Tuesday, July 5th, '83.

The sky is cloudless and the temperature is mild. At Stanford University's football stadium, preseason drills are taking place according to the coaching staff's schedule.

After the referee blew the whistle, the center threw the ball from his crotch to quarterback Carter, who was three yards behind him.

Although this is just an intra-team exercise, and the members of the defensive group are basically substitutes and sparring partners, but the two sides are playing very seriously, at least the line guards and corner backs of the defensive group are really playing with all their strength, and after the "beep" sound, the two line guards are directly blocked in front of the star near end forward No. 88, and another line guard is not far away.

As for the two offensive receivers who were five to ten yards away from the forward players, they were stared at by the two cornerbacks in the defensive group.

Most of the technical position players of the university team have been playing since elementary school, and they have only entered the D-iv varsity team after layers of selection, and there are very few halfway monks, so they are very professional. Even on the bench, he can change lanes quickly, toss and turn, and stay close to the wide receiver he is targeting.

Quarterback Carter took three steps back, read the game a little, and then chose the safest way to pass. After aiming at the left front of No. 88, he leaned back and threw the ellipsoidal ball in his hand with a forceful throw.

The reason why he did this is very simple, the substitutes and sparring cornerbacks rarely have the opportunity to play, so they naturally cherish today's game. And the two wide receivers are players in the first team, and in order not to get injured, they will more or less release water in training. One straight and one reversed, often the wide receiver receives the pass and is stopped by the cornerbacks, and the first shift offense is over.

Although Bill is only 1.9 meters tall, he already weighs 250 pounds, or 113.4 kilograms. Compared to the tall, lightweight wide receiver, the close end has a low center of gravity, a steady lower handicap, does not immediately fall to the ground after receiving the ball, and still has a good ability to push, so even with three members of the defensive team keeping an eye on Beal, the quarterback still chooses the number 88 as his passing target.

Being selected for the Red and White team and about to serve as the starting quarterback for the '83 season, Carter's accuracy is quite good, and the football ball that spins forward is roughly on Beal's forward path, and it is still within the reach of the 88th.

But the ball was not as hot as the previous captain John Werther, and the close end had to stretch out his hands to get the pass, which caused him to move forward with a significant deformation, and a line back seized the opportunity to pounce on the right side to bring down the close end and end the attack.

The next step was to quickly set up a new formation to play the next offense, but an assistant coach called off the game and left the players all half-crouched on the ground. The coaching staff then walked down from the round platform on the side of the pitch and began to summarize the problems exposed by the attacks with the players.

"Carter, you're too impatient with the pass, and you shouldn't have shot so early, at least until Beal has five or ten yards to run."

After the quarterback coach pointed out Carter's question, he pointed to the number eighty-eight, "Bill, you tell him the timing of the shot and why he didn't make it further." ”

Mr. Ferrari stood up and took off his helmet, allowing his overly handsome face to show off in the eyes of his coaches and his teammates who turned their heads to look at him.

"Carter, the best time for you to shoot is after I break through the area of the line guard, when I have fewer people around me, and I can still push down or step over the interceptors after receiving the ball and increase the number of offensive yards."

In the three-four defense system, the main responsibility of the four line defenders is to intercept the running ball behind the offensive line and the short and medium distance pass attack.

Once the near end breaks through this area, only the dedicated line back and two safety guards will follow the interception, and the remaining three line guards will also keep an eye on the running back or wide receiver who may rush over, and will not always follow the near end to their own end area.

"I know for sure, but the problem is that the situation only allowed me to do that. My accuracy is not as good as that of the old captain John Wirt, and if it hadn't been for the early pass, maybe the yardage of this attack would not have been as good as just now! ”

Carter defended himself, he was also helpless, the old captain is a star football player in the NCAA, and at the end of April this year, he was selected by the Baltimore Colts as the champion, and his strength is the top existence in the entire NFL league, and he is just worthy of the starting quarterback of the Stanford varsity team.

Offensive coordinator Heyman Hawke said something rare, "Actually, you have the wrong mentality, you are not bad at accuracy in your daily passing practice, but you can't be stable as soon as you get on the court, and you can shoot as fast as a soldier who hasn't been out of the barracks for three months takes off his pants." ”

Beal agrees with this, and Carter's impatience is currently the biggest problem for the Red and White offensive team.

The quarterback is the heart of the game in football, and in order to defend against the offensive group, the defensive line-up players will often quickly attack the quarterback with the ball to disrupt the offensive team's tactical arrangement.

So either Carter back-to-back to gain space for the field of view and passing action, or he was pushed to the ground by the rushing defensive spike. And he chose between "running fast" and "dying fast".

That is, he shot directly soon after getting the ball, and did not wait for the situation to evolve into a more suitable situation.

"Coach, you also know that my passing feel is not as good as this year's champion, and the retreat has lengthened the distance between me and the receiver, and if I don't pass the ball earlier, I'm afraid the effect will be worse."

His explanation was approved by some of the players and everyone could see what was going on, but the coaches were just not satisfied.

Who made Carter's ex too good!

Coach Paul waved his hand, as if to chase away his negativity, "Gentlemen, gentlemen, let's figure out a way to make Carter do better and get our offensive team back to its original level." ”

He's the highest, and seven or eight members of the coaching staff with coaching titles say the right nonsense, and the only useful advice might be to get Carter a psychiatrist to cure the quarterback's impatient personality as soon as he plays.

Coach Paul shook his head repeatedly, "What about the assistant coaches?" You can also talk about it, and the children should think about it, and we will solve this problem together. ”

There are still two months left before the official start of the 83 season, and there should be a way to eliminate this hidden danger.

Except for the quarterback coach, the level of the rest of the assistant coaches is not clear, and the phrase that comes out of their mouths the most is intensive training.

Coach Paul was bored by all kinds of words that were different but had the same substance, and when the voice died down, he looked around again, "None of you have a different idea, Carter's question is not small, you can't just fool it around." ”

Bill, who had been brewing for a while, stood up again, "Coach, I have a not-so-mature suggestion. Carter is doing this because there are eight to ten strong men in front of him, and a couple of them are coming at him, and maybe we can put him in the wide receiver position, have a wide receiver stay behind the center to catch the serve, and then pass to the quarterback on the right. In this way, Carter's vision is much wider than before, and he has no psychological burden. ”

He had practiced receiving passes with the quarterback and knew that Carter could pass well, but he didn't practice as well as he usually did in official games.

This style of play is very different from several popular formations in the NFL now, and it can be said to be extremely insidious, but the error tolerance rate of the formation is not strong, and if one or two offensive players can't do it, the formation will be wasted.

Generally speaking, the popular formations in NFL professional games and NCAAF college leagues are roughly the same, such as the "stretch formation" of the single guard formation, the double near end forward formation, the far end guard formation and other formations.

The Detroit Lions are best known for their use of the stretch lineup, which features four wide receivers in the offensive team, and is often used by the University of Hawaii, Texas Tech, and the University of Minnesota among the college powerhouses. The two near end lineups are primarily used by the Baltimore Colts.

The far guard was carried forward by San Francisco 49ers head coach Bill Walsh, the initiator of the West Coast offense, and was characterized by reinventing the near end as a third wide receiver to enhance the passing system.

Coach Paul's eyes lit up with this proposal from the number eighty-eight, "It seems that there is a possibility of realization!" Let's talk about it in detail. ”

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(End of chapter)