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Title: The Forward Pass in Football

Author: Elmer Berry

Release Date: July 9, 2010 [EBook #33120]

Language: English

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THE FORWARD PASS
IN FOOTBALL.

BY
ELMER BERRY, B.S., M.P.E.

_Head Coach Football and Baseball, Associate Director
Physical Department, Professor Physiology and Physiology
of Exercise, International Young Men's Christian
Association College, Springfield, Mass._

NEW YORK
A. S. BARNES AND COMPANY
1921

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
A. S. BARNES AND COMPANY

THIS WORK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
TO
Dr. J. H. McCurdy
FORMER COACH
SPRINGFIELD Y. M. C. A. COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS,
THE MAN WHO EARLIEST DEVELOPED THE FORWARD PASS,
FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS A SUCCESSFUL COACH
AND
A STANDARD-BEARER OF CLEAN SPORT

CONTENTS

PAGE

CHAPTER I
THE COMING OF THE FORWARD PASS 1

CHAPTER II
LEGAL RESTRICTIONS RELATIVE TO THE FORWARD PASS 4

CHAPTER III
THE SPIRAL PASS FROM CENTER 6

CHAPTER IV
THE TECHNIQUE OF FORWARD PASSING 8

CHAPTER V
FUNDAMENTALS OF THE SUCCESSFUL FORWARD PASSING GAME 11

CHAPTER VI
SUGGESTIVE FORWARD PASS FORMATIONS AND PLAYS 19

CHAPTER VII
DEFENSE FOR THE FORWARD PASS 23

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

FIG. 1. PUNT FORMATION PASS 19

FIG. 2. UNDESIRABLE PASS 20

FIG. 3. SPRINGFIELD-CARLISLE INDIAN PASS 21

FIG. 4. SPREAD FORMATION PASS 21

FIG. 5. OPEN DEFENSE