fourthandshort
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Weber St punt team snapper
Special Teams Got You Down Redbirds ... watch this
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Oh my word this is so hard to watch. I feel for the kid. If you've ever blown it on any athletic field you can relate. Football coaches/players...what's he doing wrong?? (besides the cannonball snap, wiseguys) I see his stance is aimed to the right of the punter, sometimes substantially to the point that you can see what's going happen before it happens. But I didn't play. So help me here.
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Redbirdwarrior
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Soooo that kid is cut, right? Like you dont have any other player who can snap 12 yards? I guarantee the regular center can.
Virginia Redbird
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I have to wonder if the regular snapper was injured and someone else had to fill in. This does not look to me like someone who does this on a regular basis. This is a college team, not High School they should have someone who could do better unless injuries forced it.
I did the long snaps for my High School team. Like quite a few things in sports, it is not as easy as it looks. Try putting your head down and looking back between your legs with some pretty big guys about a foot from you looking to pound you the minute the ball moves. Our coaches (late 60s/early 70s) did not spend much time in practice on special teams. I had two brothers and all three of us played center. We played catch facing away from each other! That was how we learned to snap the ball.
Almost everyone who plays the position has a long snap go awry from time to time. This many really bad snaps in one game led me to think this was someone forced into action and not the regular guy. I could be wrong.
Like last Saturday, sometimes the kicker gets the blame for things that were not his fault. On one kick attempt against ISUblue, the center snapped the ball while the holder was looking back at the kicker. Center or holder's fault, nothing the kicker could do. In one of the missed field goals the snap was high and to the right. The holder got it down but the timing was off and the kicker pulled the kick wide. Again, not the kicker's fault in my opinion. That one was on the snapper.
Fans take snaps on punts and field goals for granted but it is critical for success. Patrick Mannelly made a career out of it for the Bears. He was one of the best I ever saw for accuracy and consistency. Still, he made a bad one as he recounts in this article.
www.windycitygridiron.com
Just like a QB makes a bad throw every now and then, a bad snap is going to probably happen from time to time.
Before anyone asks, yep I sent one over the punter's head and out of the end zone in a game once. My only alibi was my right hand was stepped on a few plays before. The cleats were those long nylon spikes with metal tips in those days, OUCH! I can tell you that you feel just as lonely jogging back to the sideline after one of those as a kicker who misses, a running back who fumbles, or a QB tossing an interception.
Long post to say essentially the kicking team had a really bad day at Terra Haute but the team survived. Get it fixed before Fargo and we are good!
I did the long snaps for my High School team. Like quite a few things in sports, it is not as easy as it looks. Try putting your head down and looking back between your legs with some pretty big guys about a foot from you looking to pound you the minute the ball moves. Our coaches (late 60s/early 70s) did not spend much time in practice on special teams. I had two brothers and all three of us played center. We played catch facing away from each other! That was how we learned to snap the ball.
Almost everyone who plays the position has a long snap go awry from time to time. This many really bad snaps in one game led me to think this was someone forced into action and not the regular guy. I could be wrong.
Like last Saturday, sometimes the kicker gets the blame for things that were not his fault. On one kick attempt against ISUblue, the center snapped the ball while the holder was looking back at the kicker. Center or holder's fault, nothing the kicker could do. In one of the missed field goals the snap was high and to the right. The holder got it down but the timing was off and the kicker pulled the kick wide. Again, not the kicker's fault in my opinion. That one was on the snapper.
Fans take snaps on punts and field goals for granted but it is critical for success. Patrick Mannelly made a career out of it for the Bears. He was one of the best I ever saw for accuracy and consistency. Still, he made a bad one as he recounts in this article.
The Life of the Long Snapper
Patrick Mannelly spent 16 seasons in the Navy and Orange. He discusses which current Bears special teamers are "keepers," how he extended his career by eating real food, and the time Mike Tice banished him from the o-line meeting room.
www.windycitygridiron.com
Just like a QB makes a bad throw every now and then, a bad snap is going to probably happen from time to time.
Before anyone asks, yep I sent one over the punter's head and out of the end zone in a game once. My only alibi was my right hand was stepped on a few plays before. The cleats were those long nylon spikes with metal tips in those days, OUCH! I can tell you that you feel just as lonely jogging back to the sideline after one of those as a kicker who misses, a running back who fumbles, or a QB tossing an interception.
Long post to say essentially the kicking team had a really bad day at Terra Haute but the team survived. Get it fixed before Fargo and we are good!
TIMMY
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His hand placement looks OK but he's not generating any spin. The right hand is what matters. Duh. Looks like he's got a QB grip on the ball. The left hand is not that important. All of your power comes from the spin. I can't tell but maybe he's got his right palm on the ball? That would screw him up. The amazing thing to me is adjustments must not have been made on the sidelines and they went back and tried it 4 times. At what point are you hanging that kid out to dry? Everyone has a quick kick in their playbook. Why not try that??? Just hard to watch.
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Seems like the kicker knew it was coming almost every time. He was also very good in making sure the D couldn’t get the ball.