Bruce Feldman writes at Fox Sports about how virtual reality is on the verge of transforming how quarterbacks prepare in college and the NFL. Stanford Cardinal Coach David Shaw sees the massive potential of virtual reality training for QBs and predicts it will soon be widespread.
Shaw spent almost a decade coaching in the NFL and can recall at least four instances where his team's third-string QB was forced into action, and this technology would've been a huge asset. "That (third-stringer) is not getting any reps. Not any practice time. If that third QB can spend 10 to 15 (minutes) a week on this, and then he's thrown into active duty in the middle of the fourth quarter because he's felt those blitzes come at him and he's seen how we're gonna pick this blitz up and this is where the route is going to come open, he's mentally and emotionally and visually been there. As we've learned from virtual reality, your body doesn't know the difference.Read more here.
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