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How to Play Quarterback

Teaching youth football players the skills they need to become the best quarterback

The quarterback is the engine of your offense! With this series of forty position-specific training videos, you’ll get everything you need to effectively coach a developing quarterback. Taught by Lou Marinelli, Head Football Coach of New Canaan High School, How to Play Quarterback focuses on intermediate and advanced level footwork, passing, tossing, and scrambling techniques. Your purchase comes with access to downloadable training notes and football coaching tips for each drill.



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Table of Contents

Welcome!
  • Getting Started
Becoming a Quarterback
  • Quarterback Philosophy
Stretches and Warm-Ups
  • Introduction to Stretch and Warm-Ups
  • Upper-Body Stretches
  • Lower-Body Stretches
  • Throwing Mechanics Drill
  • Stepping to Throw Drill
  • Knee Drill
  • Pat-and-Go Drill
QB Stance
  • Introduction to QB Stance
  • QB Snap Stance
  • Shotgun Stance
Ballhandling and General Footwork
  • Introduction to Ballhandling and Footwork
  • Seating the Ball
  • Ballhandling After Snap
Handoffs
  • Introduction to Handoffs
  • One-Handed Handoff
  • One-Handed Handoff (Live Game)
  • Two-Handed Handoff
  • Two-Handed Handoff (Live Game)
  • Carrying Out the Fake
Fakes
  • Introduction to Fakes
  • One-Handed Fake
  • One-Handed Fake (Live Game)
  • Two-Handed Fake
  • Two-Handed Fake (Live Game)
The Toss and the Pitch
  • Introduction to Tosses and Pitches
  • The Toss
  • The Pitch
Drops
  • Introduction to Drops
  • Three-Step Drop
  • Three-Step Drop (Live Game)
  • Five-Step Drop
  • Five-Step Drop (Live Game)
  • Seven-Step Drop
  • Seven-Step Drop (Live Game)
Throwing the Football
  • Introduction to Throwing
  • Throwing Mechanics
  • Screen Pass
  • Screen Pass (Live Game)
Throwing on the Run
  • Introduction to Throwing on the Run
  • Full Sprint to Pass
  • Full Sprint to Pass (Live Game)
  • Half Sprint to Pass
  • Sprint Draw Pass
  • Sprint Draw Pass (Live Game)
  • Screen Pass to Wide Receiver (Live Game)
Scrambles
  • Introduction to QB Scrambles
  • Boot Action
  • Boot Action (Live Game)
  • QB Scramble/Draw Play
  • QB Scramble / Draw Play (Live Game)
  • Ball Security During Scramble
  • Ball Security During Scramble (Live Game)

About the Coach

The Coach

Lou Marinelli has been the head football coach at New Canaan (Conn.) High School since 1981. He spent several years coaching outside linebackers at Boston College. He has been named high school coach of the year by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and the Connecticut Sports Writers Association.