How to Get a Tipped Ball Interception in Football

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Sean Hobson, for Expert Village. When talking about making interceptions, we tell our guys that you want to stay around the play. Always be active. Never give up on a play. If the play is on the far side of the field you don't want to just stand there and watch what's happening. Try to get close to the play. You never know what will happen. One of the most opportunities to get an interception is when the ball is tipped up. If we have a receiver who's going out and, let's say he got burned on the coverage, and this guy runs a slant on him and he's behind, he still want to stay in the play. Our quarterback could throw it and it could go through his hands and get tipped up. If this guy stays in the play and stays close he has an opportunity. Let's show what it looks like (video demo). He's going to back pedal and get beat to the inside and the defender is going to try to stay around the play, stay active and hopefully get rewarded. He had an opportunity to make the pick because the receiver missed the ball. Now we'll turn these guys into linemen. One other way we see this happen a lot is when you're driving in on a quarterback to always get your hands up. A lot of times you'll see that when he's driving in and has his hands up, this quarterback will throw it through his hands and it will be tipped up. So, if we have our defensive backs and our linebackers active around the ball they'll get a lot of interceptions. It might look something like this (video demo). He has his hands up and the ball is tipped. So, if he has his hands up and the quarterback throws it he may be able to tip it not only to himself but to his other teammates. So, that's one way we can get easy interceptions by tipping the ball up."