Quote:I never heard that term before. What kind of snap catch do you coach?

 

Hold your hands out in front of you. Now, put your thumbs together with the ends of both pointing up. The outsides, the parts away from the rest of your fingers, of your thumbs should be touching one another and you may be reminded of a butterfly when you look at your hands.

 

Now, when you go to receive the snap, the backs of your thumbs should fit on the Center's crotch.

 

This requires the Center to change his snap, but that's actually the impetus for this technique. Instead of "snap and twist" where the Center grips one side of the ball and turns it sideways to meet the QB's hand, he grips the nose of the ball with the laces turned to the side. The ball should be at something like a 45 degree angle to the ground. To snap, the Center simply tries to slap the QBs hand with the ball while keeping the elbow and wrist straight. 

 

It's a much simpler motion for everyone involved.

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