Quote:How can they do that without wearing earplugs?

 

Back on topic, I will look for the Duracell commercial and Derrick Coleman. If he plays, I hope Pam Oliver talks about him.

 

It's not that they actually go deaf, but they pretend at it. Remember, these are children and they are used to playing and imagining different aspects about themselves. When I teach this, I start by asking how the Offense tries to trick them with the snap count. After a while, they see that I am talking about the QB "talking". Then I ask what kind of people does talking not affect? The answer is deaf people. And outside of hearing aids, deaf people need to see things in order to react. 

 

So I tell them since we are going to be playing Defense, we can't react to what we hear, but rather to what we see. So we "go deaf" when the QB starts "talking" or going through his cadence. It's a mental trick that the players do with their minds, not their ears.

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