| It's been said a million times, by a million | | | | quickly set up and quickly put away. Get a box, |
| people...football is a game of inches. A quarterback | | | | piece of plywood, anything that is approximately |
| must be able to put the ball in the receiver's | | | | 18"x18" and set it up on a ladder, chair, deck |
| hands so that he is the only one that is able to | | | | anything that will hold the target when it is hit by |
| catch the ball. There are several ways for a | | | | the football. This is not completely necessary, but |
| quarterback to work on his passing accuracy and | | | | it will make the drill easier because you don't need |
| they all have to do with repeatedly throwing a | | | | to set up the target after every throw. |
| football at a target. | | | | Stand about 15 yards away from the target at |
| While football training and drills have become high | | | | an angle to simulate a certain pass route. Start as |
| tech; it is often the most recognizable images | | | | if under center or in shotgun and proceed with |
| that provide the best drills. Almost everyone has | | | | your drop back turn and fire. Always practicing |
| seen the age old image of a tire hanging from a | | | | your footwork and arm mechanics. Then, wait for |
| rope and a child throwing a football towards it. It | | | | it, repeat. |
| is an image that is in almost every movie written | | | | This is an excellent, easily set up accuracy drill |
| about football. Why, because it works. | | | | that can be performed over and over. Set the |
| Not everyone has a tree large enough to hold a | | | | target to simulate different pass routes, different |
| tire and let's face it, most parents don't want a | | | | heights and distances. This will help the young |
| tire swing in their backyard. So we will explain the | | | | quarterback's accuracy and mechanics and done |
| set up in such a way that the target can be | | | | over and over will produce results on the field. |
