Evening star., 1926-10-19
Valuable as Threat.

style of attack with more success be-
cause of them.
Valuable as Threat.
Consider the opportunities you have
If your forward passer is also good
punter:
You line up in punt. formation.
This makes it possible to run with
the ball, to kick or pass it.
The safety man of the opposing
team is forced back. He cannot take
a chance on a punt. If he does not
20 back, punt over him.
The secondary defense moves out as
protection against pass.
The linesmen are undecided. You
NAV punt. pass or kick. The con-
fusion in their minds Dement'S you, no
matter what YOU intend to do.
The pass is worked in two different
ways. One is the mechanical pass.
the other is often called the choice
pass.
The mechanical pass is a set play.
1t calls for the pass to he made to a
designated receiver at des'Gnateh
spot. 1t is the best pass to use as
scoring play.
The choice pass names no DEFINITE
receiver. Any eligible man may be
the receiver. The eligible list con.
sists of the two men at the end OF
the line and the backs. You can
therefore, have five men ellSlpie 10
receive a pass.
II is up to the passer to pick the
receiver on the choice pass. lie VIII
select, of course. a man whom the ue
fense has not covered. To work TINS
mass successfully a team must have
an exrert passer and good protection
for the passer. He must be able TO
take his time. He must also he ahle
10 ma SIS accurately 1t may be snort
pass or a long pass.
While developing a good passer a
coach must also develop GOOD rece!V-
ers. The best passers are men VINO
can throw the ball ahead or the run
ner so that he takes the ball over ms
shoulder without losing a STEP IL
tho receiver is forced to stop for the
hall. II will often he intercepted or he
viii he hit so suddenly after making
the catch that he drops the bau. Good
receivers can take the ball out OF the
air without changing their pace IN
running.
Deception i'm Passing.
MANY coaches prefer the long pass.
Here the ball travels 40 yards or
more Their argument Is plausiole.
If the pass is completed the receiver
viii more likely than not score
touchdown: if the pass Is intercepted
then it will still put you In the same
snot where YOU would he had you
hunted. You have all to gain ana
nothing in particular to lose
Most of the good passing teams use
deception in passing. They hide the
intent of the play. They have a Tor
ward pass play coupled with most OF
the running plays. The runnihs
nlav is used few times to acqualnt
the defense team with its character
IF n succeeds continue using 1t.
The defense will sooner or later
learn to stop it. Then. later. start
out the same way and change 10
forward pass. For instance: III you
work an end run for a gain. work
the same play soon after. Try the
epd ruu several times and then use
,he forward pass play that starts out
as the end run does. Until the de-
fense is pulled in to the spot where
vo,, want them, the play is the same
ae before. and then 1t suddenly shifts.
Some coaches still insist that the
forward pass is too hazardous. but
with a good passer and good receivers.
\ Is no more hazardous than any
other play and less dangerous than
most plavs if the quarterback has
nroperly set the stage for the pass.
Teams used to try forward passes
onlv on third and fourth down. de-
handing on the position Of the ball.
IN frst and second down they would
try running plays and II they dld not
make the yardage they attempted
forward pass on third down and. un-
less they happened to be WITHIN me
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