Mario Verduzco is standing at the end of a long conference table in Nebraska’s offensive meeting room and his shoes are off.
Imagine an arrow, Verduzco explains, extending from the right arch — the back foot of a right-handed quarterback — directly to the intended target. (Many coaches teach that the lead foot directs where the ball goes. Verduzco refers to them in a term not fit for print.) The left foot must never come down on that imaginary guide line as the quarterback strides, just as a golfer never steps on the line of a putt.
The explanation includes the following terms: “Translational rotational power,” “schema exaggeration,” “maximal optimal thrust,” “lateral bending of the spine,” along with formulas for power, force, torque and more.