You do not have JavaScript enabled! Please enable JavaScript to enjoy all the features of this forum. Sounds like someone never played football. Players get injured doing all sorts of activities. The Nutcracker Drill. This site is neither endorsed, nor sponsored by, nor affiliated with San Francisco 49ers or NFL Enterprises LLC. "It was crazy and intense," Iupati said. "It's fun going against those big boys.". rarely are players trying to go head to head and simply push one another backwards or forwards along an imaginary line.... IMO, [ Edited by bigginz54 on Jul 7, 2011 at 1:11 AM ]. Why Joe Montana The Greatest San Francisco 49ers Icon Ever With His Instagram And Twitter Accounts And Focusing On What? Singletary learned the drill as a player under Mike Ditka in Chicago, except Ditka allowed players to slip past one another. Stupid drill, that has no place above the high school level. The nutcracker and similar drills are not necessary and are more likely to lead to injury than almost any other drill as they are a challenge, one on one, full out collisions. The 49ers drafted two offensive linemen in the first round – Iupati and tackle Anthony Davis – and although both are working out with the second unit, the hope is that they'll win spots in the starting lineup at some point in camp or early in the season. Even so, those are the expectations. There's lots more to come. How do you think about the answers? "I'm working hard to try and win something, but I'm not going to say I'm going to do it.". The game is rough and so is practice. I've got quite a few more notes from 49ers practice, with another practice scheduled for this afternoon and four more before I leave Wednesday. Make Offer - Vintage Green Bay Packers NFL Football Collectible 14" Wooden Nutcracker #4 New With Tags Green Bay Packers 14" Holiday Nutcracker NFL Forever Collectibles $19.99 Sing was not a head coach material. Alphie 2,250 views. Smart coaches use every second of practice to get players ready for games. There is NO need to have our players taking unnecessary hits in some alpha male bulls**t type drill. "When you're looking at a rookie offensive lineman, it's very difficult to say, ‘Well, when he does this or when he does that. There's no timetable, Singletary said, but it's clear the coaches will have their eyes on the rookies looking for a sign that each is ready. This forum requires it. Teammates hollered support for their position mates. Niners coach Mike Singletary said he plans to run the nutcracker several more times during camp as a way to teach players proper leverage. The Oklahoma drill is an American football practice technique used to test players in confined full contact situations. lol. The whole thing was to cover all his short comings, and at the end it showed. Picture two vehicles on a narrow roadway accelerating into one another from a foot apart, each driver pinning the accelerator until someone prevails. "I want our guys to understand the whole leverage point of football," Singletary said. But it's drills like the nutcracker that may help Singletary and his coaching staff decide on his starters. ', It's something that we have to let unfold, and as we watch it closely and monitor it, it will speak out and we'll know.". Join Yahoo Answers and get 100 points today. Mr. Williams got injured not doing the nutcracker. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Iupati said he understands that he has the opportunity to win the job, and he'll have a chance to work with the first unit after Baas, the incumbent starter, suffered a mild concussion late in the morning session that may keep him out for a few days. Discover our great selection of Christmas Nutcrackers on Amazon.com. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The drill consists of five stations: a shuttle drill station, a running station, a footwork station, a crouching station and a wrestling mat. Singletary stood to the side, challenging players to do better and calling them out if they appeared to accept defeat. Can someone explain this passage to me in lamens terms. How soon – or if – Davis and Iupati are ready to step in is a question that will answered in the next few weeks. Copyright © 1995-2020 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. football, especially the o line, is game of angles. For the starters, Baas and right tackle Adam Snyder, their task in camp is trying to hold off the rookies, or at least keep a spot on the roster. Vernon Davis, fiercely competitive and not always an impartial arbiter of nutcracker outcomes involving himself, magnanimously congratulated Manny Lawson after the linebacker defeated him. Player and team photos used with permission from, Singletary's "Nutcracker Drill" and Safety in the NFL, 49ers' John Lynch: NFL should hold teams accountable if they don't abide by COVID-19 rules, 'There's been some good signs this week': John Lynch provides an update on 49ers' Jimmy Garoppolo, Transcript: Robert Saleh talks 49ers-Dolphins, Javon Kinlaw, Fred Warner, Dre Greenlaw, Arik Armstead, Ryan Fitzpatrick, George Kittle says 49ers offense has 'weapons all over the field'. 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Guard Adam Snyder seemed to fare well. "It's one of those things that I think we'll know it when we see it," Singletary said. When a player loses decisively, he often begs for an immediate rematch. The two went at it again. 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