toughest position as a freshman?

#26
#26
Any position for a team who's fan base somehow thinks you should magically have the knowledge and ability to perform at near Outland, Butkus, Heisman, etc. award level.:whistling:
 
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I'm going with oline. Maybe its just because of our issues, but they do have a great burden protecting the qb and opening holes.
 
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Just started crossfit a few weeks ago. I've never done any kind of lifting, so everything is completely new to me. The trainer was helping me with power cleans, and I commented that there was so much to remember for something that takes so little time to do (drive with your hips, blah blah blah). He said eventually the muscles remember what to do, you just have to train them through repetition.

Immediately made me think of our oline, and wondered if there's any kind of "standard" time before their technique should be completely automatic?
 
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TrueOrange said:
I think playing QB (for a full season) as a true freshman has to be one of the most difficult.
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I agree, but oddly it seems that more and more teams end up playing freshmen QBs. I guess the elite recruits just won't go somewhere where they have to sit 2 years like 20 years ago. I can remember as a kid feeling nervous that Jeff Francis was going to start because he was "only" a sophomore.
 
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Every positions. It's a team sport. Your question can be asked "what is the toughest position in football?" and get the same result.
 
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vollygirl said:
Just started crossfit a few weeks ago. I've never done any kind of lifting, so everything is completely new to me. The trainer was helping me with power cleans, and I commented that there was so much to remember for something that takes so little time to do (drive with your hips, blah blah blah). He said eventually the muscles remember what to do, you just have to train them through repetition.

Immediately made me think of our oline, and wondered if there's any kind of "standard" time before their technique should be completely automatic?
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It's been proven that muscle memory is not a real thing. Yet, I grew up playing golf, went to college on a golf scholarship, got burnt out and put the clubs away for 3 years, picked them up out of the garage 4th of July weekend and shot a 3 over par on a 7100 yard course from the back tees. I think that it's all between our ears when it comes to any sort of repeated technique, and I think that's what were going thru right now on the Oline. These kids have been bigger and stronger than everyone else their whole life up to this point. Now that their in college they are forced to rely upon a fundamental technique and it hasn't clicked yet. But I think it will.
 
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bump this thread in a year if people are upset that our 5* freshman DTs aren't dominating SEC Olines.
 
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Offensive line, and particularly offensive tackle. It's a body development issue, at least in part - they just aren't strong and big enough yet. Some of the other positions (say, corner) can be offset by speed, which is already there by the time a freshman hits campus. D-tackle would be up there too for the same reasons.
 
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IndianapolisVol said:
QB, Kicker, Corner
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I have to disagree with kicker and corner. Kickers only make an occasional appearance in games and maybe once or twice a year is one called upon to make a game winner if that. Corner its easier to get by on pure athleticism than it is on the line. No other position than the lines do you have full on contact each and every play. Much more pressure and much more of a chance to get exposed. Plus being tall or fast isnt enough to overcome years of strength and experience.
 
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JohnD13 said:
Wow, good question. I'd think O line. Just think about it, you are 18 maybe 19. Been dominant at the HS and then you get to college, you are going up against 22 and 23 year olds who have been in a rigid strength and conditioning program for 3 or 4 years and they know ALL the tricks....especially tough is you have no mentors on the O line to learn from before the season starts....
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i agree.it's got to be o line.
 
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I would have to say o line. You can simplify thinks for a freshman qb. Can't really do that with a lineman. Not to mention your telling a 18 year old kid to go up against a 21-23 year old man who has been in the strength and conditioning program. More often than not its not going to end well. Example Fowler and stricker. Which on a side note is a bad a## name for a olb.
 
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Freak said:
What's the toughest position as a true freshman?
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Whether to go back to your dorm and study for an exam or continue to stay out late with that cute chick you just met on campus and forget about that money your parents are paying for you to be there and PASS!.:)
 
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Blindside on the Offensive Line, Center, QB or Middle Linebacker
 
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GAVol said:
I agree, but oddly it seems that more and more teams end up playing freshmen QBs. I guess the elite recruits just won't go somewhere where they have to sit 2 years like 20 years ago. I can remember as a kid feeling nervous that Jeff Francis was going to start because he was "only" a sophomore.
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A lot of these that are getting played - especially the bigger name ones - are redshirt freshmen though...so they've already had a year learning the system (& gotten that year being conditioned /learning just how much longer their bodies have to be conditioned for a college season, compared to the much shorter high school seasons they previously played)
 
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Cornerback is usually the hardest position on the field, it took us years to find a diamond in a rough like Cam Sutton
 
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utfantilidie said:
Whether to go back to your dorm and study for an exam or continue to stay out late with that cute chick you just met on campus and forget about that money your parents are paying for you to be there and PASS!.:)
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Perhaps the most accurate post in Volnation history.
 
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