive light, in a time with racial segregation, in spite of facing threats from KKK. Coke’s recipe was heavily influenced by white supremacy and it was marketed mainly to the white middle class while ignoring the Black American market. During the 1940s, Pepsi launched a “negro markets” department and had black sales representatives promoting the brand in urban areas. They also hired black models to appear in ads, featured in black publications and they also displayed Pepsi in stores that were mostly frequented by black customers. Thus pepsi became popular within the black community while coke within the white community becoming a black V white drink. Pepsi's market share increased by the 1950s and according to statistics (by then), black people were 3 times more likely to buy Pepsi than Coke. Ultimately both companies eventually began to implement diversity advertising campaigns after realizing that they were missing out on the opportunity to generate billions of dollars in revenue though that still didn’t put an end to the racism within the workforce.

@TemooTitan Interesting.. trying to see the benefit. Does this help a football player’s success p in a frequent game confrontation or something very specific to a certain position?

This is actually insane 🤯

@SleeperCFB What may seem as minor is the discipline of splitting receivers’s hands with your own. Trying to remember what coach said to do fails under fatigue/pressure. #RepsOverDrills

This being the Rams WR3 is insane 😳

@txhsfbchat Rather than list them,any game- like activity. that puts players in conflict with measurable results that are immediately reviewed.

Q2: What are your go-to drills during padless days that translate best to full-contact performance on Friday nights? #TXHSFBCHAT

@CoachCroyle A good demonstration of what a puller might be expected to do. Progress to having to spring a ball carrier against an unconstrained defender helps all three on Friday. #RepsOverDrills

2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ - UNC: TE Drills - Open Window Pull...

@BBGreatMoments Probably a smart move by Joey. Tell me, how many batters step out of the batting cage after every pitch? If you practice what you don’t get measured by, you’ll get measured by what you don’t practice.

When Joey Votto refused to step out of the batter’s box against Derek Lowe. Human pitch clock years before it became a thing

@prizmaticusa @CoachSWallace Just add the ball carrier… players can work on techniques and discover their true value This is learning that translates! #RepsOverDrills

Iowa’s 1/2 Line Fit Drill From @CoachSWallace

@coachPJGibbs @GibbsDefense @txhsfbchat @DCAcademy11 @chrisvIQtory @CoachPayne__ @EastTNEdits @coachspeak_pod @CoachTatum90 @CoachShiffman @ChipSeagle Players feel the technique. As the drill progresses; runner evasions , run fit angles etc, they learn what’s effective and what’s not. That’s real teaching that shows up on game day.#RepsOverDrills.

Spring football teaching tackling…near foot and near shoulder leverage Key points: Long stride/short stride, correct leverage and body positioning Prepping for HAVOC 🦁🦁🦁

@Jvhnaik @TheFigen_ Thank you

Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada spoke about the contradictions of human nature: “Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one hardly ever use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about their living relatives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have one often don't appreciate it. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the satiated complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.” The key to happiness is gratitude: truly seeing and appreciating what we already have, and understanding that somewhere, someone would give anything for what we take for granted.

The JV has the biggest developmental upside in a football program. The question we need to answer: are assistants building transferable football understanding- or just running drills?

Imagine how well you’d drive a car if a: instruction based on what to do if… when… how or b: few instructions, mostly driving a car on initially an empty field, progressing to a busy highway .#RepsOverDrills

@TheGridironHQ Looks great. Does it use a tracker device or other device?

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