Central Florida Football Players Love Tennis Ball Drill
You wouldn’t expect to find too many tennis balls in play during a college football team’s off-season workouts.
But Central Florida head coach George O’Leary has always been a forward thinker. O’Leary had his Knight receivers catching tennis balls as if they were footballs during off-season workouts this past summer in a series of drills designed to make it easier to catch passes.
The theory, as told by senior wide receiver Brian Watters, is that catching something small will make catching a larger object much easier.
Coach O’Leary said the drills, which involved the receivers throwing the tennis balls at every conceivable angle while standing 10 yards apart, has paid off.
“I think they’re holding onto the ball better,” O’Leary said in an interview. “I think they’re catching everything that’s thrown out there.” The Knights threw for just 210.3 yards per game, 69th in the NCAA (out of 120 teams).
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