Diesel Crew - Muscle Building, Athletic Development, Strength Training, Grip Strength

Strength and Conditioning for Elite Athletic Performance - Free Articles, Videos for Coaches, Fitness Professionals, Personal Trainers, Athletic Trainers, Physical Therapists for All Sports

As Seen On
  • Home
  • Media
    • Video
    • Articles
    • Galleries
    • Interviews
    • GS Radio
    • Contact
  • Products
    • eBooks
    • Manuals
    • DVDs
    • Services
  • Team Diesel
    • Napalm’s Blog
    • Smiitty’s Blog
    • Spray Series
    • Testmonials
  • Resources
    • Links
    • Contact
  • Forum
  • Home
  • Media
    • Video
    • Articles
    • Galleries
    • Interviews
    • GS Radio
    • Contact
  • Products
    • eBooks
    • Manuals
    • DVDs
    • Services
  • Team Diesel
    • Napalm’s Blog
    • Smiitty’s Blog
    • Spray Series
    • Testmonials
  • Resources
    • Links
    • Contact
  • Forum

Guest Post – Lack of Grip Strength Loses the Game

Here is a guest post from Shane Swing. Recently he caught a college football game in which Grip strength pretty much became the deciding factor in the win. Here’s what he had to say:

    “Leading by 1 point with just seconds left to play, all Texas Longhorn cornerback, Curtis Brown, had to do was grab Texas Tech’s wide receiver, Michael Crabtree, wrap him up, and fall down to allow his team to retain their #1 ranking. As fate would have it, Mr. Brown apparently is not a grip enthusiast, thus his grip failed miserably and his team lost the game. As a grip enthusiast, it was clear as day to me what caused the loss. It wasn’t coaching, curses, hot weather, or home field advantage, as pundits predictably tend to bicker over. Lack of grip strength lost the game, plain and simple, and it should immediately become part of the Texas Longhorn’s training program. Will it? Who knows. Grip training lacks the respect it deserves. Hell, even my buddies that I’ve known since high school constantly rib me over my grip training, yet, they begrudgingly had to admit that lack of grip strength lost the game for Texas. Sweet vindication for me, bitter pill for Texas I guess. Time will tell if they wise up…and Diesel Up.”

    Shane Swing
    Grip Enthusiast, Maryland

Thanks Shane.

Check out this clip. Don’t worry about having to watch the whole thing. I’ve got it set up to start playing right from the spot where the pivotal missed tackle takes place.

Never ignore the importance of Grip Strength!

-Jedd-

Articles You Might Also Like:

  • How To Make A Grip Strength Fanatic Cry
  • Home Made Strength
  • How Twitter Will Unite the Grip Strength Community
  • Did a Lack of Grip Strength Break Joe Theisman’s Leg?
  • Team Diesel Crew – August WOM

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 20th, 2008 at 8:56 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

About Jedd Johnson

9 Responses to “Guest Post – Lack of Grip Strength Loses the Game”

  1. Joe Hashey Says:
    November 20th, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    I remember thinking something along the same lines when I saw that play. There were two or three times where jersey tackles were broken for big plays in that game. It’s about time college strength coaches start to pay more attention to the grip!

    Good post Shane.

  2. Jim Smith Says:
    November 20th, 2008 at 9:47 pm

    Excellent Post!

  3. shane Says:
    November 21st, 2008 at 9:46 am

    The pleasure was all mine Diesel Crew. I got tired of yelling at my television. Blog posts are much more therapudic. And being (correct me if I’m wrong) the 1st guest blog post for Diesel makes it even sweeter.

  4. Kirk Monigold Says:
    November 21st, 2008 at 9:51 am

    He had him,no excuse there except for…..weak hands

  5. Steven Mosley Says:
    November 22nd, 2008 at 5:40 pm

    I second that. Great Post! Grip strength is also over looked in the law enforcement, military and fire fighting community. It is time to change that.

  6. Super-Trainer Says:
    November 24th, 2008 at 10:55 pm

    Heck yeah – that receiver wasn’t gonna be denied there – Great post –

  7. pat battaglia Says:
    November 25th, 2008 at 7:23 pm

    Not that grip strength isn’t important, because it very much is, the guy was out of position and falling backwards trying to tackle someone accelerating forward. There are a lot of people with good grip strength who will NOT make that tackle. Was he expected to grab him and whip him to the ground like a superhero? You could say that “Heavy lunges win game!” because the receiver had the strength to propel forward out of his grasp. Again, I don’t disagree at all that grip strength is very important, but I don’t know if I feel that better grip strength would of made that tackle. Just stating an opinon,

    cheers,

    pat

  8. Shane Says:
    November 26th, 2008 at 9:27 pm

    Pat,

    I humbly disagree. The defender went high, and should have easily been able to pull him backwards and out of bounds with him.

