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Football Photo Gallery: Day 5 of Texas A&M's spring practices

March 27, 2023
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Football Photo Gallery: Day 5 of Texas A&M's spring practices

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Why are players using a Gilbert G-TR4000 rugby ball in some of these pictures (which is larger than a football). They ought to practice with the exact ball model they'll use in games. No wonder our receivers have 'bad hands', and we fumble, lol…. Ridiculous, practice like you play.
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^ was going to ask the same thing.
Sterling82
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Leach use to have receivers catch tennis balls to reinforce catching with hands. This is opposite but probably a technique to help TEs secure the ball.
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I can only figure it was a ball security exercise.
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Sterling82 said:

Leach use to have receivers catch tennis balls to reinforce catching with hands. This is opposite but probably a technique to help TEs secure the ball.

Pretty sure Sumlin had them do the same.

Has Jimbo lost weight?
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LatinAggie1997 said:

I can only figure it was a ball security exercise.
It is, the ball is larger so during tackling drills like that it makes them firmly hold the ball with their arms and also against the body
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4 said:

Sterling82 said:

Leach use to have receivers catch tennis balls to reinforce catching with hands. This is opposite but probably a technique to help TEs secure the ball.

Pretty sure Sumlin had them do the same.

Has Jimbo lost weight?

He has. I've seen this cycle with many football coaches. They lose weight in the off-season but during the late nights watching film and preparing game plans they're eating cookies, cakes and various snacks and put the weight right back on.
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