Cam has been changing his mechanics.

[Moo Daeng]

2 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

A few years back, the greatest living drummer Neil Peart went and restudied his drumming technique and changed everything, even down to how he held the drum sticks. He came back as strong as ever and said he felt he had more control and capability with the new style.

If you have the talent, you can always hone or redesign your skills to perform at a higher level. Cam's got every tool in the kit and he has the brains to be able to change how he uses those. Good coaching will also help him refine it as he goes along. I've got faith that we'll see some really good play out there from him this year.

Peart reverted to his previous technique. It really didn't last very long.

[Khyber53]

2 hours ago, Stoney said:

What's your take on Michael Kidd-Gilchrist?

Don't know. Basketball quits being interesting once it leaves the college level. No single game really matters and more than half the league goes into the playoffs. Who cares?

[Khyber53]

5 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

Peart reverted to his previous technique. It really didn't last very long.

Then he retired. The point is, even the best can go back and work on things without destroying their talent.

[panthers55]

So the question is whether he is changing everything or simply correcting bad habits developed when he was injured and had to compensate by changing his throwing style due to range of motion issues.  Since the Turners  only came last year they would have only seen his post surgery motion in person although they can obviously watch film from 2015 and before. Is it a big change or not.?

[panthers55]

2 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

Then he retired. The point is, even the best can go back and work on things without destroying their talent.

Baseball players constantly have to work on their swing as bad habits and inadvertent issues arise all the time.

[kungfoodude]

9 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

Baseball players constantly have to work on their swing as bad habits and inadvertent issues arise all the time.

Same with golfers. I am sure it happens to an extent with NFL QB's too, it just doesn't get harped on like it does with the Panthers and Cam.

[GRWatcher]

3 hours ago, rayzor said:

Cam and Jake are two completely different players and people. Jake was an old school gunslinger player who just chucked the ball his whole life. His QB drills with mccoy were pretty much limited to throwing the ball into a bucket. He did a lot to grow as a leader in a lot of ways, but physically there just wasn't a lot of attention to detail there. All of a sudden he was made to change his mechanics and all of a sudden he did something he hadn't had to-do in pretty much forever....he had to think about what he was doing physically and it got to his head. The coaches backed off and tried allowing him to revert to more natural throwing for him, but it was too late and he was messed up. Mentally Jake was a tough character in a lot of ways. With this, though, he couldn't handle it.

 

Remember when this was the rallying cry? 

3 hours ago, jfra78 said:

read the title skim through the content

That, unfortunately, is how most news is read these days.

[lightsout]

Cam will be fine. The throwing motion looks natural to him, he has likely been doing a lot of foot, leg and hip work in recovery to prepare for throwing because it is smooth now. Once we start preseason we'll know what we got, assuming they put him out there (I'd go with just game 3 personally)

[Basbear]

Once he's under pressure, we'll see if he keeps his new mechanics(no one ever does). Personally, I don't care much about "correct" this and that. If the ball is accurate and arrives in a timely matter, idgaf. Phillip Rivers is a great example of this, he looks beyond terrible, but he's accurate and does so with speed. I personally never liked Cams delivery, but when he had the 400+ yard opener in his rookie year, I no longer cared. His pocket awareness now that's something I wish he would improve. 8 years into this and it's still rather poor.   

[Harbingers]

They say this literally every offseason. 

[Black&BlueBubba]

So here is my take on the new mechanics. This is coming from a guy who has caught multiple major leaguers in Baseball and have worked with throwing mechanics my whole life as a catcher. It’s not exactly the same but I do think I understand what they are trying to do. It’s nothing drastic.  It’s not like we are trying to fix Blake Bortles throwing motion.

However, if you are watching his throwing arm you are watching-the wrong arm.  Just like a pitcher his throwing arm is initially directed by his left arm. If you watch the vid he is making a concerted effort to keep his left arm very close to his body.  That is different than old cam.  Keeping that arm close to your body will keep your left shoulder from flying open.  That will provide a much more accurate release point and and put less stress on the overall rotator cuff by not having the throwing arm open wide in a larger arc. It’s should translate into a quicker and more repeatable release point  

To compensate for this his footwork will have to be better.  And he will have to step into his longer throws.  He tends to sit on his back heels many times and rely on his arm  

Time  will tell if he can incorporate this all together or will he revert to his old motion when the bullets are flying. 

[Black&BlueBubba]

Here is what I am talking about.  Before his left arm was away from his body. Now it is in tight. That will help reduce the.m stress on his throwing shoulder and provide him a quicker more accurate release.