Cam Ward discusses multisport background and how it helped him become a great QB

[MedleyCane]

Bill Walsh was a former boxer in the college rankings and was actually pretty good. This was where his fascination with precise and accurate footwork came from.

I learned something new.

 

[MedleyCane]

I’ve heard really good things with kids who do wrestling and football because of the flexibility and core strength.

My kid is only seven, but has been doing karate since three (green belt), and the core emphasis has really helped him make fast improvements with tackling and blocking. I’d be curious to see stats on this too.

Flexibility, core strength, balance, and above all toughness. To be able pin an opponent or, worse, fight through a guy trying to do it to you (pause) takes alot of mental and physical toughness, especially when your people are watching you. Practices can be grueling too. All of this translates to football. I've also read that many of the special forces types, including Navy Seals, had wrestling backgrounds.

 

[Bender]

I learned something new.

He shadowboxed on the sideline when his team kicked Miamis *** in the Super Bowl. Apparently a sight to behold.

 

[caneingville]

Flexibility, core strength, balance, and above all toughness. To be able pin an opponent or, worse, fight through a guy trying to do it to you (pause) takes alot of mental and physical toughness, especially when your people are watching you. Practices can be grueling too. All of this translates to football. I've also read that many of the special forces types, including Navy Seals, had wrestling backgrounds.

Great info, thank you! Makes so much sense. Our high school district here (we’re in Georgia) does pretty well in both football and wrestling, so if my son ends up sticking with it, he’s in a good place. I’m trying to convince him to play baseball in the spring for now.

Interestingly, my father-in-law was a Navy Seal, and one of the first when the Seals were first formed in the 60s. He was such an amazing man.

 

[MedleyCane]

Great info, thank you! Makes so much sense. Our high school district here (we’re in Georgia) does pretty well in both football and wrestling, so if my son ends up sticking with it, he’s in a good place. I’m trying to convince him to play baseball in the spring for now.

Interestingly, my father-in-law was a Navy Seal, and one of the first when the Seals were first formed in the 60s. He was such an amazing man.

God bless your FIL.
Navy Seals are bad ****s.
Baseball is good for hand-eye coordination and I also think it teaches kids to be tough because you 1v1 situations where you have to focus on the task.

 

[caneingville]

God bless your FIL.
Navy Seals are bad ****s.
Baseball is good for hand-eye coordination and I also think it teaches kids to be tough because you 1v1 situations where you have to focus on the task.

Thank you so much.

If you haven’t seen the Netflix show Quarterbacks, there was some fascinating stuff that one of Patrick Mahomes’s trainers talked about re: his baseball skills translating to football too. He really got into details with the sports science part of it in a way that I hadn’t seen before. (When I can, I’d actually like to find a good book or two on the topic, if anyone has any recommendations…) I think it was the third episode.

Thanks again for the info!