🏈 After watching our WRs during Aug practices

[musso]

i don't know if this will make sense, but often in the pros you'll see a quick relocation or repositioning of a receiver's feet a split second before making a catch. in doing so, a receiver can take advantage of the trajectory of the ball enabling a fluid and efficient transition up field. i've seen Julio practice this technique far more frequently than any of our other recievers, but it just seems like it ought to be a fundamental taught by our coaches to all of our receivers. i see too much wasted movement and lost momentum as our receivers turn up field after a catch. anyone else share my sentiments?

 

[bama29fan]

I havent seen much of practices (just whats been posted here) and havent payed a lot of attention to their foot work to be honest.

But for years i have wondered why it seem when our recievers make a catch they either fall down or get tackled immediately....whereas it seem other teams get yards after catch. This could be part of the reason?

 

[RollTideinGA]

But for years i have wondered why it seem when our recievers make a catch they either fall down or get tackled immediately....whereas it seem other teams get yards after catch. This could be part of the reason?

Honestly alot of the WRs Bama has had through the years have had a run block first mentality. Hopefully with more passing will come better QBs and better WRs. I think that is what we have seen lately with our Prothro, Brown, Hall, and now Maize/ Julio.

 

[jdpas29]

i think that has a lot to do with the fear of teh snot bubble hits. Julio, for now, is fearless. I think you will also see this season that Darius Hanks is fearless in the middle of the field.

 

[psychojoe]

i don't know if this will make sense, but often in the pros you'll see a quick relocation or repositioning of a receiver's feet a split second before making a catch. in doing so, a receiver can take advantage of the trajectory of the ball enabling a fluid and efficient transition up field. i've seen Julio practice this technique far more frequently than any of our other recievers, but it just seems like it ought to be a fundamental taught by our coaches to all of our receivers. i see too much wasted movement and lost momentum as our receivers turn up field after a catch. anyone else share my sentiments?

I haven't paid attention to this, but now that you mention it, this is one of the "little things" that the great players work on that sets them apart from the rest of the world.

Its kind of like a hack like me at the pool table. I line up my shot, and if it goes in then I start thinking about what to do next. The pro has the next shot in mind when he takes this one, due to superior experience and practice (not to mention skill).

Last year it seemed like to me that this wasn't an issue because our receivers hadn't mastered the more basic route running techniques that would enable them to separate themselves from their defender (with Julio being the exception of course).

 

[mike2197r74]

At the 1:15 mark you can see the difference in the quickness from the other players after the catch.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0FcSEySJXE[/ame]

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I think a lot might have to do with the fact that historically Alabama has been a running team. Our offenses for the most part has centered around the running game. For us to be "good" at running you have to practice it. We've recruited to run the ball, we've physically conditioned to run the ball. So in focusing our offense so much around running the ball we haven't spent that much time (in all facets of the game) working on being a good passing team. But it is obvious in our recruiting and our evolving offense that Saban is trying to change that. It doesn't happen overnight it takes time for that type of transition. :td:

 

[BamaCore]

I don't claim to be genius when it comes to football or anything, but could it be that it's because our passing game is more focused on short, focused passing?

 

[UAgrad93]

Just be happy that we are catching it. You can only teach so much during your individual periods. We are a run first team and so those guys better know how to block downfield, sustain blocks, cut off block etc. It doesn't matter how fast or how good your hands are, you won't see the field if you can't block.

 

[musso]

At the 1:15 mark you can see the difference in the quickness from the other players after the catch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0FcSEySJXE

this is actually one of the better videos i've seen. while number 11 wasn't doing it, nearly every other receiver was, to varying degrees, on the routes which required them to wait on the ball.