Spiral passing system and method for training football passers to make perfect spiral passes

Abstract

The spiral passing system includes a shoulder harness, a wrist harness, and a control strap connecting the shoulder and wrist harnesses. The control strap, adjustable in length, falls from atop the shoulder harness, down the passer's back, around the passer's forearm, and to the harness on the passer's wrist. The control strap's length is adjusted so that, when the passer throws a football, the strap pulls on the wrist harness, causing the throwing hand to pronate inward, releasing the football with longitudinal spin, as a perfect spiral pass. The spiral passing method has the passer wear and properly adjust the system, particularly the length of the control strap, so that the passer's wrist is pronated inward, and the passer can regularly throw perfect spiral passes. Using the spiral passing system and method will soon train the passer to produce the same perfect spiral passes without needing to use the system.

1 . A spiral passing system for training a football passer, worn by the passer while passing a football, that causes inward pronation of the passer's throwing arm's wrist in a manner that results in passes with a perfect spiral. 
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , comprising:
 a. a shoulder harness worn on the passer's throwing arm shoulder,   b. a wrist harness worn on the passer's throwing arm wrist, and   c. a control strap connecting the shoulder harness to the wrist harness, with the control strap adjustable to a length that pulls on the wrist harness when the passer is throwing a football, in a manner that causes the wrist to pronate inward as the football is released, so that the football is thrown as a perfect spiral pass.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the control strap includes a length-adjusting buckle, by which the control strap is adjusted to the length that causes such pronation of the wrist and throwing of a spiral pass. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the control strap is divided into an upper segment attached to the shoulder harness, and a lower segment attached to the wrist harness, with the two segments connected to each other by a locking latch with two separable sections, that allows those two control strap segments to be detached from and reattached to each other when desired. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the length-adjusting buckle of the control strap is an integral part of one of the two separable sections of the divided control strap's locking latch. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the length-adjusting buckle of the control strap is an integral part of the upper one of the two separable sections of the locking latch, which is attached to the upper segment of the control strap. 
     
     
         7 . A spiral passing system for training a football passer to throw a football as a perfect spiral pass, comprising:
 a. a shoulder harness affixed to the passer's throwing arm shoulder,   b. a wrist harness affixed to the passer's throwing arm wrist, and   c. a control strap of adjustable length, attached to the top of the shoulder harness, at an approximately 45 degree angle outward from the shoulder and toward the passer's back, so that the control strap can hang down the passer's back, can be pulled through the space between the passer's body and throwing arm, can be wrapped once around the throwing arm, and can be attached to the wrist harness at the outside of that wrist, at an approximately 45 degree angle back up the arm, and can be adjusted to a length such that when the throwing arm is extended, tension produced by the control strap causes the wrist harness and wrist on the throwing arm to pronate inward, such that, when the passer is throwing a football, the movement of the throwing arm's hand and fingers as the football is released causes the football to be thrown with a longitudinal spin that allows the passer to throw a perfect spiral pass.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the control strap is divided into an upper segment attached to the shoulder harness and a lower segment attached to the wrist harness, with the two segments connected to each other by a locking latch with two separable sections, an upper section attached to the upper segment of the control strap and a lower section attached to the lower segment of the control strap, that allows those two control strap segments to be detached from and reattached to each other when desired. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the length-adjusting buckle of the control strap is an integral part of one of the two separable sections of the locking latch. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the length-adjusting buckle of the control strap is an integral part of the upper section of the locking latch. 
     
     
         11 . A spiral passing method for training a football passer, comprising the passer wearing, while passing a football, a spiral passing system that causes inward pronation of the passer's throwing arm wrist in a manner that results in throwing the football with a perfect spiral. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the spiral passing system worn by the passer comprises:
 a. a shoulder harness firmly affixed to the passer's throwing arm shoulder,   b. a wrist harness firmly affixed around the passer's throwing arm wrist, and,   c. a control strap connecting the shoulder harness to the wrist harness, and adjustable to a length that pulls on the wrist harness when the passer is throwing a football, in a manner that causes the wrist to pronate inward as the footballis released, so that the football is thrown as a perfect spiral pass.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the spiral passing system worn by the passer has acontrol strap that includes a length-adjusting buckle, which the passer uses to adjust thecontrol strapto a length that causes it to pull on the wrist harness in a manner that causes the wrist to pronate inward and the football to be thrown as a spiral pass. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the spiral passing system worn by the passer has a control strap that is divided into an upper segment, attached to the shoulder harness, and a lower segment, attached to the wrist harness, with the two segments connected to each other by a locking latch with two separable pieces, that allows those two control strap segments to be detached from and reattached to each other when desired. 
     
     
         15 . A spiral passing method for training a football passer to throw perfect spiral passes, comprising having the passer weara spiral passing system comprising:
 a. a shoulder harness affixed to the passer's throwing arm shoulder,   b. a wrist harness affixed to the passer's throwing arm wrist, and   c. a control strap of adjustable length, attached to the top of the shoulder harness, at an approximately 45 degree angle outward from the shoulder and toward the passer's back, so that the strap hangs down the passer's back, where it is pulled through the space between the passer's body and throwing arm, wrapped once around the throwing arm, and attached to the wrist harness, outside of that wrist, at an approximately 45 degree angle back up the arm, and having the passer adjust the control's strap's length, such that when the throwing arm is extended, tension produced by the control strap causes the wrist harness, wrist, and hand of the throwing arm to pronate inward, such that, when the passer is throwing a football using a standard grip and a standard throwing motion, the movement of the throwing arm's hand and fingers when the football is released causes the football to be thrown with a longitudinal spin that allows the passer to throw a perfect spiral pass.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the spiral passing system worn by the passer has a control strap that is divided into an upper segment, attached to the shoulder harness, and a lower segment, attached to the wrist harness, with the two segments connected to each other by a locking latch with two separable pieces, that allows the passer to detach those two control strap segments from each other, and to reattach them, when desired.