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Tom Brady delivers masterclass on throwing into wind during 49ers-Eagles broadcast
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Tom Brady used Sunday’s NFC Wild Card game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles as a way to teach viewers about throwing a football when it’s windy.
There were windy conditions at Financial Field, and during the third quarter Brady, who was calling the game for FOX, took a football and explained why the wind could make things difficult for quarterbacks.
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“This is kind of like a neutral plane. This is when the point’s slightly down. When you’re throwing it into the wind, it has to be neutral,” Brady said . “If the point of the ball is up, any wind friction’s gonna push that ball up over the top.
“So, as a quarterback, you don’t really like that ‘U’ throw underneath, because naturally, that’s going to point the tip of the ball up,” he continued . “You like more of a ‘C’ or an inverse, a reverse ‘C’. That’s how you kind of control the point of the ball, and then you can kind of just snap it off as you throw it. But, in these windy conditions, you can’t be underneath the ball. There’s too much wind surface on the ball to knock it off its path.”
Brady was able to show how to grip the football if a quarterback needed to throw into the wind to go along with his explanation.
The explanation drew a lot of praise on social media and showed Brady’s growth in the booth from Year 1 to Year 2.
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The 48-year-old had plenty of experience throwing in different weather conditions during the course of his 23 years in the NFL, including two decades with the New England Patriots where he faced plenty of wind, rain and snow during his tenure.
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