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Link: Jalen Milroe Working on His Throwing Mechanics.
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That's my question...seems arm positioning depends in part on where you're throwing the ball.
LOL. This one feels worse than last year already with the QB talk
Perhaps...and everybody has different motions. Far from an expert...anybody can watch some videos, but the position of the ball to his body and how far he's reached behind his head coupled with the position of his hips and shoulders already being wide open suggests he's out of sequence and it's going to be an arm throw because he basically already used up his body rotation energy.
It's a lot like golf instructors or batting instructors teach about using the ground and sequencing. I'm not saying it's easy. I've been playing golf 30 years and just in the last couple have I started to understand some of this stuff.
The video I posted is pretty good. I watched another one that had some good info too, but these guys talk about ball position, body rotation of hips and shoulders and arm position. If they know what they are talking about and I think they do, Jalen seems to have a homemade throwing motion and some bad footwork to boot. It tracks with what Jordan Rodgers talked about a lot last year.
Wow, Milroe is so jacked. I bet his range of motion is next to nothing by the way he moves his upper body. There is no snap when he throws the football. It's more like he is throwing a 10lb rock.
I’m also a Bama fan first and foremost. That being said, I will support whoever is the QB. Unlike you who think you know better and can judge talent, work ethic, leadership, and all the intangible’s that go into making a player. Your goal is to win championships: Well Milroe won an SEC and got to play for a National Championship. You need to think about that. Good Lord.
I think he’s saying that it’s how we lost out on possible NC’s w:BoB…
Reminds me of a shot putter just trying to muscle it with sheer strength.
Throwing motion seems irrelevant especially in NFL. Eli manning comes to mind. Bryon Leftwich, Phillip Rivers. They all have different throwing motion, different footwork. I really do not care how anyone can throw, as long the QB reads the field and makes the right calls most of the time and move the chains. Everything else is just noise. I'm super super excited to see how this QB battles play out this spring between Simpson and Milroe.
And Mack too.
The thread is about him working on these things. I do agree (and these QB gurus) will say throwing motions will vary. But the point of my post is JM has an issue with multiple things in the process of footwork, throwing sequencing and release which directly impact ONE of his QB deficiencies.
Granted, the one that matters the most is him being able to read coverages, which I hope CKD will be able to help him with. Speeding up his reaction time is probably the next most important thing. But his accuracy is an issue, and while it's probably 3rd on the list, he needs improvement in this department as well. So I'm glad they are working on this with him.
No. Bad technique is bad technique.
Yes, your mechanics can change somewhat depending on how far you're throwing the ball, what type of throw you're trying to make, etc., but being out-of-sync is still being out-of-sync.
Think about it like a golf swing. You'll change your mechanics based on whether you're hitting off the tee, hitting an approach shot, chipping onto the green, etc., but bad technique almost always results in an inaccurate shot...
2023 Bama won the SEC despite having a QB as limited as Milroe. That's remarkable. That D played well most of the time, they were much better coached this past season and it showed.
Rees curtailed the offense because he had to because Milroe couldn't do things he should have been able to do. His sacks weren't always the OL....a lot were either holding the ball too long or not hitting the dump off over the blitz. Michigan used his indecision to further confuse him....we were in that game because of our defense.
Milroe may make a remarkable improvement to his game this offseason.....I'd love to see it, but I'm not expecting it.
But you'll support whoever the QB is, that's great. We all will, because it'll be whomstever Deboer and staff has deemed the #1 guy. We has fans have every right to question whatever facet of the program we see is less than ideal.
It amazes me how upset people get when you either don't agree with them or question something they deem unquestionable.
- Milroe seems like a great kid...fact
- He has very poor throwing mechanics....fact
- He seems very good at being a vocal leader....fact
- He is poor at pre-snap reads...fact
- Rees shrunk the playbook to what Milroe could do....fact
- That shrinkage of plays made it very difficult vs good defenses....fact
- Despite all that, we still almost made the national title game
The same is true for baseball....whether you're pitching or throwing from somewhere on the field. If I'm a 3B trying to make a throw to first....if I open my hips and front shoulder too soon that ball is going to sail.
Accurate throws from anywhere on the field all have the same basic technique, that's why its a basic fundamental part of teaching. Building off that is where the real magic happens.
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