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Home Magazine Issues June 2006 The Beauty of the High/Low

The Beauty of the High/Low

Creating quick reads for your quarterback that can  lead to receivers gaining big yards after the catch. The beauty of the high/low read is how it can create success for every position group on the field. We succeed with big receivers or fast receivers and with strong-armed quarterbacks or smaller, more athletic quarterbacks. In addition, it creates a quicker passing game so the offensive line does not have to protect too long. It even creates an immediate blitz throw for the quarterback without having to use hot principles. The quarterback is able to get rid of the ball relatively quickly and has a simple, consistent read while our receivers have a chance to gain yards after the catch.     In any passing attack the quarterback is ultimately the limiting factor to the size of the package. Specifically, the ability of the quarterback to handle the various reads against all of the

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