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Holding the Ball: Throwing Fundamentals for Football Beginners
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Summary: Learn the basic technique for holding and throwing a football, including tips, tricks, and pointers, in this free football beginner guide on video.
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Geoff Kieffer Residing in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Geoff Kieffer, spends much of his free time doing football-related activities. For many years, he has coached little leag... read more
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Holding the Ball: Throwing Fundamentals for Football BeginnersHi! I am Geoff and this is Maddy and on behalf of expertvillage.com, we are now going to show you the proper way to hold and throw a football for beginning football. This is a regular NFL official football. The important thing to remember when gripping a football is to utilize the laces. If you can see my grip that is how a football should be properly held, utilizing a five finger spread. The thumb is used to point the football in a particular direction and the other four fingers on the laces are used to guide the football in that direction and to give it force. What we will do now is I will show Maddy how to hold the football, so come on over here Madison and put your hand on the football the correct and proper way. You need to bring your hand down here okay and that is how you would properly hold a football before throwing it.
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One other important thing Geoff didn't mention is to leave a space between the palm and the ball. This will ensure the ball will travel accurately through the air once released. To check if enough space has been left, while holding the ball, insert your fore-finger(index) of the non-holding hand between the ball and palm, from the thumb and index finger side. make sure you can see daylight and still be able to grip the ball enough.
Why is the 10 years old learning to hold an NFL ball? She should have a youth ball for a better learning concept.