Trying a new little format on Football Beyond the Stats I'm (currently) called the 'Movement Skill Short Story.'
In these, we will get right to the heart of what football coaches can do in their practice environments to set similar movement problems that we witnessed being solved in the play.
First up is Ladd McConkey's dazzling punt return TD (that actually wasn't a TD). Check it out here:
https://t.co/FsLviUH8fK
One of the aims we (@TylerYearby, @ShakeyWaits & I) had in the writing of the book was to ensure that we always brought practicality to the science so ideas could come to life for coaches.
When we got deep into concepts around information & affordances in Chapter 3, this was especially important as we layered in numerous illustrative examples from the real world of the field.
In honor of 1 of the greatest to ever to do it, Aaron Rodgers, signing in Pittsburgh today...it's fun to revisit this article written by @BenGoessling from '17 on Everson chasing Rodgers 2x/year & the lengths that we went in our training environment to do it more skillfully!