if you are currently having trouble with
throwing the football it is because it
is how you are throwing the football
whether you're trying to throw the ball
more accurately trying to get the ball
out of your hand faster trying to throw
it with more power with more distance
all of that goes to how are you throwing
the football my name is Mor croen and
we're going to be going over the keys to
being able to throw the football as
effectively as possible this is the
first time you watch one of my videos
this is what we do we go in depth into
quarterback mechanics and how you can
improve your throw and be able to get
the ball out of your hands more
effectively and more efficiently by just
understanding some key basic guidelines
to really be able to understand how to
maximize your mechanics and the overall
efficiency within the throw this is the
newest edition of the performance L
reach your individual goals we don't
want to just talk about straight line
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Let's make you into the quarterback I
know you can become we'll go and hop
right into it here there's a couple key
things that I want to go over in terms
of the load terms of the release and in
terms of the weight shift to make it so
you can get the right timing and the
sequence that's necessary to be able to
improve really all parts of your throw
and I don't want to make it so it's too
complex I want to make this as simple as
possible but I do also want you to
understand that it is going to take
Focus it's going to take practice and
it's going to take you the ability to
replicate this multiple times to be able
to actually make the throw improve and
so the first thing I'm going to talk
about is going to be the load there's a
common thing within the hand and and
there's a few different problems that
end up happening here one of them is we
get into this type of action with the
wrist with the nose of football going
out to the side and I've even seen
people go up here where really this
action is mostly going to be should be
elbow Focus right and being able to get
the elbow back and try to limit the
wrist action the best that you can
another common thing that I see is going
out with the football with that initial
movement there's a lot of people that
will say to have it on that back chest
plate but I like to just have it right
in the middle and from here we want to
be able to go straight back if I start
throwing the ball deeper I'm going to
end up wanting to go a little bit more
down but from here we want to be able to
best as we can just go straight back and
be able to go through the throw from
there and again really minimize the
amount of extra action that we have as
we're going back the next big thing that
ends up being important is going to be
within the lower body I'm going to break
this up into the timing and the
sequencing so the first thing that
should be happening is we are taking
this load and simultaneously we're
really taking a step at the same time
and with that step I want to get this
foot down quickly and I want to get this
heel off the ground quickly so I'm here
right and I don't want to have this heel
on the ground when this front foot hits
the ground and in order to do that I'm
really am going to be pushing down with
this back big toe and what that does is
that allows me to be able to get my hips
to be able to rotate instead of getting
my hips to shift forward so common thing
that I see is people will go and step
and immediately get into this position
and there's all types of problems that
happen once we get here with all of our
weight forward and the ball back and the
reason that ends up just being terrible
is because now you end up having to
throw with all arm so and what I found
is a common reason for that is because
people are taught to be able to try to
use their lower body more so they're
really trying to push off of their lower
body and trying to get a lot of their
momentum to go this way but the thing is
it's all about the timing it's all about
the sequence so if you're way in front
with the lower body then you're going to
end up having to use all arm as you
continue through the throw so what we
want to do here is we want to be loading
and rotating but really keeping this
weight back and the way to keep the
weight back is a push within that back
foot now if I was going to order it with
the timing of the five main things that
are going to happen what I would say is
going to be and we'll go over the first
three right now is first thing that
should happen is we're going to step and
get that front foot down the second
thing that's going to happen is going to
be opening up with that front hip okay
so I get this step down and I'm opening
up within that front hip and I keep this
front shoulder closed so the third thing
would be then this front shoulder opens
but right now it's foot down then hip
rotates and I'm keeping this front
shoulder closed the best I can so then I
can create that hip and shoulder
separation to then create that stretch
within my core so that's a key thing to
understand when it comes to improving
your throwing performance and really
going into your throwing power or your
distance is being able to step and
rotate and keep this front shoulder
closed the best you can and I typically
tell guys that you want to take a step a
little bit to the side here with this
front foot so we don't necessarily want
to go straight we really want to go to
the side to really help us in being able
to create rotation in the hip and still
also be able to stay closed within that
