As Cade McNamara mentioned in his In The Trenches podcast appearance this week, he went out West this summer to train with former NFL QB Jordan Palmer, the brother of Carson Palmer, who runs QB Summit and uses high-level technology to help these guys find the little things they can correct.
Bills QB Josh Allen, who just signed a six-year contract extension worth up to $258 million, has also worked extensively with Palmer, and it has paid off (literally) big time. Joe Burrow is also a client of Palmer’s.
Bruce Feldman recently wrote a piece in The Athletic going in depth on Allen’s training with Palmer, as well as QB Summit as a whole. Here are a few things I found interesting. (Story is here: https://theathletic.com/2719015/202...-joe-burrow-a-big-boost-in-their-nfl-careers/)
- Allen went from 56 percent accuracy in college to 53 as a rookie, then 59 as a second-year player and, finally, 69 percent last season while becoming one of the league’s elite signal-callers. Palmer has been a big part of that. Remember when people asked if Allen would ever be able to fix his accuracy? It appears he has
- Here’s what Palmer said when asked if guys can truly become much more accurate:
“Practicing the same movement over and over again is not the solution. Getting a really talented person to just do whatever they do over and over again consistently is not necessarily the correct plan. I don’t see somebody improving accuracy on that, either.
“Somebody who is really athletic and can learn the correct movement patterns and develop them really quick and turn them into muscle memory, I totally think you can get way more accurate.”
- The latest technology Palmer has begun using is called Biometrek
“The human eye can only see about 30-40 frames per second, whereas motion capture technology can see 240 frames, providing data and intel on what’s happening to the athletes kinematically in much finer detail.”
They also have footballs with special chips in them that can measure velocity, spiral efficiency, spin rate and spiral decay, or how many RPMs the ball loses throughout the throw.
Palmer: “It’s really four steps: 1. We try and get them to learn the new pattern that we’ve created and execute it correctly. 2. We train it for strength/resistance. 3. We train it for speed. 4. You get ready for competition — whether that’s a drill, practice or a game.”
- Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud and several other college QBs also worked with Palmer this summer.
Bills QB Josh Allen, who just signed a six-year contract extension worth up to $258 million, has also worked extensively with Palmer, and it has paid off (literally) big time. Joe Burrow is also a client of Palmer’s.
Bruce Feldman recently wrote a piece in The Athletic going in depth on Allen’s training with Palmer, as well as QB Summit as a whole. Here are a few things I found interesting. (Story is here: https://theathletic.com/2719015/202...-joe-burrow-a-big-boost-in-their-nfl-careers/)
- Allen went from 56 percent accuracy in college to 53 as a rookie, then 59 as a second-year player and, finally, 69 percent last season while becoming one of the league’s elite signal-callers. Palmer has been a big part of that. Remember when people asked if Allen would ever be able to fix his accuracy? It appears he has
- Here’s what Palmer said when asked if guys can truly become much more accurate:
“Practicing the same movement over and over again is not the solution. Getting a really talented person to just do whatever they do over and over again consistently is not necessarily the correct plan. I don’t see somebody improving accuracy on that, either.
“Somebody who is really athletic and can learn the correct movement patterns and develop them really quick and turn them into muscle memory, I totally think you can get way more accurate.”
- The latest technology Palmer has begun using is called Biometrek
“The human eye can only see about 30-40 frames per second, whereas motion capture technology can see 240 frames, providing data and intel on what’s happening to the athletes kinematically in much finer detail.”
They also have footballs with special chips in them that can measure velocity, spiral efficiency, spin rate and spiral decay, or how many RPMs the ball loses throughout the throw.
Palmer: “It’s really four steps: 1. We try and get them to learn the new pattern that we’ve created and execute it correctly. 2. We train it for strength/resistance. 3. We train it for speed. 4. You get ready for competition — whether that’s a drill, practice or a game.”
- Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud and several other college QBs also worked with Palmer this summer.
