Throwing a Spiral

4. Action Phase

• This is the phase where you are actually throwing the football. It is first important to step with your pivot foot, which is on the same side as your non dominant hand. When you throw the football your pivot foot is actually pointed directly at your target. To make sure that you throw a spiral you need to Extend your arm and roll your fingertips off the football as it is being released. The faster that the arm is extended on the throw, the greater the Force of the thrown football. Snapping your fingertips from the football, Flexion and Extension of the arm, and the Torque from the Rotation of the body during the throw result in an effective pass. Your index finger should be the last finger to leave the football. Lastly, as the football is being thrown there is Plantar Flexion of the non dominant ankle in the Mediolateral Axis of the Sagital Plane.

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