Upon receiving the free video from Joe DeFranco, I was excited. I e-mailed him a question, and he wrote back and asked after I viewed the video to write an unbiased review of it on this forum. I thought, hey this guy just gave me a free video, this is the least I could do. I?m going to basically write the con?s and pro?s, then give my feeling on the video. My background is that I?m a baseball player. I have never played competitive football before, but helped train some football players at my school.
Cons
The only problem that I have about this video, and it is a very small problem, is there was a couple of times where the video went out of focus, but quickly came back in focus.
Pros
This video goes into great detail on all of the combine tests. Joe DeFranco, through his explanations, makes every test easy to understand. He explains it at a pace that you can write the information down quickly and efficiently. After each test he explained, he got one of his shredded athletes to perform the test at regular speed to see how it?s done. Another great aspect of this video is Joe?s demeanor, he knows for a fact that his methods work, it made me feel it is the only way to prepare. There are many more great qualities to this video, but I feel you have to watch it, because if I keep writing I will give the whole video away, and I don?t think Mr. DeFranco will like that too much.
I will say this, I thought the most impressive thing about this video was John Iannuzzi? vertical jump and his broad jump. Nobody be able to jump like that, especially when you almost jump across the width of the gym.
I feel that, after viewing this video, if you are an athlete, strength coach, sport coach, or a father and you want your athlete or your child to dominate these Combine tests, this is the video for you. You basically get hundreds of dollars worth of information in this video, and you get it at a good price. Now, I know a lot of you think that I?m obligated to write a good review, because he gave me a free video. But, I have to say that I never met Joe DeFranco and I will probably never meet him. He?s not giving me some kind of kickback for this review, I feel that the video is that good! I can?t wait until my little nephew gets old enough to go to these combines because I truly believe I have the upper hand.
If anybody has watched this video and would like to add anything I missed, please feel free to write it.
I hope you guys liked the review.
P.S. I would like to see Joe DeFranco do a video on a specific sport, For example, do a video on baseball, football,?. Explain the different techniques, weightlifting, running, agility,?, and give a basic program he uses for his athletes, kind of like the westside tapes.