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    IFoot.ba ll iss ,greatg l ame 'i : a r w~been fa rr .Un s l t een.oughto ' c.o~ch' F o re lmo s t' t n r ,e e ' d e c a d e s : "Duri~glthat period of t lrne,Ihew had the oppnrtl!J'niltv'to observe and wo : r kwhhQ ,ul8rts rb acks a ta IIIIeve lis:Q 'l fcompetitive ,p[lay~highlso l1o .o l . .~nter~~m,~gi~lte'andp:rofe's,sional.lne,ach rns '~ance ,the i f i 1 l \ Pn 8 nC~of th e CU J a l F t e r b \ 9 c kbeing aib!le' tOIconsls tent lveJ(lhfbitsound pas s ingm e cha nlc s ha s be enre [n lfo rced coun tle s s' t imes.

    I wriIJ ta t'h is :bookbecaus s o~my peroept iml lthat a ,n ee d, e ,x j i : s t s' forc ce ches ,a t,a irlco,mper~itiive,levlelLstobe ~rwareQ 'fwha t eonstjtutss sound qu a rte rb a ck p a ss in g m s c hs n icand wha t steps ca n be unde rta k ento .te ,achthose nme~h a n l : c s .j 'flia n apprnpri ja temanne .'r. Toenhencethe ~~rHec. t~venes . sf Coach in g Qua rte rb a ck P 'a 5 sin gM ec i ' J .an i c ,s ,a sa p ro d uc tiVIetea,chlng toot tlhe illltormathJ.1l1pri,sernedIn this;be okhas beel1dli~lidredintOIs'i/elilcohapit!Us:" -" '. r - I :. . . '" "d " I.. ~' ill '" - II - . Jlre '~sn a!p , :S 'tartCI,'reDelvllfi~ tile S I1SP, .J'QPP'lfilQ'ua c~ topass; settling tne snap,"dehve.il1lgl'the pa'ss: ' "sprint-out [passing;,. '"andNp~ass ingmSCinanics . dri iU t,eachingrprogre,s,s.-an ," 10 .'theex lentDOs.sible~~haveat l t e t n p J t e dto p resen tthe informat ioniina,~lrtrajgfht:f,orw,am,stepb,,s:te,pdetaUedmanne r,

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    lhEt Ipassling'qiJ8JrterbB(: 'kmust start w,ith ~gl~o.dlpre-snans tence to @n a b l l ehim-tobast f r s , a ( jt t itE l If rOII1ftsand ! ( ; ~V I e l u a g e ' s , r a e i n ghim.,A ,g,@odpn~~-' ,snap Stanm; 'a lle rGwine r l h a l b l e ,ttle Q Iu e r terbec kto beglfrlihi~d i11 )PEb~~:~leppinQa c tlo nE'l ' f'fidenl~lvwithou ~'f;:;ds:est e[Jp i Ii lQ "

    The q lW,alt~r b ae k p ih 3c esh is : Je et a t ts hou Ide r 'w id rh ,'w hich is ,a fa irI fyne F'mW~Qrbun ch e d,staIJilG:B.ten) 'wid,eo f 61stenee ls a m aierC~'iJ8Eio 'f 'ra lls~st epP'i'nQI,,~Iilattidriit rra tthe 1ql!lJart~rbaekiili1ilu~tavid,A ~ight-lharnjiE!,d]quaIFteJlb'9i(;:kstaggers his Ileft ' f aO!bse ~ward$ap p~oximcr~,e~V's ixInchesin tilltge -to- lnstep r e l lali ions:h~p-Such a sn ~ h t tSUi gger aetna [Ily he~p8 :pu tth fa !qua rt!'rba,c~,si~ ioth~s,dee p~r ln t ~h~s ~ ro p ,M~re~mport a r l i ' rlV, title 5 1 1Igilt s ~ t ; a gQ l e ~ 1 i 'aet ion 'O f'th~ fe e 't h eJ[ps to8 ; lim in ate 'fa lls e,S't :eplP'lr 'l!gac tion o f 1he h~'U'oo t wh , 9 : 1 i l t . h eqlIJar ~ e r b a cks t a r t s wit h i~el1i {flrJtpo sitiorBlilrl!r;l J=rroman eV~ 11,aJ~ignme fif '~dtJl~$ $e,et~hequerterbaek ~'he:!i1~whe~tbe'F 'he is 'tlhlnlkir l!~eboutitO r ni.'ldtalKJe~a ~ho~t p U r !eh step f o r r w, a r d ]wijth l~:nelieH: f ' oQ t: s :@that he .c a n p us :h o ffh is , Ieft ftU:HmO~Bcom mO fta bly 'to,get illltohiS!dro p- b ackact lo n S u~h ~' f ' o ! !wa r l dpuru5hs r tep by t'he tieU f oO t w iIII~tt .~H~11'Vslhtlr~fJe'l1the quan:erback'~,drop. 11f ' l :add iil'iolll.,t lhe ' 1 Ie ' ft - :$ r5 ( l, tp l ! J l r ! i c lh ,s te p P S'Il', !le'n d 1@ r e a s e n (a ICI)'l'gw1i ' t hto 0 wl ide CJ l f,t ;!!s tanCi)~th a t aq U 1 6lf t e rb e e k lie sst ep(:Hil ld@Iilby his center, a nQ , c d o nwh i c hc ,a lrl c :a u s )e , 'Ihe q~aJ[f'rl~lrback'tO !be l:riPlpedIUp_It! e~'u,a 'rt ,e!!lb~c~must, hi()\wev@~,beSUne that his st agg'Blr~scensistent, H~C91i1r10t'Sf : fl 'gQ ' flH'tbe lef t fuot ' O i f' tC i )~taln , 8 JC1tiahs.an e dt h 'e ~~gh foo t e nethsrs, T h is a c t iO n w o u ~ d'oollyPl!"p.dtH:::>l I ;J@ Y sf~ i I'th e d e i f , e n t H ! ~ .'Thes.1~gh't]!8U00'0 ' [stance S ;U '! ig r J s rfe r ar rg l l h t - , ha i i l l dedqU'8rt,e:~b a c kis sh,o w l 1 1finl Jf iagr,Zi I i1!11- t

