[Husker] Re: High or low?

[Andrew Smith]

Perhaps those with some real playing/coaching experience can correct me, 
but I've always thought that when the receiver was heading toward the 
middle of the field - particularly on quick slants - throwing high 
should be avoided because it exposes the receive to a hard hit on the 
ribs and makes an interception more likely.  Throwing it low on such a 
slant may prevent yardage after the catch (there were none to be had in 
the case in question), but it makes an int extremely unlikely.

Go Big Red!
Andy

Theodore Heise wrote:

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> On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, Andrew Smith wrote:
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>> I'll mention only one "bad' from today's game - it seems the rest is 
>> already covered and I know more will be posted.  Zac's pass 
>> interception which took away a scoring opportunity, changed the 
>> momentum, and set up Auburn's first score, shouldn't have been thrown 
>> (the receiver was sandwiched between two defenders) and shouldn't 
>> have been thrown high.
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> I also thought it shouldn't have been thrown into that coverage--but 
> given that it *was* thrown, it seemed to have been into about the best 
> place to avoid the defenders.
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