Thursday, October 14, 2010

Football Passing Tips

Right here is the place for football passing tips. These football passing tips will start you on the right passing motion. It all begins with the basics. Watch video and read books on these two quarterbacks, Broadway Joe and Dan the Man. They both have the ideal quick release passing motion.
Your grip. Grip the football naturally. Your fingers are spread evenly apart and your thumb is level opposite your middle finger. Now grip the football between the ball tip nearest to your index finger and its center by the little finger. The seam with the laces cross at or under the index and little finger nails. Again the thumbnail will be at the same level or below the middle finger tip wrapped around the football. Both the ring finger and little fingertip will have a grip on the laces. If all your fingertips are on the laces, your grip is too much in the middle of the football. Choke up on the football.
The arm motion. Do not pass the football like you are pitching a baseball. The motion of bringing the baseball down by the waist bringing it back up and around to the ear and letting the ball go. That motion is correct for a baseball pitcher because the baseball is round and small. A football is oblong shaped and big, too big even for players with the biggest hands.
The best motion starts with both hands on the ball at the sternum. Step forward with your front non-passing side shoulder and front foot's toes. Both are facing the direction that the football will end up at the target's direction. The windup. Rotate your waist around and bring the football straight up to your ear level. The step forward and wind up are in that order.
The pass. Pull your front or opposite arm with a bent elbow around forcibly in the opposite direction as the windup described before. Now the motion to pass the football starts. From the ear your elbow will be up and out from your body. Not like a dartboard thrower. They have their elbow down and in front.
The forward rotation. Start stepping in the direction of the target. Rotate the ball throwing side of the body around towards the target. The throwing elbow now aims towards the target. Your hand releases the football at the highest point. At the same time, you will be following through with a downward motion. Your throwing hand will end up across your body around your opposite side. The hand will end the motion in a fist formation. The numbers on your back could be seen by your target when you are done passing. It will look like a baseball pitcher. But you are standing up more vertically.
Typically you are coached to pass so that your throwing hand ends up twisting around with the thumb pointing towards the ground. That puts too much strain on the shoulder. It will not generate enough force using hip rotation. It is a total body motion link up.
What a follow through and a finish to a perfect pass.

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