{"id":2944,"date":"2016-08-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/football-tips-how-to-catch-a-football\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T13:03:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:03:40","slug":"how-to-catch-a-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/how-to-catch-a-football","title":{"rendered":"Football Tips: How to Catch a Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former United States Air Force Academy player, Reggie Rembert, explains how to catch a football with the correct technique in a few simple steps.<\/p>\n<p><span contenteditable=\"false\" data-mce-object=\"iframe\" class=\"mce-preview-object mce-object-iframe\" data-mce-p-allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-p-frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-p-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LRYc_kUdraA\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LRYc_kUdraA\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><span class=\"mce-shim\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Football Tips: How to Catch a Football Hi, I&#8217;m Reggie Rembert former first-team All-American from the United States Air Force Academy and CoachUp coach. 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