How to Throw Faster

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name's Otis St. Clair. Today I'm here to talk to you about how to throw faster. What I mean by throw faster is: How to get rid of the football quicker, with a quicker release so that you can avoid the sack and complete a pass and score a touchdown. Now, in a three-step drop back, or five-step drop back, the best thing to do is keep the ball up high. So it's not to bring the ball from here up -- that will help you get sacked. So, when you're dropping back, in your three-step or five-step drop back, is to bring the ball up here. With the ball being up here as you're dropping back, you'll step, throw, release. It's a very quick action and shouldn't take much time. It should look a little bit something like this: (Demonstrates technique.) With the ball up that high, you can get rid of the ball faster. Here I'll show you what it looks like if you don't have the ball there: (Demonstrates technique.) See how I had to bring the ball up? Wasted time and a wasted step. So, as we close, what we need to do to throw the ball faster is keep the ball up by our head in our drop back and then release. (Demonstrates technique.) And that's how to throw the ball faster. My name's Otis: Don't get sacked!"