Ttqb Passing Practice (what Do You Do In Camp ?)

[mantaraydre]

Coaches,

I received some helpful passing tips on becoming a more accurate passer from the great Don Smith. Im just curious on how you other coaches pratice throwing with the ttqb. What part of the figure do you aim for. Is it the base, players jersey number, players pants in back. I see there is a science in the tilt of the ball on the ttqb's hand and the actual tilt of the ttqb itself. Tilting the qb too low or too high can result in alot of incomplete passes. i think every coach has there own theory how to do it and i was wondering if you can share any thoughts. I should be joe montana by now with Don smith and Don hudson showing me what to do.

I never knew that each ttqb can throw slightly different so you must study that one paticular ttqb and adjust to its throwing motion. I found these cool soap dishes that have suction cups to stand them up and they have a net on the back that catches that ball beautifully. They almost resemble hockey nets. They are worth every penny (100 to be exact). Its gets frustrating when the ball flies somewhere and you cant find it. I will bring some to the dfw games.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON TTQB PASSING AND WHAT ARE YOUR METHODS OF PASS PRATICE.

This is a topic that should see several responses because every tourney i go to that TTQB is being whipped out continuosly ready to make a play.


I watched Don hudson hit a 90 yard pass right on the money, HOW DO YOU PRATICE THAT ?????????????/

Don Smith passes with both hands and can hit his receivers with his head turned in the other direction. !!!!!!!!1

I saw reg rutledge hit a pass right on the numbers and the receiver was sandwiched in between two defenders.

These scenario's makes you want to pratice pratice pratice because your team will get cut to ribbons by these great passers and you MUST march down the field firing back to stay in the game. Sometimes i think passing gets taken lightly because many like to run. I realize you must have a "A" passing game to compete on the level with the great ones.

Michael robertson throws unbelievable bullet passes that almost knocks his guys over !

MANY NEW COACHES AND OLD VETERANS CAN BENEFIT FROM THE TIPS YOU GIVE HERE. REMEMBER, THE GAMES WILL BE MORE EXCITING IF WE CAN CREATE A "TOM BRADY" vs '" JOE MONTANA".

P. S. I know many tips have been givin out before but i thought lets start fresh and new !!!!!!!!
Those who want to learn how to pass, print this post out and keep it for future references. I should hear folks lighting up there leagues in a few weeks.

MANTARAY-DRE AND HIS HOUSTON TEXANS OF THE "DFW"

[Raven maniac]

Dre'
I started using the passing kit used for the passing comp's. I used the downloads on the home MFCA page; cut the diagrams out then placed them on some index cards and started setting them up at different yardage. Then I'll pass for about 30mins before I practice. After not being able to hit my WR's at the SWB I made it a point to get better at TTQB passing. Now I'm not the best, but I do okay. As far as the tilt. I start bottom up. I'll get the aim; then I'll site from ground up just like a rifle sight. then breath and fire. The reason for this is that there's more figure at the base then at the top. So I aim center mass and if I hit a leg or the bottom of the target it's still a catch.

[Shabby J]

I actually have usually 10 "practice" balls, mostly white felt or the brown from Miggle. I also color them orange and yellow so as to be able to find them when they stray onto the carpet.

I made a backstop of some fine mesh net attached to two wooden dowels that have on square balsa wood bases so they stand. I will get behind one end zone and set up my net to wrap behind the other end zone and come up to about the 50 yard line on either side, so pretty much half the field I am throwing into is surrounded by net. I then take receivers and set them up in varying spots all alone at different yardages and warm up going from closest to farthest. When I am comfortable doing this for about 20 minutes I will then set up some defenders and try to make completions that way.

I am a two handed passer, I usually use a my left finger in front of the base when space permits to stabilize it. I aim at the base most of the time if it's a wide open pass, if there is coverage I have to aim for the fattest target I can see at the angle I am at.

I am not an expert by no means but this seems to be effective for me. To me the biggest pain about pass practice is finding the **** balls. Once I made my net I am spending more time passing and less hunting balls down.


Shabby J

[Shabby J]

Bump!

[TVsCHACHI]

I cut a groove into the passing arm of the TTQ (approx 45°), so that the rounded part looks like Pac-Man. I get a crisp pass off that way.

I angle the ball slightly upward, so I can lean the figure forward slightly.

I use old felt Tudor balls from the 620 boards, I've found them more direct and accurate.

