Oklahoma Drill banned by NCAA
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I propose a moment of silence for the old school coaches and players today! I am assuming "hamburger" and "bull in the ring" are next!
Makes me think of high school. One of the rites of passage was being competitive in an Oklahoma drill.
I went to a small high school so competed daily against upper classmen and I remember as a freshman getting drilled by a senior stud who walked on at Mizzou and played for four years. I hit him or he hit me or we hit each other so hard I got a shoulder stinger so bad I couldn't raise my arm enough to put my hand on my hip. I don't remember taking a lot of head shots but maybe I did and now because of them I can't remember but I sure as heck remember that stinger and I still remember my shock and disbelief that even hitting him as hard as I could he still ran over me.
I went to a small high school so competed daily against upper classmen and I remember as a freshman getting drilled by a senior stud who walked on at Mizzou and played for four years. I hit him or he hit me or we hit each other so hard I got a shoulder stinger so bad I couldn't raise my arm enough to put my hand on my hip. I don't remember taking a lot of head shots but maybe I did and now because of them I can't remember but I sure as heck remember that stinger and I still remember my shock and disbelief that even hitting him as hard as I could he still ran over me.
NOT TRUE!!! Keep make these libel remarks, and you'll be hearing from MY LAWYER!
Is that AC Slater and the Mox!?They have already met, Bosko.
Do I think kids should do it... no. Did I do it as kid and do I regret doing it also no. I think the sad thing is we will stop seeing this in High school and Middle school's doing it but it'll still be a youth league staple for coaches who miss the old days
Good point, the little league Lombardi's will keep hamburger alive! I do think Oklahoma was a right of passage, that was always the first hitting drill we did on the first allowable full pad practice.
Well said. Unfortunately it will never be removed from the youth game. Too much ignorance and not enough governing structure to get it out.
1. I actually thought it had been banned years ago.
2. In the program's I have helped coach, 2010 was the last time I've seen a team do the Oklahoma drill.
2. In the program's I have helped coach, 2010 was the last time I've seen a team do the Oklahoma drill.
The NFL banned it a couple years back and I believe it is still allowed by NFHS but I could be wrong
AMEN! We dont' coach em up to be sissies. They don't get ruined until they get to JH and HS!!!
I am sure there are diff versions, ours was always 2 DL, LB vs 2 OL, RB. Over the years moved the LB and RB up closer to LOS, squeezed the bags in closer to make a smaller lane, quick whistle.
I assume they are also going to ban offenses from running iso...
This is where I get lost. It's literally live football, right? Seems odd to not be able to break down the action in practice, but be able to do it on a whole scale in a game. Sort of flies in the face of the old whole-part-whole teaching. Do teams get the same thing from different drills?
Premise would be you have lineman working on drive blocking/shedding blocks, and backs and lb's working on reading blocks/filling a open window, wrap up and tackle. I guess the overall idea is to continue to remove as much live full contact from practices now. I can get that idea to an extent. On the other hand we also now live in a society to where Elmer Fudd is a gun wielding danger to society.
Rename it Kansas Drill, that way nobody will even realize it has anything to do with football.
Lol. All fair points. Seems like backward thinking to me to eliminate something in practice that pretty much happens on every snap of every contest. But what do I know...just a dumb hoops coach.
Not to get too technical, but the reason we don't do Oklahoma is because our offensive lineman almost never drive block a man head up on them. We're almost always reach, down, or double team blocking. Just seemed like wasted reps/wasted practice time when we can do an inside run period that is more game realistic.
How the games have changed; went from leather and suspension plastic helmets and the thought that water during practice made you weak, practicing and playing on rock hard, chalk lined fields to nowadays barely hitting, mandatory water breaks and temperature guideline and playing field turf, etc. In the last two seasons, we have only played one game on grass.
Best drill ever= street light
One on one, drive your man across the line without letting him drive you across the line.
One on one, drive your man across the line without letting him drive you across the line.
You were always calling Tank during the one on one drills. Swinging that nine iron around
Just a reminder this is still allowed at the high school level it is banned at the NCAA and NFL levels where I would hope hitting is a little more violent and they should already know how to hit. Also those two leagues are drive by money so players have more power to dictate things
I can hear you now. "Hey you young whippersnappers! Get off my lawn!!"
I was told once the reason why is to eliminate as much contact and trauma as possible in practice. So if you are doing less live drills thru practice it keeps the players fresh and helps eliminate the hits to the head and other parts of the body that break down.
I mean there is a reason why you see QB wearing special jerseys for practice because you don't want them taking hits or risking injury... so what is the difference in your linemen and other players?
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