Sentences with word «scrimmage»

A scrimmage is a practice game or match played to train and prepare for a real competition. Full definition
He almost always jumped the snap (which also led to some offsides penalties), and yet even with his really good pass - rush technique he still wasn't able to turn the corner tightly at less than nine yards from the line of scrimmage most of the time.
Stokes went 95 yards for a touchdown, the longest play from scrimmage in Bruin history and, to UCLA coach Terry Donahue, one of the most welcome.
In the first half they noticed that when Michigan ran play - action passes, the Irish free safety would dart up toward the line of scrimmage in support of the rush defenders.
Michigan State packs the line of scrimmage with everyone on the team, rarely lining a defensive player deeper than eight yards off the ball and channeling the offense into constricted space.
The three keys to this game, in my opinion, are FSU's ability to control the line of scrimmage on defense, Cook's breakout potential and turnovers.
I want my offensive tackles keeping their shoulders close to parallel to the line of scrimmage for as long as possible so they can react to any inside move before the rusher can get quick penetration on the quarterback, while still maintaining the ability to turn and ride a speed rusher past the level of the quarterback.
When they line up for full punt teams during scrimmages and drills there are plenty of rugby style kicks to go around for everyone.....
During the open training, the first team scrimmaged against a gaggle of players who will likely make up the roster for Atlanta United 2, its USL affiliate that will play games in Gwinnett County this season.
«Get hands on the wide receivers at the line of scrimmage as well as play the ball up in the air.
The United States will be without Pacers SF Paul George who suffered a gruesome right leg fracture during an intrasquad scrimmage on Friday evening.
A few minutes after nine o'clock, roughly five seconds into the first scrimmage of Team Canada's training camp for the 1991 Canada Cup, 18 - year - old Eric Lindros rattled Al MacInnis, a venerable defenseman, with a check so vicious that MacInnis clambered to his skates in sections, like a punch - drunk marionette.
Paul George: George could have chosen to skip the proceedings following his gruesome leg injury in a Team USA scrimmage in 2014 but he decided to return to play the Olympics.
Detroit Tigers pitcher Jose Valverde is known for his excessive antics, and so during this intrasquad scrimmage when third baseman Miguel Cabrera got a single, he decided to taunt him back.
He made it look easy» Harbaugh on scrimmage today for players who didn't play
LF: It was definitely nice to go up against other teams instead of just scrimmaging ourselves in practice.
Kentucky's freshman class, which features six High School All Americans, were on display during UK's Blue vs. White scrimmage on Tuesday night.
In practice scrimmage we never had two full teams.
Fundamental and technical training and short side & full field scrimmages with fun skill development games.
Brooks recently rewatched tape of a play against South Carolina last season in which Mahelona flew through the line of scrimmage after the snap, his body practically parallel to the ground, and wrapped up running back Daccus Turman five yards deep in the backfield.
What started back in 1983 as a humble preseason scrimmage between seven fledgling Sacramento Valley high school rugby clubs, has developed into the largest youth and high school rugby tournament in the Western Hemisphere (at least as far as we can tell).
George is projected to miss the full season after breaking his leg during a horrifying scene at the USA Basketball scrimmage last week.
Last year he injured his knee in the first preseason scrimmage, underwent surgery and was out for the entire season.
Coaches and camp scouts were lined up in the gym to watch the young ladies go through various skills work, and eventually got to witness the girls go head - to - head in open scrimmage for the last half of the camp.
And after LSU moved its spring scrimmage inside due to lightning, this comment from Florida was a reminder of how tense things have gotten:
There were pallets of the various equipment being donated including mesh bags, football pants, girdles, cones, scrimmage vests, footballs, basketballs, pop - up goals and more.
He did not give relentless effort treating this game like a glorified scrimmage.
With a shortened season there wasn't any time for preseason games, so the Red Wings decided to have an intersquad scrimmage with the Grand Rapids Griffins.
Another dad told me how tragic it was that he and his daughter would miss their regular basketball scrimmages at the local park.
He only finished the year with 860 yards from scrimmage so it's clear that oddsmakers expect him to break out in his age 23 season.
The game will now start at 5:45 PM (televised from 7 - 9) and just be a situational scrimmage:
It couldbe a four - minute scrimmage, a rebounding drill, a shooting competition.
There's no pressure literally coming from a defensive lineman, and there's no pressure figuratively to win, because these are basically just backyard football scrimmages.
The effect of Pitt regularly involving these guys is creating a ton of confusion for the DEs and LBs that have to add «and he may also receive a hand off or catch a pass» when they're trying to diagnose the intentions of Canada's players in the precious seconds before the ball crosses the line of scrimmage into space.
He keeps in shape by scrimmaging with the players at Chapel Hill almost daily.
Eros + Massacre foregrounds the idea that history remains a battlefield open to the countervailing forces of interpretation with a surreal early scene depicting a rugby scrimmage where Osugi's burial urn takes the place of the football.
The two teams will have some familiarity as they played a closed scrimmage before the year.
Pettine likes to bring some Safeties up to the line of scrimmage too.
in the previous weeks scrimmage and Ty didn't.
Quinn has told you you build solid football teams from the line of scrimmage out.
If he does allow Hillman to get going, then that should force the Patriots to get a safety involved near the line of scrimmage which will make Manning's life that much easier when he does decide to throw the ball.
Take a look at some highlights from the Cleveland Browns scrimmage featuring Jabrill Peppers make plays on defense:
Take a look at some highlights from the Cleveland Browns scrimmage featuring Jabrill Peppers make plays on defense: [email protected] laid the wood...
Miguel — Not really, we'd been practicing for a months and been doing pretty good on [scrimmages].

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