Most high school football players attend the National Combines and expect to produce excellent results. Would a coach expect his/her team to play a game without ever practicing? Or maybe a better question to ask would be, would a Football Coach allow his team to play a game without teaching each athlete his responsibilities(ie-gaps/man assignment, footwork,yard depth, terminology, etc)? No way! The team that is more prepared for every game situation is the team that Wins.

When a college athlete has aspirations of playing professional football, he has to audition at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis(by invite only) and/or his college’s Pro Day.   These Professional Football hopefuls begin to learn the techniques to shave off seconds and add inches and reps to their evaluations. 

The NFL combine and High School Football Combines offer a great stage for team scouts and collegiate recruiters to gauge an athlete’s ability to display and integrate the necessary explosive movements, speed transfer, acceleration and deceleration of the hips that are needed to be succesful and transferred to the football field.

Running Sprints and Hills, Jumping over ladders, running laterally and jumping in vertical and linear planes will not improve an athletes results at the combines.  The football athlete has to be taught how to move his body in an effective manner.  To produce optimal results, the football player has to increase his gains in the ”Succesful Six”(Speed, Power, Agility,Reaction, Quickness and Balance).  Hours and Weeks of technical instruction are required.  An NFL combine hopeful will train five days a week, four hours a day, for twelve weeks in order to have less than a three percent chance  to be invited to  NFL mini-camp. When the “Succesful Six” are improved, the ability to accelerate and decelerate, change direction, explode and separate from or close the distance between his opponent will be the result.

When World Class Coaching  and a World Class Sports Performance curriculum meet a hard-working, ambitious and coachable athlete, a “magical fusion” occurs.   Any coach can make an athlete sweat.  A World Class Coach will teach the athlete how to move effectively. When this “magic” occurs, the athlete will instantly be able to analyze and diagnose the last play, test or skill that he participated in..AND correct his movement if necessary. Don’t be fooled, manipulated or misled. It takes dedication to improve.  If a high school football player has any hopes of playing collegiately, posting great results at these combines are an integral part of the recruiting process.

Athletes aren’t Born, they are Made! God Bless and as always Take Your Game To Another Level!

Go to www.TYGTAL.com and  Contact Coach Wise at 404.923.0229 for registration to prepare your team or group.  National HS Football Combine Season begins in eight(8) weeks.  Will you be prepared?

TYGTAL-Coach Murphy

What gets measured, gets improved.  There are numerous amounts of naturally gifted athletes in every sport.  The challenge for the athlete, parent and coach is to know how to technically improve the “Succesful Six”.

Most athletes, coaches and parents do not know how to improve athletes in those areas.  Most scholastic, collegiate and professional Strength and Conditioning coaches do not know how to properly teach an athlete the functional mechanics to improve in these areas. 

When I train my athletes and teams, we don’t move forward on any dynamic drills until they learn how to “Accelerate/Decelerate with the hips and how to Cover Ground while moving.

The Hips are the largest muscle group in an athlete’s body.  In order for an athlete to be explosive, he/she will have to incorporate Triple Extension of the Hips(Acceleration).  Triple Extension is a violent explosion of the  ankles, knees and hips simultaneously.  Maximum Power is achieved through Triple Extension.  Basketball players are taught to release the ball at the height of the jump. Why? Because through Triple Extension, maximum power is achieved. The power is generated from the ankles, to the knees, through the Hips(Triple Extension). Once Triple Extension is achieved the ability to make the jump shot is increased due to maximal power transferred from the hips, through the core area, to the arms , to the basketball.  When a basketball player is shooting from beyond the three-point line, Triple Extension becomes a  key factor to increase the chance of the ball going through the rim.   

Okay Folks, time has come to an end.  I will discuss the Importance of an athlete’s ability to Accelerate and Decelerate with the Hips. I will also list a few drills that will influence the Acceleration and Deceleration.

God Bless! And as always….Take Your Game To Another Level!(TYGTAL.com)

TYGTAL-Coach Murphy