Complete QB - Volume #2 - Issue #3 - December 10, 2010

ARE YOU MISSING THIS INGREDIENT AS A QUARTERBACK?

Have you ever considered the concept of balance as a major factor in your performance as a Quarterback? After having evaluated and trained Quarterbacks for a lot of years, I have always had a simple understanding that balance plays a big part in executing as an athlete on the field. Over the last decade, I have focused an increasing amount of my training on addressing issues with uneven distribution of weight, lack of follow through, etc., and find myself more convinced than ever that there exist some basic things athletes – and particularly Quarterbacks – can do as a kind of prerequisite for developing both strength and skill. For that reason, we have consulted a well-known expert in functional movement for some much-needed information.

Please take a few minutes to check the “A Video From Complete QB” section on our home page at www.completeqb.com. About halfway down the front page of the site is an interview we did with Eric D’Agati of One Human Performance. Eric provides our Quarterbacks, and their coaches and parents, with some understandable points about the importance of achieving and maintaining the training world’s forgotten variable: balance. Most interesting to me is Eric’s emphasis on the myth of flexibility preventing injuries. The reality, backed up by a good bit of research, is that flexibility alone does not ensure health. In the case of a Quarterback, for example, increasing flexibility in the shoulder joint (that’s the glenohumeral joint, for the physiology crew that are reading!) if there already exists an imbalance or lack of stability in movement can actually increase chances of injury!

I hope you enjoy the video and find it useful.

Keep working,
Coach Johnston

ARMY

The Black Knights of Army have not had a winning season or a bowl appearance since 1996, but are enjoying a resurgence under second-year Head Coach Rich Ellerson. After winning more than three games only once since 2001, Army is headed to the Bell Helicopter Armed Services Bowl on December 30th in Dallas, TX vs. SMU. Key to the turnaround has been Army's installation and use of the triple option on Offense, which has allowed the Black Knights to rush for more than 260 yards per game.

Prior to the bowl game, Army will take on Navy in an annual rivalry game on Saturday, December 11th at 2:30pm in Philadelphia.

The amount of points earned for a TD was not always what it is today. From 1892 to 1898, a TD was worth four points and from 1898 to 1911, it was worth five points. It was not until 1912 that a TD was worth six points.

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About Complete QB

Complete QB conducts Quarterback Development Camps throughout the U.S., publishes football coaching books and videos, and contributes to various media outlets&rsquo coverage of college and pro football. Chris Johnston, Complete QB’s Founder and Director, is the Quarterbacks Coach at Poly Prep in Brooklyn, NY. Coach Johnston was previously the QB and DB Coach at Hudson Catholic Regional High School (2007 Group 3 State Semi-Finalist and 2008 Group 2 State Finalist) in Jersey City, NJ. Coach Johnston also served as the Defensive Coordinator, Assistant Head Coach, and Quarterbacks Coach at Xavier High School in New York, NY.