American football . g a sharp pass when onthe run. By a sharp pass is not meanthurling the ball with all possible forceagainst a runner so that he is nearly 100 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. knocked over by it, and cannot by anypossibility catch it except at the ex-pense of giving the catch his sole andundivided attention. Such passing inpractice does far more harm than ball should be passed with thateasy swing which sends it rapidly, accu-rately, and evenly up to the runner with-out any great apparent force, for it isremarkable how much the appearanceof force tends to rattle the runner, whoeasi
American football . g a sharp pass when onthe run. By a sharp pass is not meanthurling the ball with all possible forceagainst a runner so that he is nearly 100 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. knocked over by it, and cannot by anypossibility catch it except at the ex-pense of giving the catch his sole andundivided attention. Such passing inpractice does far more harm than ball should be passed with thateasy swing which sends it rapidly, accu-rately, and evenly up to the runner with-out any great apparent force, for it isremarkable how much the appearanceof force tends to rattle the runner, whoeasily handles fully as much speed prop-erly delivered. Daily practice of thisnature between the quarter and half ac-customs each to the -other, so that theregular work of the team on the field isnot disorganized by loose passing andlooser catching. While this passing isprogressing, the coach should stand bythe side of the half, and watch himclosely, correcting any careless tenden-cies of receiving or stopping, and pay-. W. THE HALF-BACK AND BACK. 101 ing particular attention to his going ina straight line—that is, not running upto meet the ball and then sheering offagain. The best half-backs endeavor toreceive the ball at approximately thesame height relative to their bodies, nomatter how it comes, and they will cor-rect quite a variation in the quarter sthrow by a little stoop or a slight half-back must be taught to be uni-form in starting, and in reaching the spotwhere the ball is to meet him. Thecoach will have no great difficulty inteaching him this steady uniformity ofpace, which will enable the quarter tothrow the ball so as really to assistrather than retard his motion. Thereare two other things which the half-backmust practise apart from his are kicking and catching. Theformer is of sufficient importance to de-serve a separate chapter, but a few hints 102 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. under the half-back column will not beout of place. It is usually
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