Duval's S&C - Year 2

Jason Sitoke said:
You think there’s someone out there that has a bench max of 300 that can throw up 225 faster than a guy with a 500 max?  I’d be curious to see that. 
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The 300 pound bench presses are very common at the college level, but it is uncommon in the average population.  I've had the pleasure of experiencing taking on two different gents with claimed 500 pound bench presses and they had great strength.  I know what it's like to be head slapped by one of those brutes, and it hurt like being hit by a tree trunk.  But all that strength faded fast.  The trick is consistently stay on top with hand position so you never feel their great strength used against you.  People that study Judo should be able to relate to this.

If you learned hand technique then hand speed and arm length are golden.  Not too many big bench press guys have great endurance.  As endurance fades so does the hand speed.  If you aren't winning hand position you waste your strength.  Guys with much lower bench presses were consistently better as the game wore on.  Don't confuse being weaker on a weight bench with being weaker at football.  Will Shields was a good example of that.  Sucked at heavy weight on the bench press but could throw up 225 pounds at lightning speeds.

 
MJM 1 said:
Im pretty new to the site, huge Husker and Wyoming football fan.  Just my own observation when Duval was at Wyoming I've never seen our guys so slow and immobal, when the new S&C arrived from Oklahoma, after Duval, players that I knew told me that they didn't know what working out was like.  It was like night and day what I saw on the field, bigger, stronger, faster players.  Should Duval get credit at UCF?  Was he there only 1 year?  I personally think the team was stacked when he arrived, what impact did he really have at UCF? When Frost brought his staff from UCF that was the one position that I was really concerned with. 

One last thing it is my opinion that bulking up Martinez has really hurt his performance.  Oh, he can squat 500lbs, but now he can't move, slower than most D-Linemen.
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Interesting. We had only heard good things about Duval from UCF and when he was working with local youth sports in Omaha. 
 

I’m not too happy with how we looked this year on this front (see Martinez), but I’m willing to give Duval time to get it right. 

 
What the university released to the public on weights and conditioning, the team improved across the board at speed, strength, weight, vert, quickness, and stamina. 

You could see it on the field. I personally believe we are just a “winning mentality” away from going 9-3/10-2 instead of 5-7. To me it’s mental, not physical 

 
I am I said:
What the university released to the public on weights and conditioning, the team improved across the board at speed, strength, weight, vert, quickness, and stamina. 

You could see it on the field. I personally believe we are just a “winning mentality” away from going 9-3/10-2 instead of 5-7. To me it’s mental, not physical 
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Both.  Plus, leaders & a couple of playmakers. 

 
A lot of the game is won and lost by the non-stars (journeyman).  The stars look pretty good by the time they are seniors, regardless which coach recruited them.  It really is the journeyman that has to get better across the board.  Wilson got his job with hustle.  We're finally getting to the point where guys with ability should be given the chance to beat him out of his position.  Honestly, we don't have a single OL superstar and all the jobs need to be under a competition.  This includes projects like Jurgens.  The same goes for every position across the board.  The men will separate from the boys under competitive conditions.  Most coaches mistake the product in practice conditions as equal to competitive situations.

 
Lightfighter214 said:
could argue his hesitation was a bigger cause of him looking slower
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I'd love to see any actual examples on video of Martinez hesitating as a runner. People have talked about it all year but I've never seen it; I've just seen him not be able to get as quick of a step.

 
Landlord said:
I'd love to see any actual examples on video of Martinez hesitating as a runner. People have talked about it all year but I've never seen it; I've just seen him not be able to get as quick of a step.
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Martinez's indecision was on full display all year. His 2nd half vs Illinois was the exception to that

 
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