Kelvin Benjamin sad after ATL Postgame

[iamhubby1]

I think he probably needs contacts. Yea, that's it.

[MCC]

DUH it's a concentration issue. It's obviously not his "hands" when he is making ridiculous one handed grabs on the regular.

I also think he lets bad plays get him down and it messes with the rest of the game.

One thing he does need to work on is his timing in the air and securing the ball throughout the entirety of the catch.

[MHS831]

I take a person who drops the easy passes and require them in all practice drills and scrimmage to look the ball into their hands until they see the grain of the leather or stitch of the laces and literally yell out either "lace" or "leather" then they are allowed to take their eyes off the ball for anticipating what they do next.

 

If they miss one time where they don't yell it out...they are required after practice (no joke here) to write on the play board 'I will look the ball into my hands until I see lace or leather before I turn my head".........20 to 50 times........

 

One week of that and I never had one of my players ever drop sure catches again...........the told me they actually hear it in their mind during the game when they make an easy catch....it also reduces fumbling if they get hit soon after too..

 

 

That is interesting.  It is a concentration issue, and that fixes it--we used to do the laces thing in high school-I had forgotten..  I was taught to focus on the nose of the ball in the air and catch it--in blocking, I was undersized, so I was taught to ignore how big the LB or DE was, to go after his thigh.  I was bigger than most thighs.  It was a focus issue--nose of the ball, play side thigh.... My experience and coaching--from coaches who played in the NFL--was primarily focused on concentration. 

 

I found that my concentration faded as the play did.  When I turned my head to the QB and the ball was not there, I started thinking of the DB closing on my separation.  I started following the qb and altering my route.  Finding the weak spot in the zone and sitting down.  Now I am facing the qb, not running.  To me, catching the ball facing the qb in that situation was harder.  I think it was due to concentration because catching a ball sitting still has to be easier than catching one on the run.

Benjamin has good hands or he would never catch the tough passes--he has concentration issues, which can be fixed. 

 

Here is a tip that a coach who played for the Jets (TE) told me, as well as a coach who played WR for the Browns:  Don't let your pass catchers do anything with weights that strengthens the wrist or hands.  You want them absorbing the ball like a shock on a car, and weakness in the wrist area is a good thing.  That was several years ago, but I never forgot it.

[MCC]

All we kept hearing during the preseason was that KB was catching everything. At the start of the season, it looked like he was backing that up. It seemed like once he started to drop some, it started to snow ball. That to me seems like its a mental thing. It might be a matter of over thinking it. The drops have probably been in the back of his mind, and he's letting the pressure get to him. Confidence is so huge in sports.

This exactly.

[PghPanther]

That is interesting.  It is a concentration issue, and that fixes it--we used to do the laces thing in high school-I had forgotten..  I was taught to focus on the nose of the ball in the air and catch it--in blocking, I was undersized, so I was taught to ignore how big the LB or DE was, to go after his thigh.  I was bigger than most thighs.  It was a focus issue--nose of the ball, play side thigh.... My experience and coaching--from coaches who played in the NFL--was primarily focused on concentration. 

 

I found that my concentration faded as the play did.  When I turned my head to the QB and the ball was not there, I started thinking of the DB closing on my separation.  I started following the qb and altering my route.  Finding the weak spot in the zone and sitting down.  Now I am facing the qb, not running.  To me, catching the ball facing the qb in that situation was harder.  I think it was due to concentration because catching a ball sitting still has to be easier than catching one on the run.

Benjamin has good hands or he would never catch the tough passes--he has concentration issues, which can be fixed. 

 

Here is a tip that a coach who played for the Jets (TE) told me, as well as a coach who played WR for the Browns:  Don't let your pass catchers do anything with weights that strengthens the wrist or hands.  You want them absorbing the ball like a shock on a car, and weakness in the wrist area is a good thing.  That was several years ago, but I never forgot it.

 

 

There is another trick for recievers hands that makes them perfect for the feel and catch of a pass......its an old exercise for coordination and skill, stretch that some very savvy guitar players know about.......its the spider crawl on a broom stick......you take a broom stick with the tips of your fingers and crawl it up and down in one hand and then do the same for the other.....do it about 3 times a day with each hand and they get like octopus tentacles with a combination of stretch, coordination and strength.  It improves guitar playing drastically and does the same for catching or grasping any object

[Mad_Scientist_565]

guy just has hard hands. it's that simple. he needs to soften up and that will only come with time.