At the beginning of this season there was an article about Ryle QB Conner Hempel and he mentioned that this was the first year he's ever had to read the defense which sounded odd to me.

 

That lack of being taught bit him on the show "The Ride."

 

How common is it that QBs are not taught to read defenses?

At the beginning of this season there was an article about Ryle QB Conner Hempel and he mentioned that this was the first year he's ever had to read the defense which sounded odd to me.

 

That lack of being taught bit him on the show "The Ride."

 

How common is it that QBs are not taught to read defenses?

 

I find this to be simply amazing..:eek: He had no clue up on the board.. I felt very bad for Conner. Obviously he is a very smart kid. It's not his fault that his oc or qb coach never taught him how to read simple defenses..

I too find it hard to believe that Varsity QB's are not taught to read the coverages. I think it is up to the coach to tailor the reads to the QB's experience. Most kids however can be taught to make pre-snap reads based on the alignment of the defense. I also think most HS kids can then make at least one read post snap to determine which of the recievers becomes primary reciever.

 

When you start talking about hot reads and 3rd and 4th options, now you are usually talking about QB's with both a strong football IQ and a more sophisticated passing attack.

 

Many "run first" teams passing game is based solely on play action and physical mis-matches.

I find this to be simply amazing..:eek: He had no clue up on the board.. I felt very bad for Conner. Obviously he is a very smart kid. It's not his fault that his oc or qb coach never taught him how to read simple defenses..

 

Didn't Conner have a new O.C. every year?

Didn't Conner have a new O.C. every year?

 

I think your right.

Not many are. Trinity, and the Franklin system teams are taught to read progression or defenses or defenders. There are also a couple teams using the Darrin Slack quarterback system. Thats probably 10-15 in the state.

This is a shame if true, but I wonder for a kid who made this reality show, has he never been to a QB camp? I have been to a ton with my own children and QB's and WR's and even at the grade school level these camps are teaching QB's on the board to read, draw up their favorite play versus various coverages. I just find it hard to beleive that a kid of this stature on a very good football team has never been taught to read coverages or alignments. If I was this boys family I would be finding me someone in NKY or Cincy area that could teach this boy something, just to have a base going into college. Best of luck Conner!!!

At the beginning of this season there was an article about Ryle QB Conner Hempel and he mentioned that this was the first year he's ever had to read the defense which sounded odd to me.

 

That lack of being taught bit him on the show "The Ride."

 

How common is it that QBs are not taught to read defenses?

 

I may be wrong, however I would be very surprised if he was talking about reading defenses presnap. I think most coaches definitely easily would teach kids about reading defenses presnap. So IMO when he made that comment, I am thinking he met this is the first year that he was taught to read defenses after the snap and where to go based on what they were doing.

I find this to be simply amazing..:eek: He had no clue up on the board.. I felt very bad for Conner. Obviously he is a very smart kid. It's not his fault that his oc or qb coach never taught him how to read simple defenses..

 

For the record, you saw an edited version that was extremely unfair to Conner. The reality was that he was up at that board for 15-20 minutes answering their questions and did a very good job, not struggling on a single question, until the coaches then threw out a question to him in which they misidentified a defensive scheme and it confused Conner. They then elected to air that very, very brief portion of his entire time up at the board in an effort to justify elminating him. I mean, seriously, the kid was ranked #1 by all the coaches after 4 full days and going into the last day at FBU - which was only a 1/2 day - and dropped all the way to #4, despite having an overall solid last practice (once again, they aired one of the few bad passes he had that practice)? The reality is that that were looking for human interest stories and he just didn't really have one. He's a smart, polite kid from an upper class family in Union, Kentucky. Boring - for TV standards. :sssh:

 

Conner's not a perfect QB, not close and I'm not claiming such. But he's a pretty bright kid (good enough for Harvard) and I'm certain he can read defenses as well as most QB's his age and on par with the other remaining candidates on the show. Hope they do well - it's a fun show to watch. It just would be a bit more fun if he was still part of it.

I think most are taught some basic reads (i.e. reading safeties or seeing if coverage are man-to-man or zone), but as a whole not much. I know some schools that put a lot of faith in their QB to audible plays at the line, but most do not. And in fairness, it is not as if the opposition is running complex Dick LeBeau schemes disguising coverages with zone blitzes.

The ones at Ballard do.

 

A lot is done in the off-season. Our rising QBs do film work and board work on their own from January til spring practice. Then they're in "QB School" classes with QB coach.

 

Every year here though, there have been kids who come to the first practice thinking they're going to play QB but have waited til the first day of practice and think they can compete with the other guys that have been learning about reads, progressions, and pass-route design for months and months prior.

The ones at Ballard do.

 

A lot is done in the off-season. Our rising QBs do film work and board work on their own from January til spring practice. Then they're in "QB School" classes with QB coach.

 

Every year here though, there have been kids who come to the first practice thinking they're going to play QB but have waited til the first day of practice and think they can compete with the other guys that have been learning about reads, progressions, and pass-route design for months and months prior.

 

Coach J aren't you one of the teams that has worked with the Darin Slack stuff? It seems to be working.

This is a shame if true, but I wonder for a kid who made this reality show, has he never been to a QB camp? I have been to a ton with my own children and QB's and WR's and even at the grade school level these camps are teaching QB's on the board to read, draw up their favorite play versus various coverages. I just find it hard to beleive that a kid of this stature on a very good football team has never been taught to read coverages or alignments. If I was this boys family I would be finding me someone in NKY or Cincy area that could teach this boy something, just to have a base going into college. Best of luck Conner!!!

 

I have seen Conner at a quarterback camp.

 

I am not surprised by a Kentucky high school quarterback not being taught to read coverages. I know the Trinity system is that advanced, but would be surprised if many others are. I would think a Highlands quarterback under Jared Lorenzen would read defenses.

I have seen Conner at a quarterback camp.

 

I am not surprised by a Kentucky high school quarterback not being taught to read coverages. I know the Trinity system is that advanced, but would be surprised if many others are. I would think a Highlands quarterback under Jared Lorenzen would read defenses.

 

Conner has been to MANY QB camps over the past 3 years. I'd be willing to bet he's been to as many or more camps than any other NKY QB in recent years.

I agree with Coop!!!