Written for coaches, players, and fans, this book deals with two of the "P's" immortalized in the "Punt, Pass and Pray" system of Michigan's famed coach Fielding Yost, but passes lightly over the third. After a brief account of the forward pass from its "birth" at the turn of the century to its becoming the core of the professional game today, I take up the fundamentals of how to throw the ball, the grip, fading to pass, delivery of the ball. Since pass defense is so heavily emphasized in pro football, any discussion of the passing attack must begin with the defensive systems to be outwitted...