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There are a couple levels to passing. Each is its own game. Quick passing vs. deep passing is like the difference between combos vs punches in boxing.
A short pass is a purely rehearsed motion that flows off of a skillset and target. For example, 1-1-2 has to be thrown as a flow, and to do so require hours and hours of muscle memory through repetition. In the same way, quick passing is almost purely a rehearsed and muscle-memory based motion. The target shifts only after the determinative motion into it.
Punching and long passes have a set up based on predetermined motion, like slipping out a jab before the cross, but there’s more of a read to it, and it’s why Fields was able to survive and thrive using it at OSU. He went touchdown to check down there.
So, short passing is a very timed, specific motion, that shifts relative to target and read. Usually, it shifts to target from read and then a quick read to shift again, but, again I’m speaking in very broad strokes; it can go target to read. This is usually a pass or keep situation, though. Either way, the quick pass is purely based on rehearsed movements hard coded into muscle memory. Much like 1-1-2, the basic motion never shifts, though it can vary, like ending with a slip or a spiral step out and an escape jab.