I am money in the short passing game, with an alley. I have trouble going up and over, the 'touch' pass, mortar-like. How do you coaches arc the ball?

What are the secrets to the long game? I've attempted 5 long-bombs, and came up with only one, what's the key?

[Anthony D Burgess]

Thinking back when I first starting playing this game as a child, the TTBQ was Very Difficult to do, and thus this was a major contributing factor of the game going into the closet.

There was way too much focus on using this prop than understanding the actual game of football. Not to mention that there was really no how to guide to play.

Being a good TTQB passer requires patience and practice of witch many didn't have the time to do. The few that could do this was thought to be good coaches, but passing and coaching are not the same.

TTQB is related to the style you play, the size of the board you play on . I think that the TTQB should be looked at as the type of pass the QB throws ie bullet pass. It lends it's self to give the advantage to the user not the player meaning they can't make a play on the ball, giving the offense the advantage.

This is a good skill to have, but should not be the be all to insure victory. There are many people out there who want to became part of this hobby, but seeing the TTQB as a what you need to do to be good keeps them from joining in.

Somthing to think about, is this EF/MF or is it TTQBEF/TTQBMF ? Is this built aroung the Prop, or built around Football ?

Just a thought.

[5-13 Studios]

i take my ttqb out in the backyard and have him toss a few through a tire-swing (i still miss).

[Michigan Joe]

The best tips I've recieved are from the guys from the DFW.

1) When using the heavier Miggle brown "oreo sandwich" ball, the slot is usually cut off center and is very thin. Cut out the opening larger in order to both center the opening on the ball and to have a lighter and more consistent press fit onto the TTQB passing hand.

2) adhere a ruber like piece to the front/lower part of the base to greatly increase the friction between the base and the board to give you more stability, especialy on those tight throws where D-lineman are all over you and you can't get your hands in there very well to stabalize the TTQB during the throw.

These tips greatly improved my skill, especially as a beginning TTQB passer.

[Reginald Rutledge]

The makers of the game of electric football create each apparatus to be used as a part of the game. While some may think the apparatus that came with the game does not work, I would be quick to debate that.

I remember one of the coaches in the DFW League once speaking about how it was "unfair for Reginald or Don Hudson to be able to pass and we can't". Oscar Woodard spoke up and said, "We just need to up our skill level".

That was the best response I have ever heard to the that question. I would first preface this by saying what I play is miniature football. In playing miniature football, I want to simulate real football. I want all the bells and whistles of real football. I know this can not be real because my players are inanimate objects. With that being the case, many things that occur on a real football field, I want to try to replicate it on my miniature level. I want the excitement of tossing a pass in traffic with defenders engaged with the receiver. I want to be able to throw a slant pass over a lineman who has his hands up. I want to be able to loft a bomb 40 yards up field to a receiver streaking in for a score. I want the thrill of isolating my tightend over the middle and physically making that tough pass with the aid of the TTQB.

Because Tudor knew this was just a game and there was no way to get into the skin of a miniature player, the next best thing was the "out-of-body" or "in-body" experience of feeling the pressures of making that same tough throw from the playing level that real QBs must make the throw from. That's where the human experience comes in to play.

The great thing about creating that level of play is when others that you bring into your style of play understand "this is the bar". "We will not try to lessen that bar, but instead up that bar". That's one of the great things about playing in a league that you have to make passes using that TTQB! No one makes excuses that they can't uses it. More importantly, most people in the league are willing to put their foolish pride away and ask others in the league how to pass and that information is then offered.

But for most coaches in the DFW, they practice their passing in their office at work, at restaurants, while out driving their trucks, or while their wives are sleep. Training camp for passing never end because most know they want that one shining moment when all the lights are on in a stadium before all their peers and having to know, they've got one chance to be a champion. It does not get any better than that!

The topic of kicking is another one quite similar that the makers of the game showed would be a great apparatus to the excitement of the game. Something for another time...

Reg

[Geno H]

I couldnt agree more Reginald. Last year at the Texas Shootout 2006 I couldnt pass a lick. I decided while driving home on I-35 that I could either bitch about this passing rule or method or that passing rule or method OR learn how to pass with the QB that the game was built upon. I decided to LEARN how. I work nearly every night on passing and I am getting better. The TTQB had very little to do with the game going into the closet. The TTQB actually worked better in comparison than the bases did. Tweaking the bases is the best thing that hs happened to the hobby.

Geno H