Lateralpass

A Lateralpass is one way in American football, the ball cross (English lateral) or move backwards. He is also known as Backward Pass ( German backward pass ) or shortened as lateral.

Rules and implementation of a Lateralpass

In a Lateralpass is the ball from a team member, parallel to or away from the goal line, thrown to another member of the same team. It is crucial that the ball does not move forward. This can happen any number of times during a turn. A Lateralpass may be performed at any time during a turn by each player, this should be in possession of the ball.

Differences between forward pass and Lateralpass

A Lateralpass may as often be performed per turn. A forward pass may, however, be exercised only once per turn. A forward pass may only be played behind the line of scrimmage (Eng. scan line), this is not for a Lateralpass, this may also claimed exceed the line of scrimmage will be played. Forward passes may only carry out the attacking team, a Lateralpass, however, is also often used after a ball win by the defending team. Each player is considered to be an eligible receiver (Eng. valid passport receiver ) for a Lateralpass. In contrast, only special players may receive a forward pass. An unsuccessful forward pass which is taken directly from no one and falls to the ground immediately terminated the move. An unsuccessful Lateralpass falling to the ground and does not go off, resulting in contrast to a fumble and thus to the chance that players from both teams may pick up the ball. This is the reason why you see Laterals very rare, because of the risk of losing the ball by a fumble.

Use of Lateralpasses

Lateralpässe only be used in exceptional game situations or to surprise an opponent team. In modern football there are three situations in which a team accesses this agent.

Probably the most commonly seen Laterals in the defending team that has taken the ball from an attacking team and want to carry it toward the end zone of the attacking team. Once the attacking team has lost the ball, gets the order lost, which attempts to exploit the defending team. For this reason, it is a risk of laterals. There are real specialists in this category, such as Ed Reed of the Baltimore Ravens.

A second situation in which a Lateralpass used are trick play features, such as flicker or the hook Flea n ' laterally. In a situation where a coach wants to surprise the opposing team, he can resort to one of these unconventional plays. The Flea Flicker can be compared with a one-two in football. The quarterback fits the ball in the vicinity of a side line to a wide receiver behind him. In most cases, the defending team expects that the recipient simply running with the ball and not back fits. This is done now though, and the pass receiver fits the ball back to the quarterback, which in turn is run behind him. This maneuver opens in most cases for other pass receiver clearances, and the quarterback often has a lot of free play stations. The risk here is that three fairly wide passports must be played accurately and the receiver who gets back and throw the ball first from the quarterback must usually do not need to throw passes. When Hook n ' Lateral first a normal forward pass from quarterback to a receiver. This receiver then adjusts the ball to another player in his vicinity. The defending team will initially focus on the " first recipient " and is usually caught off guard by the second pass. As the inventor of this trick applies the football coach Don Shula.

The third situation in the Lateralpässe are used distress situations. If a team has very little time to spare, must score a touchdown and is very far away from the opponent's end zone, is sometimes resorted. The team tried to play as wide a pass. After that, the players pass the ball to, hoping to confuse or to discover a weak point the opponent. This results in a situation that is not unlike that of a rugby game. The attacking team tries everything to keep the ball safely in their own ranks, while the defending team is keen to have no gaps in their own line of defense. Since a football game is only over when the last turn is over, this usually leads to the fact that during this turn run out of time, but the game as long continues until either a touchdown is scored or the attacking team loses the ball.

Examples of major Lateralspielzüge

Even if Lateralspielzüge are very rarely used, some are still entered into the football history.

In the National Football League (NFL ) is a Lateralpass chose a first-round playoff game of the season of 1999, which later became known as Music City Miracle. The match took place between the Buffalo Bills and the Tennessee Titans on January 8, 2000. The Bills were able to go with a field goal in the lead a few seconds before the end of the game and deemed to be the winner in a hard-fought encounter. The Titans were only the kickoff return and a maximum of two turns. The coach of the Titans, Jeff Fisher, had worked throughout the year on a turn and decided to apply it now. The Bills led from a short kickoff to leave the Titans no chance of a structured return. Fullback Lorenzo Neal caught the ball in the middle of the field at the 25- yard line and gave him a tight end Frank Wycheck. This delivers the crucial Lateralpass. He threw the ball almost parallel to the 25 -yard line to the touchline to Kevin Dyson, who could carry the ball 75 yards into the end zone. This turn provides enormous excitement because it was not apparent whether the ball actually flew parallel or forward. The head judge pulled up the video evidence, and only after long reflection, he decided that there had been a proper lateral and the Titans had thus won the game.

Another Lateralspielzug achieved fame in that it became the longest documented play in the history of football. It was a game the lowest college football division of the United States between the Trinity Tigers and the Millsaps Majors from the year 2007. Few seconds before the final was Millsaps just in front and tried to downplay, but this failed and so Trinity the clock one last chance was to win the game. Trinity had two seconds left and was on its own 40 -yard line, which is 60 yards from the end zone of the Millsaps Majors. There was only one turn. Quarterback, Barmore, first fit a normal forward pass to receiver Thompson. After that, a spectacle, which later received the name "Mississippi Miracle " developed. Players of Trinity played repeatedly Lateralpässe without achieving initially significant space savings. However, Millsaps was not able to put an end to this process, but the defenders feigned only the way into the endzone. There were 15 Lateralpässe, to wide receiver Curry saw a gap in the defense, 34 yards ran into the end zone from Millsaps and then scored the decisive touchdown. During this turn, seven players from Trinity had the ball in their hands and played the 15 Lateralpässe. It passed more than a minute during this turn.

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