Colin Kaepernick improving touch with help from Kurt Warner, flag football

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has spent the offseason training with two-time NFL MVP Kurt Warner and the hard work appears to be paying off. 

To see just how much progress Kaepernick has made, Warner had his protege compete in his charity flag football tournament in Arizona earlier this month. 

"We had some guys come out from the office playing in my corporate charity event, and there were a couple of times where I went, 'Whoa! Was that a little bit of touch I just saw (from Kaepernick)?' " said Warner, who was speaking at a Super Bowl 50 promotional appearance during the NFL's annual meetings, according Jim Corbett of USA TODAY Sports. "Colin laughed and told me, 'We're not out here working for nothing.'

"The situation forced him to throw with a little more touch. He couldn't throw it as hard as maybe he wanted to with those corporate guys. So we've seen strides being made. ... He's growing and wants to get better."

For the past 10 weeks, Kaepernick has been focused on balancing his throwing base, adding arc to his passes and studying film at the EXOS training facility in Phoenix. Warner said he's been impressed with Kaepernick's work ethic and willingness to listen to his coaches.

"Is 10 weeks enough time for you to change what you've been doing your entire career? And what does that look like when bullets are flying and people are attacking you?" Warner said. "Have we gone far enough where that becomes the norm for Colin?

"That's the big question none of us can answer. ... You talk about a guy who has been playing the position one way for twenty-something years, and we're (trying) to change him in three months?"

Time will tell, but 49ers head coach Jim Tomsula is hoping Warner can help spark a turnaround for Kaepernick. 

"You're talking about the best in the business, one of the best there was at the position," Tomsula said. "So Colin getting to spend time with that guy, I was really excited about."