How to Secure the Football for Yards After the Catch

Video Transcript

"VINCENT JAMAL: Hi. I'm Vincent on behalf of Expert Village. Now we've gone through the yards after catch. But before that can happen, once he catches the ball, once again, it sounds redundant, but he's got to secure the ball because the security of the ball is everything. He can run for days but he if he doesn't have the ball, there are no yards after catch. If he drops the ball or turns it over, it does him no good. So, once again, the ball comes in, he catches and secures. Ball comes in. Chris, come downhill...and he prepares himself for the contact. One more time. And security of the ball is just about everything. It supersedes the timing, it supersedes everything. Once you gain possession of the ball, is really--what you want to do is make sure that you don't put it on the ground, you don't give it to this guy and you keep it tightly, securely in your possession. You may have big strong hands, but the best place to have it is cradle it right into your body. So, one more time."