front shoulder shoulder we have most of
our weight into that back leg and we
have that front shoulder closed and now
from here what we really want to be able
to do is be able to open up this front
shoulder and as we're opening up that
front shoulder we're coming straight
through with the nose of football and
with the elbow with the arm so what we
don't want to end up doing is coming
back here and wasting a lot of times is
going back we want to go and load and be
able to immediately get our elbow to
come through as this front shoulder is
opening so the concept that I tell guys
all the time is so this is number three
is going to be opening the front
shoulder and then getting that elbow to
come through is going to be number four
number five is going to be that release
okay and so what I'm telling guys all
the time is that wrist flick really
starts back here right we want to be
able to maximize the speed and the
action in the arm from all the way back
here but if I'm here I can't do that or
else it's going to go off to the side
right and that's what we see a lot of
people with those sidearm actions or
they get their hands in more of a u
position where if I can get that ball
closer to my body and be able to keep
this front shoulder closed by the time
I'm opening here I can get that knows
the football to come right through and
really drive that elbow through with a
lot of speed and a lot of force behind
the football which is what we want to be
able to do to be able to have the
consistency and the accuracy needed
during the throw and then with the lower
body what I'm doing is I'm just
continuing to add that rotation into the
throw as the ball is coming out of my
hand so I want to make that again as
simple as possible a big concept that I
want to be able to finish off here with
is when the ball ends up releasing we
want to be in a more extended position
within the elbow so then we're pulling
the arm down as we're releasing the
football so the the release is a pull of
the arm not a push so if by our elbows
bent what I'm going to end up doing is
I'm going to end up wanting to push the
football when you think about pushing
exercises or pressing exercises you're
starting from a press position right
you're doing a push-up you're going to
be bending the elbows and pushing up
you're doing a bench press we're
pressing up from here incline press
shoulder press whatever we're in a elbow
bent position where when we're in a
pulling position we're elbow straight
pull up a row right anything where we're
going and pulling ourselves we're
starting from an elbow straight position
and that's what we want to do we want to
be able to get our elbow not necessarily
100% extended right everybody's going to
be a little bit different but we do want
to be able to maximize getting good
amount of extension here as we're
releasing so then we're getting a
pulling AC I'm going to go through some
throws here these are obviously going to
be shorter throws I don't have a ton of
space here but this is going to be more
of a focus on like a underneath 20 to 30
yards and under and what the mechanics
would look like once you get above that
now you're going to end up having to
change the mechanics a little bit so
we'll just focus on this right now and
you can see what I'm doing within my
elbow you can see what I'm doing within
the timing I'll slow it down a couple
different times so you can see uh all
the main parts within the Thro
what I focus on with quarterbacks and I
think this ends up being a very very
underutilized part of being a
quarterback coach is the mechanics and
the specifics and the Kinesiology and
and the biomechanics and the
effectiveness of the utilization of your
body everybody has to throw the ball
differently there's not one way to throw
the football you're not supposed to
throw the ball like Patrick Mahomes or
like Dan Marino or like Josh Allen or
Tom Brady you want to be able to
optimize how you are going to throw the
football and make it so you can get a
great understanding of what makes so you
are able to throw the ball more
efficiently more effectively get the
ball out of your hands faster use more
of your body make it so you can throw
the ball further and really understand
the differences between throwing the
ball underneath in comparison to
throwing the ball further and throwing
the ball to the left comparison to the
right there's so many different nuances
in playing quarterback and also being
able to effectively distribute your
weight and throw the ball further that
if you don't get into the specifics then
there's no way to fully understand and
fully grasp how you can improve overall
so that's what we put a focus on is
making it so you as a quarterback can
understand the differences between the
different types of throws so then you
could practice and work on it to then
make it so it's a habit and something
you don't have to concentrate on when
you're actually playing in the game
everybody always wants to say that oh
yeah you shouldn't be thinking so much
when you are playing the game and and
throwing the football and 100% I agree
with that but at the same time when
you're younger you have to develop
correct mechanic so then when you're
older you don't have to focus on the
mechanics when you're in the game you
don't have to focus on the mechanics but
there are time periods where you do have
concentrate on how it is you're throwing
the ball and we want to be able to give
you the most effective tools to make and
actually make those so thanks for
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