BringBackFergy Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 36 minutes ago, Augie said: Either 4D chess, or checkers......that could go either way. Or maybe make chess look like checkers? Will this speed up the eyes? . He’s already on 5D Parchese 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 12 hours ago, BringBackFergy said: Interesting article. But if everyone in the NFL starts playing chess, what will Bill Belichick play? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 5 hours ago, Nextmanup said: If someone would just tell him to to the throw the ball HIGH while throwing it FAR, he would improve dramatically. I've never seen an NFL QB literally not understand the concept of throwing a deep ball. Did you see any of his rookie season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Josh Allen gets away from so many defenders already....now he has to learn Chess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 I guess it would help in quick decision making, but there's more to that than being a QB. Chess players aren't throwing to their pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 2 hours ago, BringBackFergy said: He’s already on 5D Parchese Did you say with cheese? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 6 hours ago, Nextmanup said: If someone would just tell him to to the throw the ball HIGH while throwing it FAR, he would improve dramatically. I've never seen an NFL QB literally not understand the concept of throwing a deep ball. But cap’n check down Edwards doesn’t play for us anymore! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 4 hours ago, Figster said: I agree, I also think increased size and catching radius at the WR position is going to help matters. It certainly isn’t going to hurt, ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternOHBillsFan Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Playing chess is good so long as it is against other amateur players... but I found that when you get to a certain level, it's much less about strategy and a lot more about memorization. To get above a certain level, you MUST memorize patterns so that you are many moves ahead, or you'll lose. That's what makes grandmasters special... their memorization abilities are insane, and strategy is merely choosing which memorized road to go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, machine gun kelly said: Thought you’d like that Ridge. It was too easy. On a serious note, thanks Thurmon as that was an interesting article and I love chess. Makes sense to teach speed chess. I was never that good to do speed chess, but the parallels makes a great deal of sense. Yeah, fascinating stuff. I loved how he was able to find fairly quickly their weaknesses in chess and then that they had the same weaknesses in football, so when he worked on that mindset/tactical weakness in chess, it carried over. Amazing stuff, IMO. I tried speed chess for like two games and I was awful. I now wonder whether I should start working on it. 18 hours ago, TBBills said: If he wants to in his off time but TBH he just needs to be more accurate and I know chess doesn't do that. While he does need to work on the inconsistency problems he has with accuracy, that is absolutely not all that he needs to get done. I'm sure if you talk to him, to his coaches both on the Bills and private, they would all tell you he needs to work on a ton of things. They all do, really, but it's certainly true of Josh as well. Edited July 20, 2020 by Thurman#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykidsdad Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Technically, blitz is 3 minutes a side or longer. What they're describing is actually next level fast. The chess they're talking about is called bullet. All serious chess needs to be played with time limits, and, to me, chess has always been the best corollary for football. I'm a huge football fan and a fairly serious chess player and have always called football the chess of sports. The whole he-goes-there-I-go-here-and-if-he-goes-there-next part is a lot like calling plays, changing defenses, adjusting formations and so on. I love this, and I think there is great value in teaching bullet chess. Way to go. And I would love to see JA try this. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 5 hours ago, mykidsdad said: Technically, blitz is 3 minutes a side or longer. What they're describing is actually next level fast. The chess they're talking about is called bullet. All serious chess needs to be played with time limits, and, to me, chess has always been the best corollary for football. I'm a huge football fan and a fairly serious chess player and have always called football the chess of sports. The whole he-goes-there-I-go-here-and-if-he-goes-there-next part is a lot like calling plays, changing defenses, adjusting formations and so on. I love this, and I think there is great value in teaching bullet chess. Way to go. And I would love to see JA try this. Bullet chess is very difficult. I usually do 5 min games and that can be challenging too. Chess is a really fun game. Makes you think several moves ahead. I'm sure it would help QBs process information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) Blitz chess, yoga, and bong hits is how I begin most days. I play blitz chess mostly online, but I have chess clock and play OTB often too Edited July 20, 2020 by Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 I've said for a long time the NFL needs Stepford QB's! The game has got too fast, the players are too big and strong for the average or above average person to stand back there and figure things out and if/when he figures the mental part out, implement what's needed physically. There are a few out there smart enough, but they may not have the physical skills to pull it off. Fitz is a prime example. Kind of reminds me back in the 70's when first it was the Cowboys with Laundry who resorted to calling all the plays in from the sideline as didn't want their QB to have to figure things out all along out there. Quickly other teams followed. And yes am aware that Paul Brown did it way before, but didn't seem to catch on until Dallas implemented it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 On 7/19/2020 at 3:12 PM, jeremy2020 said: I've also heard this TB12 stuff helps QBs. Yes TB's pocketbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 7 hours ago, Pete said: Blitz chess, yoga, and bong hits is how I begin most days. I play blitz chess mostly online, but I have chess clock and play OTB often too Blitz chess and alcohol is more fun. We used shot glasses for pawns, 4 oz glasses for knights, bishops and rooks with different glass ornaments and 8 oz for queen. When you capture you drink. Usually we would use a mixed drink but occasionally use different items in glasses like whiskey in shot glass, Guinness in rook glass, etc. When you are late in move you poured yourself a shot and reset clock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 3 hours ago, Limeaid said: Blitz chess and alcohol is more fun. We used shot glasses for pawns, 4 oz glasses for knights, bishops and rooks with different glass ornaments and 8 oz for queen. When you capture you drink. Usually we would use a mixed drink but occasionally use different items in glasses like whiskey in shot glass, Guinness in rook glass, etc. When you are late in move you poured yourself a shot and reset clock. sounds like some fun drunken chess. I always found Chess Boxing intriguing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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