How to Make a Snap in Football

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Hi, this is Sean Hobson, for Expert Village. What we're talking about now is when working with our center, the proper procedure to snap the ball back. In order for him to be able to snap the ball properly he has to be in a good stance. Let's first show how to get in a good, well-balanced stance (video demo). As we told you earlier, we don't want this guy too far out in front leaning forward. If he is too far forward when he goes to snap the ball it will be hard for him to feel where he needs to snap to. He has to able to take his hand straight back to a particular spot and it has to be very quick on the snap. We cannot have a center that's slow at snapping the ball when our quarterback is under center. If that happens, we'll get a lot of penetration from the defense and by the time the quarterback takes the ball it will throw our timing off when the quarterback hands to the running back coming through. So, this guy, first of all, has to have good balance. Once he has good balance, then he has to learn how to snap the ball. When we snap the football (video demo), you see he's holding the ball so it is pointed in this direction. But when he snaps it, we want the quarterback to be able to feel the ball fully into his hands. We want this ball to come up into his hands so he can fully grab the ball and take it into a position where he can throw it. We never want him to snap the ball and have it come up in a pointed direction. (video demo) When he snaps the ball and he takes it up he'll turn the ball so it comes up flat to the quarterback. Now we'll show you what this looks like at full speed because we want him to be able to snap the ball up quick (video demo). You see how fast he gets it up to the quarterback. Now our play will be able to be executed. You have to remember to turn that football when you snap it up.

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