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another breakdown today on Drew Brees I
got a couple people that wanted to see
Drew Brees and sees breakdown I'm glad
people actually reached out because
there are some kind of interesting
things that drew Brees does and him also
being a shorter quarterback I think that
it can apply to really a wide range of
people when you go in and look into kind
of the small things that he adds into
his throw that just makes them a little
bit different so without further ado
we'll just get right into it
one of the things I'm going to start
doing now to is a little bit more of
like the dynamic movements and just
things that make it so you can see more
than just the throw but this one is
really a throw I mean he does a really
good job first up if we look at this he
kind of shuffles outside to room to
start off where he kind of goes here and
it makes it so that dn goes out and it
may be something that that tackle can
really brush him away and I think that's
just a good overall things to see as a
quarterback in the strategist and how
you can manipulate the defensive line
but then what I really liked about the
throw is you could really see how much
he uses that back leg right so even when
he gets back defensive lineman out of
the way then he really pushes down hard
with that back look that back way you
can see how that knee that back right
leg or that wrecking he really dives
inwards and that's how you know he's
producing a lot of force there and then
when he gets around he is one of those
guys that really gets a lot he has like
kind of a similar Aaron Rodgers type of
a throw where he gets a lot of press off
that front leg as well where he's
lifting upwards and that's just because
I think being not as tall of an athlete
he had to learn how to get the ball up
and over so he has that really high
release point I mean you can see because
its toes off the ground and because of
how high the ball is he's probably
releasing it at about you know who knows
maybe six seven type of the things and I
would be really hard for Definity if
their their hands in the way I'm just
because of how tall he stands up and
that's why I think that it would be a
good thing for you know the shorter
athletes to be able to replicate because
if you're a shorter
you know quarterback and you think
you're going to be able to throw within
the NFL but don't have a lot of ability
to get that height on the ball you're
going to end up struggling and that's
just kind of the reality of the of the
situation you got to be able to have
that that high release or else the ball
is going to get nut but batted down you
also got to be able to see in between
linemen so here's another one way does a
good job of working in the pocket you
could tell he's always keeping his feet
moving always making sure that he's
setting up his linemen to hold their
blocks and do a good job with their
blocks and so he gets into position
where now he's going to throw he takes a
seven you see does that same thing with
that back leg was really pushing off
that front leg and but what you could
also see is he does a big he does a lot
in getting that that the the right
shoulder to the left hip through again
and and we I've talked about this a few
times where you know it's really about
that anterior oblique subsystem where
you're the hole all the muscles from
that right shoulder down to the left hip
were working well and what he does he
gets that left hip out of the way he
rotates that left hip all the way around
which means that he just has plenty of
rotation within that hip and then he
also gets into extension as well so it's
kind of a combination of being able to
press hard off that right leg
I certainly rotate well out that left
leg and also create a lot of force
within his spine that really generates
the power that he has during the throw
that we'll look at the last one here so
this I wanted to show more from a
release standpoint well I always talk
about you want to have the ball really
above the elbow and while he drops the
ball kind of low to begin he does a
great job and another big thing that we
talked about is making it so the whole
path of the ball is very circular so you
don't want to let that ball come back
very much you don't want to have a go
out to the side very much it wants to be
very much just straight back and
straight forward that's what you see
with him here and that's what I wanted
to show you guys look at that release
how where he goes straight back he does
a good job to keeping those shoulders
square and he uses a lot of that front
shoulder to generate force you and you
can see that here where he's going now
you realize he's got to throw that ball
hard and so he pulls down with that left
left arm he maintains that same quick
release in
his right arm where he's going straight
back and bring that ball straight
forward he just really pulls hard with
that left arm and that's what makes it
so there's a lot of zip behind the ball
and still he does a good job of pressing
off of it I mean if we look at the other
side he still presses off the back leg
fine he kind of gets to do a little bit
of flexion within the sponsor kind of
leans forward a lot because you guys to
get rid of that ball really quickly but
he promises for not being able to get as
much of a that that big right leg push
off by just getting that really good
rotation within that front arm so what I
think the conclusion to be made there is
that we want to have more than just one
alternative in your throw I mean at the
end of the day the variability within
the movement is going to be key in the
success of the quarterback you can't
only be able to throw when you know you
have a nice pocket and when you can set
your feet all nicely you want to be able
to throw you know when you have tee
balls when you have a guy in your face
when you have all these different things
going on around you and your your
throwing mechanics wants to adapt
accordingly another big thing is we need
to make sure if you're six really if
you're anywhere from five ten to six to
that your release is high and so as a
510 to 62 type of a quarterback you can
maybe go into some more extension within
that front leg and really push more off
of that front leg you just need to make
sure that you can also rotate well
within that front hip and have plenty of
this overall range of motion within that
front leg where else you're going to
become restricted and how much power you
can produce so he does get into
extension within that front knee which
is not something that I typically will
go in and try to teach people but how he
compensates for that is he still gets
into rotation within the hip which a lot
of times that's why I don't like that
front leg extension is because a lot of
times it prevents giving good rotation
within the hip so really the key thing
is as long as you're rotating the hip it
doesn't really matter what you do with
that knee it just seems like when I'm
teaching teaching quarterbacks that
front the front leg not being able to
rotate well really uh we're sorry but
front leg overextending really effective
affects the ability of that hip to
rotate well so that's degrees that's
what he brings to the table if you want
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is filled with different breakdowns from
different athletes I think Drew Brees
has a lot of to bring a table but I
recommend checking out Tom Brady check
out Aaron Rodgers check out all the
different guides and see what they bring
to the table Michael Vick's another good
one as well I think Michael Vick had
some great power some great force and I
think it's because of how he was able to
create force so thanks again for
watching and we'll see you again soon