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Why Malachi Toney could be faster No second gear)

CityboyCanes4life82 said:
What I find hilarious is that he is actually fighting himself when he runs…LOL

The thing I’ve noticed is his running stride once he breaks into the open field. When he hits daylight, it doesn’t look like he has a true second gear. His stride mechanics are what’s slowing him down.

Keeping it simple. He has to much ground contact. Ideally you want to decrease your ground contact and increase your stride length.

To me it’s like he is shuffling his feet..lol. It’s weird because once he his (second gear) his stride decreases which slows him down
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What in the FloJo booshizznizzle is this?
 
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skyman said:
Good post, too high level for most guys on here and think you dissing him instead of how he can get better.. This is basically track talk and thats hated on this board.. lol..

Whats crazy is his pops was a burner, a good track season would get him right
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This is spot on

He didnt articulate it the best in the thread title. If he had said, can Malachi be even faster than he realizes? He should not type the word slow. Also not the time right now.

Fact is , he is a gift from God as player and a person to not just this University but the planet. In the rolodex of my mind, I believe Hes the most complete football player we've ever had. His work ethic, his commitment to being better, his IQ, his lateral speed and strength, his agility in space. Unreal

But with some high level track coaching, he absolutely could be faster in distance over 30. Basically most guys do this in the spring getting ready for combine, hiring track coaches to improve sprinting for medium to long distance. Malachi probably wouldn't appreciate the thread title. But woukd probably appreciate the premise of this, based on what we've heard about his work ethic and commitment.

But today was not the day to be remotely sounding critical.
 
I'm not sure how he got the edge on that TD, reviewing the play I was sure two A&M defenders had a really good angle on him to make a tackle for no gain.
 
CityboyCanes4life82 said:
Honestly, Malachi has to house that. He would tell you himself. What I am pointing out is that his break away speed is only impacted by his stride mechanics which can be fixed on one off season.
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Concepcion got chased down and knocked out at the 5 by #24 at the end of the game saving a TD. Does that mean the all American Concepcion is slow?
 
CityboyCanes4life82 said:
What I find hilarious is that he is actually fighting himself when he runs…LOL

The thing I’ve noticed is his running stride once he breaks into the open field. When he hits daylight, it doesn’t look like he has a true second gear. His stride mechanics are what’s slowing him down.

Keeping it simple. He has to much ground contact. Ideally you want to decrease your ground contact and increase your stride length.

To me it’s like he is shuffling his feet..lol. It’s weird because once he his (second gear) his stride decreases which slows him down
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There was a porster who would bring up 200m times for kids. You guys would have been great together. D$, track & field CIS?

Go Canes!
 
CityboyCanes4life82 said:
What I find hilarious is that he is actually fighting himself when he runs…LOL

The thing I’ve noticed is his running stride once he breaks into the open field. When he hits daylight, it doesn’t look like he has a true second gear. His stride mechanics are what’s slowing him down.

Keeping it simple. He has to much ground contact. Ideally you want to decrease your ground contact and increase your stride length.

To me it’s like he is shuffling his feet..lol. It’s weird because once he his (second gear) his stride decreases which slows him down
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Where the **** do you absolute buffoons come from?

We got people questioning if Toney should have scored that TD and now we got a different moron saying he’s slow?
 
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If you want to really see what elite stride technique looks like, go watch Devin Hesters Miami highlights. When Hester turns on the afterburners, his mechanics are darn near flawless and that’s why he never got caught.

Now compare that to Malachi Tony. He actually has good technique until he goes full afterburner. That’s where things start to get a little sloppy. The difference between guys who never get caught and guys who level off is what happens after that switch flips.

On the Texas A&M punt return, you can see it clearly. He hits the sideline, gives the hop-skip fake, and boom, his initial acceleration and technique down the sideline are perfect. But once he shifts into top gear, his stride gets shorter instead of opening up, and that’s where speed and momentum start to leak.

Barry Sanders was another player with great mechanics until he switched on the after burners. His technique would get sloppy and people were able to catch him.

If Malachi improves his technique, no one is coming close to catching him
 
IRememberSchnelly said:
Hilarious read. Some of y'all have way too much time on your hands and way too much imagination and fantasy life to go with it.
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It’s something that we all noticed. What’s keeping him from being explosive like a Santana Moss is not genetics. Malachi has great technique with his initial burst.

It’s only when he turns on the after burners is where his technique gets sloppy.
 
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PennsylvaniaCane said:
Concepcion got chased down and knocked out at the 5 by #24 at the end of the game saving a TD. Does that mean the all American Concepcion is slow?
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Actually it was a smart play. If he had tried to cut it up field, there were two free UM defenders and he didn’t have a time out. With 30 or so seconds, if you get tackled in bounds the clock would bleed to at least 10 to 15 seconds.
 
Mali will be stronger and faster every year he is at UM. His work ethic is second to none, and I guarantee that he is p*ssed off about not scoring a TD on the punt return.
 
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