One hand catch

In some situations the only way to catch the ball would be with one hand....
Went to a high school game this weekend and if it were not for a one handed 40 yard catch by a reciever they would not have won the game....another reason they practice this is to also increase their concentration... keeping eyes on the football and bringing it in...
examples of a game changing catch from this weekend...

There was no more scoring until just 13 seconds were left in the half, when San Jose State completed a season-long, six-play, 95-yard drive which took just 93 seconds, with Tafralis hitting Skillern with a 28-yard touchdown. The drive began with an impressive one-handed grab by junior Jason Lance for 28 yards, followed immediately by a 29-yard reception down the middle by Skillern. Strubeck’s extra point made the halftime score 20-17 in favor of Nevada.

Stovall finished with eight catches for 134 yards, including four catches for 71 yards on Notre Dame's second scoring drive. Samardzija had a diving one-handed catch for 41 yards to the 1-yard line to set up Notre Dame's first score. He also had a 55-yard TD catch and a 4-yard catch for a score, becoming the first Irish receiver to have TD catches in the team's first five games. He finished with seven catches for 153 yards


Oregon State went for the equalizer but was denied early in the fourth quarter by Don Turner's acrobatic, one-handed interception of a pass intended for OSU's Josh Hawkins in the end zone. On the next play, Brink's sideline pass for Michael Bumpus was intercepted by Piscitelli, who raced untouched 23 yards for a touchdown to knot the count at 30-30 with 10:34 left


Game i went to:
Included on the game-tying drive was a 44-yard catch by Greg Orr, in which he made a diving, one-handed reception on third-and-18 from the Clark 12. Orr also returned a kickoff 85 yards for a TD in the first half.

You have to practice these situations in order for them to occur in a game...The kids are not showing off in these incidents ...it was the only possible way for them to catch the ball...

I worked it on occasion to have my WR's focus on the ball. More of a concentration drill.

I can't say I agree with you completely on the "if one hand, then two" philosophy. However, I would say that probably 60 - 80% of the one handed catches that are made aren't needed. They go for the one hander for style when two will do just fine. A one handed catch is the only way sometimes. I do practice a bit of one handers, but I don't think they should be a part of pregame. That's a time to perfect basics and things like that. What really drives me nuts is watching guys drop balls that hit more than half of their fingers. What I tell my guys is that if they can get that much on it, they should catch it, even if it is only on one hand. Just my take on that.

As a high school coach for the past 6 years I have seen more drop passes because a kid reaches with one hand.

My philosphy is " I would rather you dive with two hands, then reach with one."

Yearin and year out I'll see a kid reach with one hand and make a great catch. But the very next time a ball is thrown his way guess what he tries to do? Yep, reach with one.

Catching the ball with two hands, putting the ball into four points of contact, and giving the "Up/ Down"call is what my recievers must do EVERYTIME they catch a ball. The only time they will catch it one handed is when they cone catch before pratctice(theythrow the ball straight up and focus on the tip of the ball) but I will never simulate a real throw and have them catch it one handed.

Catching the ball with two hands is fundamental. If my kids make a great one handed catch in practice he know he's in trouble. The catch might have been great but it works against his fundamentals to accept one handed catches as a way of catching for high school kids.

I've coached 6 years but played receiver for 19 years and KNOW that young receivers need fundamentals above all else.

You can call it a matter of opinion or cut and dry all you want but any receiver in a program I'm in WILLpractice fundamentals above all else. If that's not the way of the program, then that program would have to decide over me or the one hand catch.

Also, my scenarios are dealing with practices, not game nights. I'm not worried about anything on game nights except intensity and desire.

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reno,

could you explain your up \ down call when making catches