Oregon Strength & Conditioning (Transitional Agility) Bullets Over Bowling Balls

[Just1More]

Height and weight on paper doesn't tell much about a lineman. If they are somewhere within the acceptable parameters of dimensions... that is where you leave it. Everything after that is subjective. It's the individual that matters most at the collegiate level and above. Speed, balance, and useful strength are extremely critical. Intelligence, work ethic and personality play a major role in coachability, endurance and mental toughness. The key is the individual.

As for Oregon, that team is not conventional enough to make comparisons. Their skill people have the ability to be upfield before the OL has time to engage their blocking assignment.

At Oregon, they have to have a team psychologist continously tell their OL that they are important too and not to be disturbed over the fact that the skill people score most of the touchdowns before the OL get out of their stance.

[Turbine]

_ Height and weight on paper doesn't tell much about a lineman. If they are somewhere within the acceptable parameters of dimensions... that is where you leave it. Everything after that is subjective. It's the individual that matters most at the collegiate level and above. Speed, balance, and useful strength are extremely critical. Intelligence, work ethic and personality play a major role in coachability, endurance and mental toughness. The key is the individual.

As for Oregon, that team is not conventional enough to make comparisons. Their skill people have the ability to be upfield before the OL has time to engage their blocking assignment.

At Oregon, they have to have a team psychologist continously tell their OL that they are important too and not to be disturbed over the fact that the skill people score most of the touchdowns before the OL get out of their stance. _

Did you not see the video?

With that manover the left guard has the ability to become the right tackle in 4.3 seconds.

[DrumRoll]

_ not sure where you are going with this. they have a starting tackle that is 6'7" 322, and a center that is 6'5" 300. Some of these press guide weights can also be a shot in the dark. _

I have seen both teams line up and play, Oregon's OL looks more like big linebackers than prototypical OL when in motion.

I do not think they necessarily "arrived" with that type of fluidity, but rather, that it was acquired as the result of a great deal of challenging work.

One of my best friends is an Olympic athlete. He does these types of innovative outside the box workouts, and can explain in great detail why they enable range of motion and explosive potential. I just believe him when he says so :-)

[Just1More]

_ Did you not see the video?

With that manover the left guard has the ability to become the right tackle in 4.3 seconds. _

Yes I watched the video. I'm not sure if this guy holds the secret ingredient for Oregon but without a doubt they are one of the quickest programs in the country. I've seen similar conditioning philosophies and there is no doubt about the effectiveness. It isn't just the physical conditioning of the Oregon football team. They are severely well coached in all fundamentals and they operate a fantastic system.

I think Phil Knight's money and the Nike connection seriously helps Oregon attain the athletes that help them succeed.

[MissingMandy]

_ Yes I watched the video. I'm not sure if this guy holds the secret ingredient for Oregon but without a doubt they are one of the quickest programs in the country. I've seen similar conditioning philosophies and there is no doubt about the effectiveness. It isn't just the physical conditioning of the Oregon football team. They are severely well coached in all fundamentals and they operate a fantastic system.

I think Phil Knight's money and the Nike connection seriously helps Oregon attain the athletes that help them succeed. _

The facility is unlike anything you have ever seen. To a high school student considering colleges it is very impressive. Phil Knight's money IS the reason they succeed.

[OldBullDog]

_ Did you not see the video?

With that manover the left guard has the ability to become the right tackle in 4.3 seconds. _

What is a manover do you mean maneuver?

[SlappyCajun]

I don't know if you guys remember, but Minnesota's Oline when they came to Cajun Field was the same thing. They were all like 280, but moved amazingly.

Also, probably didn't hurt that Marion Barber and Lawrence Maroney were running the ball.

[cajun4life]

_ The facility is unlike anything you have ever seen. To a high school student considering colleges it is very impressive. Phil Knight's money IS the reason they succeed. _

I have seen there athletic complex that was around $35M and it is amazing. An athlete could literally live in there and be perfectly happy for the rest of his time at Oregon. The only thing I do not like about Oregon is the uniform changes too often.

[MissingMandy]

_ I have seen there athletic complex that was around $35M and it is amazing. An athlete could literally live in there and be perfectly happy for the rest of his time at Oregon. The only thing I do not like about Oregon is the uniform changes too often. _

I especially don't like the current uniform with the duck feathers on the shoulders.

[Turbine]

_ Yes I watched the video. _

It's me who needed to watch the video again.

For some reason I thought I saw a roll over/across the back of the trainer technique and was trying to make a joke about it being used to change postions along the line of scrimmage.