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    1 heq lH~J j l i " I ,e : rbak~ ,te a s c :a1 1b e tUf~e'd in 81 ig'rlltt, l lyin a neHon to c r s s t e a " '0i:ggifil~ i'n:~actlen , ~ ' rh B hls;~deC ,1ats. Th i spOI~d t~onv~f l ib e s t 18 'na t ) ' l sg o@ d p u s h i li]! lotlfa ct Qona st i h r equsr terbse ~wo r k sinto hi lS :dr!op~l~e he~i oW th ie Jquart,erb~e~~ "~ i !3t re~nO~ tlheg rundi glnl~S U l c h i,a lCt t km, e o a b l es t h em,8 , l jQ r H yo f du~ q u a r t e r b a d e d sbodyweight t obe !0 111the ' b~l lS 'o , 'fb ls fe e t.hI~ ' i l ! ' l l ( ; rto oeJ l~ f J f ! i i n a t . e' fIQ [t ~ ' fo [ !lt '8 id n e ~ s c ) '

    lh e qll!l:anI9 !U 'b a d k b lndsa t h ~ s Ik n e e ',S lQ"posit i:o~ hish~fl idsu n ! l J e r n 8 ; a t l hth e c e ~te r ,~ifldt r ! lc re a te ~ anat i1 I I 'B t ic ,c, i3lrr ' I i" , i 'age!!l'fh is b o d y. ,lH et J oo : s. nO : fbenda t h i s ,'wais tte p l~ : ce h ishends Uin der j1l91!alh th e , c ie : llt ,e r . 8 E ln d l~ r i,Qa t theW,i;Ils t p r ' O dl!!IiQSflat-ku:rtedlrrH~~s,s.ln ck\lSA ; I " ' I IH1 :< lei;l,iIl:f leo r-r;ol!'~'iI"!""i'lI~i'iIfij l io ;' ii "i

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    s ttra ig ht a rm ~o8 itlQ f iI~ng l.Wh e n the q ltm s r te r 'D a J c : k h a sloc 'kedo u r . (i.~.,. stralQI~l'de rms ,hS !wiII not Iha vle 'the8 b lIli '~yte rii\clet he es nter's ! ' imiovemen t. a 1 She Ibeginshis drop~beck.ac 't~ onwhich oft en Ileads toQualr1,e :~hack~Gehte lre;:clu~Il!;il~m~s:~u'S, , ,P!lOpl8rrandirlfil'plF'DRera l [gnmentand a rm bendf :o r '~h ,e .i !] !9 i rt t e r iQ 3 , c k ,when und'e r th el eenter ailesh~rw~in 'Figuras 1-,3an d 1 ~ '4.

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    Once th e Sh~)tglilnqua rt erbeck is re a dy to re t ; ' l ? i ivth e snep ~ : a r fter , s 1 ! i 1YIine~ 'b~H! : ~i '119cslls g r w i~ l e~ re :C le~v le ra o ju stm e n t ca lli S ~ rem ad et tA e ~Q u a r tE l! li'b a c k,e~l eru;j,ShiS;hands o u ~'~,Qthe ce nte r -T n a , p a l lm r s 'm I!J I$t f , a c edownw i:tlhg[ood,bu t c o mfo r talbl'9 ! ;f iE i lg e r s p re a d ,ThisZ i l o d IF :S , Sc)'Whe f[oo tba lili.w~t'hthe extended hSllIld;3:.< c a l l iactuallvaet e s 'th [e :S ii[Q rn s lto the,~ent.elrthat th e [ flu a r te lFb s lC ikis r e a d y ' f ' 01fthe s n s p wh~'ther

    the snap count is sr~en t to nths c snt~r"s; i1l scretion~O IWvi,athe Q!!]Srtsrba e k's ve rb aIcedenee. At th[s point .'Ihe,shotg:l!Jn qU!3 rt erbac ~mu s 't besure t@I 'C lC ikh~s ey\S! on theto o t ba ~I jin 'the ceA ters n~'ndh;) n ease of a miscue ~nd an 3f Iifsnap by the center.The shot[g [urn ,q !.Ifa rt,e flb (j( ;,k~ss taaee is shown, inFiglure~.!5.

