The Advantage of Shooting From the End Zone

SCOTT KELBY

If you shoot football, you’ll probably spend most of your time shooting from the sidelines, and if that’s the case, you’ll probably spend a lot of your time pulling your hair out as refs, game officials with the first down markers, and TV camera crews (including the guy holding the big parabolic mic dish) all walk into your shots, and block you from getting “the shot.” That’s why you’ll see a lot of pros jockeying for space in the end zone and the corners of the end zone—they usually have a clear, unobstructed line of sight, and they’re right in position if someone breaks loose to “take it to the house” (as shown above in this shot I took from the end zone of an Ohio State vs. Michigan game). The only “gotcha” is that if possession changes, you have to decide if you want to go to the opposite end zone, where the plays are now going towards (see, there’s always a gotcha!).