I was a high school running back and truly enjoyed playing it. Everybody wants to score touchdowns and be the center of attention. However, my future was not carrying the football. Because I was a good athlete, my coach would tell me “go play defensive back” and so I would.
There wasn’t a ton of coaching for me at DB outside of knowing where to be in the coverages that were called. The best and most efficient ways to be in those places were left up to me to learn. Since I had a desire to be the best, I made it a point to gather as much information as I could about playing cornerback and doing my job to help the team.
You know YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Web pages, the Internet? Yea none of that existed when I was playing high school football. There was no opening up my laptop and logging on to AllEyesDBCamp.com to acquire the knowledge and there was no email to receive little nuggets on how to lockdown a WR.
My education was based on either going to the library, searching for where the books on sports were located and then scanning the many aisles and shelves to find books that were written many years ago. There was also my favorite learning weapon, using the VCR to tape games involving great DBs and secondaries. (I think I may have to explain what a VCR is but I’m going to just tell you to Google it. :-).
I would watch and tape the games when they were live and then replay the hell out of them studying every move, turn and technique. Play, stop, rewind, slow mo. I drove my father nuts because he knew I was going to wear the machine down but I just had to know exactly what they were doing. It took me hours to learn what you can now learn in minutes. God forbid if I couldn’t be at home to watch the game and I forgot to set the VCR to record a game. There was no going to YouTube later to watch the video someone put up of the contest.
In time, I found a list of people who were selling old games on video tape. I just had to see certain DBs in action. I spent the money, sent away for the tapes and I would have them lightning quick in 2 to 4 weeks. Yes, you were doing things if you got people their merchandise in less than 30 days back then. I thought it to be a worthy investment of my money saved from my after school job at Little Caesars. “Pizza Pizza!”
It’s 2019. Technology has advanced at light speed. You don’t have to tear out a form from the back of a magazine, fill it out and put it in the mail along with your check to get games on VCR tape. You don’t have to make sure you set the VCR to record and hope you have enough space on the tape in the machine to get the whole game.
I endured all those things because I wanted to be great. How great do you want to be? Getting the knowledge you need to dominate on the field is literally as easy as 1, 2, 3. The knowledge is there if you want to seek it. Hours, Days, Months and Years of video tapes, coaching and studying by yours truly has been condensed and is being provided for you in my All Eyes DB Camp Member’s Area for you to use. It requires less time and money from you in 2019 than it did from me in 1988. Don’t let it go to waste. Become a member today. Join the All Eyes DB Camp Member’s ARea Click here.
Chad Wilson is the owner of All Eyes DB Camp and author of "101 DB Tips". He played college football at the University of Miami and briefly in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks. Over his 15 year high school football coaching career, he tutored over a dozen Division I defensive backs and as a trainer has worked with NFL All Pros, first round draft picks, college football All Americans and Top 10 ranked high school football prospects.
