Improving Eye Coordination By Football Players

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Have you ever wonder how football players are great at catching the ball, or how their reaction time and reflection speed are so fast? this is because the training players had to do to improve their eye coordination. Even Though not all positions need eye coordination, football helps with this skill because it improves with catching the football and quick hands to get ready for what's coming to them.
First of all, hands are as fast as where your eyes predicted where they ball is at. Having fast hands are great to have because a player has about 3 seconds if the quarterback throws a bullet also within that 3 seconds you have to have your hands ready and set for the ball to come to you. during my time while I was playing football is that the

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