How to Look to Catch a Football

Series Summary

Modern football began in 1874 and has been a famed American sport for competitive teams of all ages. The object of the games is to advance the football into the opposing team’s end zone. This is called a touchdown. There are other ways to gain points in football including two-point conversions and field goals. The team with the most touchdowns or other points wins. There are many different skills a football player must possess including running, kicking, passing and blocking.

Catching a football is one of the most basic skills of the game, and the most important part of being a receiver. There are specific drills, techniques, and lessons that can be learned though, to make catching a football easier and more effective. From looking for the ball to running routes and getting your hands ready, our expert will show you how to catch a football with these video instructions. You'll learn how to receive with your body and with your hands, and how to improve your receiving vision as well. Soon, you'll be scoring all kinds of touchdowns.

Video Transcript

" Hi I am Vincent on behalf of Expert Village. Now we have gone over it, but we are going to go over it again. You can't teach this or learn it to often. So Brian, we are going to go ahead and run through the route again and the last thing you are going to do is to head around hands out and really get the eyes open and looking for the ball. Get set, hike, now you can see it is a little clearer with out the helmet on, but that is a necessary evil. Now Brian, we are going to go ahead and do it with the helmet on because we are going to show that even though you might be able to see the same we can't necessarily see your face the same. So this is where an exaggerated head turn and body and really getting himself into position to finding the ball and catching the ball is essential. Get set, go. He looks good, he looks fluid and his neck is back around and he is twisting himself around where he needs to be. So we are going to move on to catching the ball. So go ahead and take your helmet off and we will move on to the next."