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Can a coach help a running back vision or lack thereof? Have been lots of comments on Verdells lack of vision, and was wondering if backs like lmj, droughts and Stewart had vision issues.
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Re: Serious question
Generally you can teach them different moves or techniques to make/do when they see a hole and you can also tell them where to look pre snap to get an idea of where the gap will be but not really. It's similar to teaching a QB how to feel the pocket, there's a lot of techniques that can help and make it a bit smoother but there's a feeling to it that doesn't seem to be able to be taught.duckfan96 wrote:Can a coach help a running back vision or lack thereof? Have been lots of comments on Verdells lack of vision, and was wondering if backs like lmj, droughts and Stewart had vision issues.
I also don't think this is Verdell's issue, the Ducks went from running a majority of zone schemes to a more power/ pin and pull based blocking scheme. Those schemes don't really give the RB a freedom to go where he feels and more of a hit the B gap and trust that the linemen did there job.
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Re: Serious question
Lmj had great vision. once he saw the hole he was gone.
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Stewart actually had vision training his last 2 years to help with just that. ESPN did a story on it before the draft.
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Yeah, they were using like laser pointers and some blinking wall test where he had to use his peripheral vision. It did seem to help him a lot his senior year.TualatinDuck wrote:Stewart actually had vision training his last 2 years to help with just that. ESPN did a story on it before the draft.
So to answer the OP, some guys naturally have it(LaMichael), but it also can be developed.