I think you can learn a lot about a team and how it is coached and about the QB from watching the 2 minute drill. I think @Steve Marik could do a great article on ours with pictures.
A good 2 minute drill needs to contrary things to be successful. You can't waste time, but you can't be rushed. Rushing just leads to mistakes. Be in control.
Fist think is not wasting time. It sounds simple enough, but it involves everyone doing their piece correctly. Starts with the playcalls, work the sidelines and first downs. A 5 yard gain in the middle of the field blows more time than it's worth. Save you timeouts, save them for your FG team if a TD isn't needed. Call plays that keep WRs on the same side of the filed. Teams waste a lot of time lining up, have a coherent set of plays that avoids that, very unproductive to have 5 seconds count off the clock as a WR runs to the other hash to get lined up. See this happen a lot in college, sometimes it's exacerbated with the QB getting impatient and snapping the ball before they get set, they you lose yards and 10 seconds. Get to your spot, get the call, get set, run the play. Not rushed but fast and in control.
College QBs do a lot of stupid things in the 2 minute drill. Often it's because they are trying to do to much. Just do your job, trying to do more often has disastrous results. Throw for 1st downs and sidelines. Don't get sacked, worst thing that can happen, lose a down, yardage and worst you lose time. See so many QBs do that spin out of the pocket to buy time, run around for 5 seconds then step out of bounds. If the play isn't there, just throw the ball away. QBs blow a lot of 2 minute drills just trying to do to much, trying to make a play that isn't there. Play smart and in control. 2 minutes is a lot of time when done right.
I've been very impressed with our 2 minute drill. It's been effective. Raiola has executed it great, he's been in control and made smart decisions. A couple of inaccurate passes against UNI, but otherwise it's been darn near perfect. Not rushed, but no time wasted, everyone knowing their job and doing their job. It has been great to watch and the control by Raiola and the coaches has been impressive. In a situation that a lot of college teams struggle with, we are excelling at, it's great to see.
A good 2 minute drill needs to contrary things to be successful. You can't waste time, but you can't be rushed. Rushing just leads to mistakes. Be in control.
Fist think is not wasting time. It sounds simple enough, but it involves everyone doing their piece correctly. Starts with the playcalls, work the sidelines and first downs. A 5 yard gain in the middle of the field blows more time than it's worth. Save you timeouts, save them for your FG team if a TD isn't needed. Call plays that keep WRs on the same side of the filed. Teams waste a lot of time lining up, have a coherent set of plays that avoids that, very unproductive to have 5 seconds count off the clock as a WR runs to the other hash to get lined up. See this happen a lot in college, sometimes it's exacerbated with the QB getting impatient and snapping the ball before they get set, they you lose yards and 10 seconds. Get to your spot, get the call, get set, run the play. Not rushed but fast and in control.
College QBs do a lot of stupid things in the 2 minute drill. Often it's because they are trying to do to much. Just do your job, trying to do more often has disastrous results. Throw for 1st downs and sidelines. Don't get sacked, worst thing that can happen, lose a down, yardage and worst you lose time. See so many QBs do that spin out of the pocket to buy time, run around for 5 seconds then step out of bounds. If the play isn't there, just throw the ball away. QBs blow a lot of 2 minute drills just trying to do to much, trying to make a play that isn't there. Play smart and in control. 2 minutes is a lot of time when done right.
I've been very impressed with our 2 minute drill. It's been effective. Raiola has executed it great, he's been in control and made smart decisions. A couple of inaccurate passes against UNI, but otherwise it's been darn near perfect. Not rushed, but no time wasted, everyone knowing their job and doing their job. It has been great to watch and the control by Raiola and the coaches has been impressive. In a situation that a lot of college teams struggle with, we are excelling at, it's great to see.
