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Do players wear/have the option of wearing any lower leg protection at all? I've seen a few tackles over the last few weeks have have essentially been stud-on-shin tackles, but there's been surprisingly few leg breaks (I'm comparing this to soccer, which sees at least one major leg break every season even with shin pads). I'm assuming the difference is that players aren't generally flying in at leg height for the ball, but still.
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So what usually happens in pregame warmups for American Football players? I only ever see brief clips from Redzone and the like of QBs throwing some passes, and I don't think I ever made it to the stadium early enough when I was living in Florida... To compare, in soccer both teams gets a half (with the away team closest to where their fans are), they'll run some sprinting drills, have some team passing drills, stretch etc. Generally warm up before the game. However, I appreciate this is because all 11 players will be on the field at the same time so want to make sure there's no muscle problems. Do American Football teams have a similar thing? Do the offence/defence split up and run through things separately? I frequently hear about kickers practising long field goals - are they kicking towards their opponents?
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Dec 25, 2016 01:37
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In a game what is the role of the various positional coaches? Is there a direct line of communication (e.g. Head Coach/OC decides on a play -> positional coaches give instructions), or is all that decided before hand in training and the coaches just make sure everything is working and give feedback between plays?
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Jan 15, 2017 01:43
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Thought of something earlier today while listening to some podcasts. There's talk in both NFL and college sports of scripted plays. I.e. the first 15-20 offensive plays would be planned and practised in advance, and after that point the offensive coordinator will open up the play book. How does this work in practice? Do they literally have "First down after kick off - run this play"? What if they're unsuccessful and the play is stopped short/intercepted? Also, does the offence not practice the other plays during the week (I guess they focus on the scripted ones in short weeks and do the rest in byes/preseason)?
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Oct 11, 2017 18:18
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