What is OPEN? – The Most Important Question a Quarterback Must Answer – R4 Football Systems/rbr
rbr opWe talk of finding the “open receiver.” But, in terms of execution and particularly evaluating a WR’s seperation and a QB’s decision-making, what does it mean? How is it defined? How is it coached?
There is an excellent article here on that very topic:“Open” Space is Negative Space
In a previous article “How speed reading and juggling changed the way I coached quarterbacks,” we discussed how quarterbacks can enhance their observation of multiple defenders positions at a moment in time. An increase of visual information does not provide a standalone revelation to what is open. It’s how you process the information that defines what is open.
To do this a quarterback must predict the probability of defender’s movements in the future. This requires the ability of intuition. Intuition is nothing more than recognizing patterns and understanding what they mean.
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But, what will the offense be?
Two words: Who knows? That’s not being cute Daboll has a pedigree in two different offenses, and word is cumming down the pipe that he’s now learning the spread. It could be a very eclectic Tide offense that takes the field in 2017.
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