Why do the coaches on the sideline cover their mouths when they are talking into their headsets?
2007-02-06 01:57:13 · 12 answers · asked by Christian T 3 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Yeah thats what I thought but that seemed a little to far fetched.
But I guess anything can happen.
Thanks!
2007-02-06 02:04:11 · update #1
So nobody on the other side has a chance to read their lips and know the call. Seems like an unlikely event, but those guys risk nothing.
2007-02-06 02:00:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Every team has coaches on the sidelines and a couple in the booth above the field where they can also watch the game on TV.
A sideline coach is being filmed almost all the time by TV cameras (hey, you've watched them or you wouldn't have asked this question) and so the opposing team's coaches in the booth can see or lip-read what is said. In defense, sideline coaches cover their mouths so that a TV camera won't show the opposing team what they're planning to do next.
2007-02-06 02:03:51 · answer #2 · answered by urbaal_99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The coaches cover their mouths to
1. cover up some of the noise so the other person can hear them
2. keep opposing coaches from somehow getting the play they are calling. The numbers in the plays signify what side the play is going and whether the play is a pass or run. Very useful if they can get it.
2007-02-06 02:15:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coaches have this crazy idea that people are reading their lips. Same goes for baseball when the coach goes to the mound to talk to the pitcher.
2007-02-06 02:03:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-28 12:05:07 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two things:1. So the opposing team can lip read.
2. to cancel out any wind interference.
2007-02-06 02:36:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teams pay a lip reader to "spy" on the other team. Been going on forever, I don't know if it was Paul Brown that started it, but it began about that time.
2007-02-06 02:12:27 · answer #7 · answered by BigPapi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're worried about someone from the opposing team stealing signs or plays so they do it to avoid them from reading their lips.
2007-02-06 02:11:18 · answer #8 · answered by Troy K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so nobody on the other sidelines can see the plays they are calling.
2007-02-06 02:01:56 · answer #9 · answered by patrick s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that lips reading occurred somewhere before. And I think it was in baseball.
2007-02-06 02:20:11 · answer #10 · answered by elgil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