How to Hold a Football

Video Transcript

" On behalf of Expert Village my name is Kendall James. I am the quarterback of the Knights of Miami semi-pro team, today I will teach you how to play quarterback. It is very important that you know how to hold the football. Everyone has different emphasis on how to do it but I am fixing to teach you the proper way. First of all you don't have to have your hand along the string line. All you need is about three or maybe two fingers, your index and ring finger along the string line. You grip the ball with both hands. Make sure you always have a crease there, you don't want it to tight or to loose. You want it as comfortable as possible so you can grip it as you release the ball. It is very important that you do not put too many fingers along the string line all you need is about two. Two is good all you need is two. Once again this is one of the proper ways of holding the football."