    Taking into consideration your argument about the receiver’s leg strength, though, at the very least I would have liked to see the receiver drag the defender into the end zone, with the defender still holding on.

    Diesel on,
    Shane

  9. Mike Says:
    November 28th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

    Having played football, and having good grip strength from my lifting pursuits from a young age, I will definitely agree that grip strength is sadly overlooked in football strength training. As we are all taught, if you can tough someone, you can tackle them, and I made damn sure my grip was strong enough to allow me to drag someone down, even if I only got a few fingers in his jersey. For the above, their is no excuse. Hopefully a lesson is learned.

Leave a Reply

Diesel Crew Newsletter


Get Diesel Blog Posts Emailed to You:

  



DIESEL DIRECTORY

Find EVERY Single Post Ever Written on DieselCrew.com.

Click Here: All DieselCrew.com Entries

Search DieselCrew.com

Upcoming Events

CONTEST: Grip Hogs Day, Wyalusing PA

Click Here


Motivation & Muscle Podcast

Featured Products

DC Grip Strength
how to train to lift the blob

bend steel, bend wrenches, roll frying pans




How to Bend Horseshoes








How to Bend Horseshoes
    How to Tear Phone Books
Card Tearing Ebook
     Bending Manual
Nail Bending DVD
Euro Pinch Two Hands Pinch Yraining
Nail Bending DVD
    build grip strength hand strength forearm strength
Diesel Strength Training Products

build strength strongman training information
Advanced Kettlebell Challenges Build Strength with Kettlebells
    improve strength conditioning recovery grip strength
home made strength training equipment
how to do strongman atlas stone training
Members Only
build grip strength and learn feats of strength

Stay Connected – Jedd

Friend me on Twitter!
Subscribe to my Youtube Videos!
Friend me on Facebook!
Check Out my Images on Flickr!
Join my Network on LinkedIn!
Check out my blog!

Training Center

FREE EBOOK - AWESOME

How to Build Muscle Articles

3 Insanely Effective Upper Body Warm-ups

Ultimate Lower Body Warm-up

Ultimate Pull-up Video

How to Shoulder Rehab

How to Bench Press

How to Squat

How to Deadlift

How to Train with Odd Objects

Top 7 Tips for Building Muscle

Massive Back Training

Massive Arm Training 1

Massive Arm Training 2

Massive Arm Training 3

Advanced Activation Techniques

Speed Training for Athletes

Perfect Workout for Travelers

Popular Videos

Shoulder Rehab Protocol

Ultimate Two Minute Warm-up

No More Knee Pain - Part 1

No More Knee Pain - Part 2

Advanced Pull-up Training 1

Advanced Pull-up Training 2

Improve Pressing Power 1

Improve Pressing Power 2

Popular Articles

Celebrity Fitness - Build Muscle

How to Build Muscle

Build Muscle Now with Ladders

19 Tips for Fixing Your Squat

Fix Your Squat - Part 2

Fixing the Shoulders

The Summer Six-Pack

Keys for the Hard Gainer

Improving Your Deadlift Grip

Top 5 Core Exercises

Media

Home Team Diesel
Media Resources
Products Forum

MUSCLE BUILDING / GAIN MUSCLE MASS / HOW TO BUILD MUSCLE:
Accelerated Muscular Development | How to Build Muscle | How to Bench Press Muscle Building Anatomy | Muscle Building Nutrition - Build Muscle Mass | Sled Dragging Workouts Strength Training - Muscle Building Workouts | Strength Training Powerlifting | Strength Training Workouts How to Lose Fat - Fat Loss | Kettlebell Training | Strength Training Workouts Injury Rehab - How to Rehab an Injury

CORE WORKOUTS / CORE TRAINING / SIX PACKS ABS:
Core Training Workouts | Core Workouts for Athletes

ATHLETIC STRENGTH TRAINING / STRENGTH WORKOUTS / BUILD STRENGTH:
Athletic Strength Training Train With Odd Objects Strength Training to Improve Athletic Performance | Core Workouts for Athletes | Strongman Training for Athletes Baseball Strength and Conditioning | Improve Speed Bag Training

GRIP STRENGTH / IMPROVE GRIP STRENGTH / GRIP TRAINING FOR ATHLETES:
Bending Grip Strength | How to Tear Cards | Grip Strength Blob Lifting | How to Improve Crushing Grip Strength Improve Grip Strength | Improve Crushing Grip Strength | Grip Strength Blob Lifting | Grip Strength Competition

OLD STRONGMAN / OLD TIME STRONGMAN / STRONGMAN FEATS OF STRENGTH:
Old Strongman Feats of Strength

DAILY MOTIVATION / INSPIRATION:
Daily Inspiration - Motivation

BUILD YOUR OWN GYM:
Create Your Own Garage Gym

Copyright © 2006 – 2009 The Diesel Crew, LLC. All rights reserved.

Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer

Cleantalk Pixel