No Alligator Arms
- Prescription
- 10 × catches · 45 s restabout 7 min
- Players
- 2 minimum
- Equipment
- Football, Blocking bag or shield
A catch at full speed, with a shield contact arriving while the ball is in the air. You may not pull your arms in toward your chest as the hit comes: that reflex, and only that one, is what makes the ball drop.
Key points
- Keep your arms extended toward the ball until it is in your hands.
- Contact is absorbed after the catch, never anticipated.
- Ten catches, with contact coming earlier and earlier.
Common mistakes
- Pulling your arms in a split second before the hit.
- Slowing down as you approach the shield.
Demonstrations
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LEVELS : Intermediate · Advanced
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