Thursday, July 10, 2014

Michigan Thursday: News and Notes

  • Mike Barwis new show on Discovery:  American Muscle premiered last night.   I didn't catch it but hope to on demand. 

  • Elite 11 headman Trent Dilfer on Alex Malzone (freep link warning):  “He’s a hypercompetitive kid, a great learner, tough kid mentally and a guy that really has some unique leadership qualities,” said Trent Dilfer, the ESPN pro football analyst and Elite 11 leader. “He’s such a good baseball player that he’s played a lot of baseball, so he’s behind a little bit in the quarterback training. ...
    “When you put him in an environment like this where it’s really fast and great athletes around you and every little microsecond of timing matters, there’s been some inconsistencies. His good is extremely good. His bad has been bad at times, and he’ll be the first to tell you that. ”One challenge for Malzone, who will be a senior this fall, is to rid himself of some baseball throwing habits.   “It’s just an adjustment,” Dilfer said. “They’re both rotational movements. Obviously, the football throwing motion is much more compact than the baseball throwing motion. ... In baseball you have more time, so those long moving parts create more speed, which is good. In football, you want less moving parts — limited movements is the term we use — and with limited movements, you’ll find more consistency.”   I didn't know he had a strong baseball background.   Many top QB's are in a similar position and I'm not too worried about him making those adjustments. 

  • It's getting close: freshmen report Aug. 2, upperclassmen Aug. 3 and the first practice is Aug. 4.

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