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Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:52 am
by Digetydog
ponyte wrote:We went half pads many a time. the only thing not full sped about half pads is completion of the tackle and hitting below the waist. I hated half pad days cause it was full speed without the total protecting. ONe till goes to the ground and gets grass burns. One still has to block and fight off blocks at full speed. One just doesn't get smeared catching a high pass over the middle on pass skelly (OK, that didn't suck).
One could conduct the majority of practice without 'full' contact but as some point a little full speed is needed. In 1980, our three a days changed significantly in that we stop hitting so much. We limited it to a few days instead of most the time. Injuries dropped off from previous years. So we started the year healthy.
Everything has pluses and minuses. I just hope Jones finds the 'just right' approach were the team is ready Aug 30th and not too beat up.
Going all the way back to giving the QBs red jerseys, coaches have understood that keeping your key players healthy is the key to winning. With the size and speed of players today, lots of hitting is a recipe for losing.
Would losing Shead to a concussion in practice help the Ponies win?
Would losing a starting LB to a concussion suffered in practice help the Ponies win?
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:30 am
by SMU 86
Some people say that when you don't go full speed is when you get hurt sometimes. Anyway didn't we lose J. R. Richardson last year in non hitting practices?
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:34 am
by Alaric
Ironically, our D hasn't really been the problem, it's been our passing game and our offense in general that's out of sync and has put our team behind the 8 ball and in an untenable position. Our D holds up fairly well until our O goes 15 three and outs in a row...which would make any D snap.
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:46 am
by Rebel10
We usually take about 4 or 5 games to get in sync. Hopefully the with Mumme's new ideas it won't take that long.
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:47 am
by PonySnob
Alaric wrote:Ironically, our D hasn't really been the problem, it's been our passing game and our offense in general that's out of sync and has put our team behind the 8 ball and in an untenable position. Our D holds up fairly well until our O goes 15 three and outs in a row...which would make any D snap.
Not that they aren't in condition, but given the propensity for our offense to not be in sync the first couple of games, perhaps the "D" should do extra conditioning?
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:55 am
by SMU 86
Defense took some time to come around in the Baylor game but the rest of the season they played well.
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:56 am
by RGV Pony
D finished 109 out of 120 v the pass according to one of the preview articles recently posted. I'd consider that a problem
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:41 am
by JasonB
That isn't a tackling problem. That is a skill problem which will be resolved this year.
I still think that losing earlier in the season has more to do with the quality of opponent than hitting in practice.
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:24 am
by Rebel10
It definitely helps when you don't have to take a few games to get use to full speed hitting.
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:38 am
by PonyKai
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:51 am
by RGV Pony
Two teams playing at two different speeds
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:52 am
by East Coast Mustang
I'd rather not relive that, STL
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:55 am
by Alaric
RGV Pony wrote:D finished 109 out of 120 v the pass according to one of the preview articles recently posted. I'd consider that a problem
No depth at corner and 3 new starters probably had the biggest impact with the bad secondary...that and general skill/talent/depth problems in the D in general.
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 11:04 am
by Alaric
BTW, I'm not an advocate of no or very limited hitting in practice, I just think too many of our early season problems are being attributed to the lack of hitting when our major problem is our offense taking 8 games for our offense to get in sync.
Re: JJ's no hitting in practice praised
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 11:05 am
by Grant Carter
AustinPerson wrote:It's easy to see the results of this policy in the Baylor and Aggie games over the past two years. Geez.
Are you saying you think the results would have been different if SMU tackled in practice before those games?