The Cincinnati Bengals ran their “Oklahoma†drill Sunday, head coach Marvin Lewis’s traditional kickoff for their first training-camp practice in full pads, and it was once again a hit among spectators and the players looking on. This year, the NFL Network aired it live, and former players gushed nostalgically about its physical and psychological benefits—how it makes one’s body and mind tougher. Chris Nowinski heard about it a day later, and was much, much less excited, most teams have stopped using the 'Oklahoma' drill in routine practices, but the Bengals rolled it out during training camp. “It’s a reasonable drill,’’ he said Monday from Boston, where he is co-founder of Boston University’s Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy. “Part of the question, though, is how much repetition of it there is.’’ Nowinski—who played football at Harvard and wrestled professionally before concussions drove him out of competition and into scientific research and advocacy—questions the drill because it means more times for a player to absorb a hit, and more chances for the brain to endure impact and suffer trauma. They’re a fast track to concussions and, in many cases, degenerative brain , diseases like CTE, which Nowinski and his colleagues have found in several deceased athletes who had donated their brains for study. Source: Sporting News
It's a freaking great drill. What do people want? Just freaking out yellow flags on them and end all the bullcrap studies. [ame="http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-training-camps/0ap2000000222471/Not-your-average-football-drill"]Oklahoma Drill: Not your average football drill - NFL Videos[/ame]
I love that they still show the video of my cousin blowing up the blocker lol haha good stuff. Hopefully he can stay healthy this year and get some pt