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    When re lce i'v[ng the ~nlalPfrom!the center, pIec ; i j~ea n J d lc :OI lS l i , s t en tn a n e, pO s . i1 t ii'O lilin ' g ii;t h e li 'lI1'tli~11key,Ths 'fd ipI f ' ~gh t thrgwing h - e rild ~l fg,F9 ' rrg,ht~hand,edlQu an e r ! b a l Ck lI s p~a( ied'firml',lIlpund e rt he centers rump.The ' H n g l e r s1 0 "the lOp triand a re w ~1 ~c S p r ~ a droJHe ' s~

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    Di'~gl"alm :2~1'."be qlu ,a ,ner f~Q~k 'S :hili!l:dpli!lS1iti:Qif!i~11i'i~n1jbIm~ : s~~ ,

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    ln s p n)p ,e rsn~p aetlon by dill! cen terthe 'ro.otballlbr-~a~~'~he heels o lf~heoqua r l e r t ) . i ; u : : : k " shends , ' ~ h e n E ! b y'~orcjrrglthe ffngen; ;of th e .quartiB:rb,8~kshends to

    ellirvek~pthe ~~I~~ nat:ur,all~y:The ' f ingerso t the riglht..throw in gl ha nd s ho uldrec!81i\ i"13the'tsca s o f ,'the footb~lllirrSllH::ha m a n n e rthet th e football!, ls re 'a dyto ~e 'l.w. r 'W r Iwi '~hJ!m in~ ll' iI1 if ll . llmo fadJ':l!]st'ment .. - --_. _. _, lj , . -'"

    A,ftewthe f'ootba,rllls p~a 'cedin the QIU!,arte'libaek~hands v~a tth~centers sm B l J p ii1 iQ, a c ' u o n .the f 1 J I ~ : n b a ~ 11is ~1 : ' I i ' i ' r n , ed l i ; ~ne~ydrSlwn to ttH:~ Q lll9wterback'Sstomach, o r j"[h~lrdha n d. ,. S u chac t iJOfilhe ~IPS~a :~H~eIUli le the!foutba ~ iii l i imledlilineI 'yso that it is s,afe from,a l i lYtllando r s rm sJ ra ipp i l l l ;Qalct.!icfllby e lthsr a n ~J lnEn~ i 'VsIii' 1 f ~maE1I(]J' a de f Je !n :S , I JVI -epll3 e r .IPro~er .seclDrr~figio 'f the ' f o o t b ~ 11111to-the' "lhird hsnd" stomach ;areas'fter re~ce i i \ t i i i lg itire

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    o f 'the fo@tbelfin the pB l i ) s l i n gn ro t i ' i ) n I .t'he g re \i;llte r th e a ~i~nifof the:quart 'erback totn row ' 'th eto ~ n b~ III ~ '} \II@ ! jr~ lh e !F i , I J I , s h(rr1 :he d e 'f'e n $ iE ! ; ,The heightof the quarterb:a>c~ cancena~fiIhw'be Q maJortaetor 1m ' a J f : d~nga des ir!9dh i ghr ' e l l e ~ : s e .H()W~sf. l ra ' t a l lQ1 : ila ln lerb~c~ tl~lr~s ,wit,na g , rdaa rm m o tio nand /o r,8 1morion tha t isacross his,ches t ,he 'w liI ~s :u m p ly Ihav~ a [i~haltl'li'ellI t ctlJght im e ; g e n tt r l! lig' therl9!sir~dt,raje~tor'!l o n thep e s s , as 'w eill a sge r t ' t c i i J Jgthe p a S $ ;,overthe,tClIPo f the de ' l f en s iv l e ,rush , The Heightof!the QU J a r tl9:rbaclkis na t n e c :@ s . s a r il! yth e n'iiI(i$tl'mhp(ittanltI lng l [ l ld l i , en i ' tto a , succ le iH~' f l l i i ,1

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    ro tatesd o w n w a r d t~ i h ! J I !pprnducs a n a tu ra l,se rew-ba l lt Y l P e ! Ispirallrotation of thefoot,ball!.The fOC l t b 8111is re .~ e a s edw ith a nac tue l s[l 'JappJ[f1gaction (Jf th e wris t and afu ll ext enS[i ',(]IiIl~ iL ,e , . " ,1 1 0ck - " ; QU Jt ac t ion~ 'o fthe e , loQ I !N't0 help prov id reth e. desirJedam eu nt'(Jr v,locitV.

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