football pass receiving trainer 10 is designed to be used in the manner shown generally in fig5 a pad 54 disposed along the cord 18 prevents a receiver 56 from catching a football 58 close to a chest 60 a passer not shown throws the football 58 to one side of the pad 54 such as between the cord 18 and stem 14 as shown in fig5 the receiver 56 extends around the exterior of the pad 54 to catch the football 58 while in flight by the very nature of the pad 54 abutting the chest 60 of the receiver 56 the receiver 56 has no other choice than to catch the football 58 with the hands and extended arms and elbows in this regard the pad 54 also prevents the receiver 56 from catching the football 58 with elbows oriented toward the chest 60 of the receiver 56 catching the football 58 with the hands and outstretched arms having elbows oriented generally away from the chest 60 is the preferable fundamental catching skills the receiver 56 should learn by using the football pass receiving trainer 10 moreover the football pass receiving trainer 10 also improves the hand eye coordination of the receiver 56 as shown in fig5 the cord 18 bends and stretches as the receiver 56 leans into the pad 54 to catch the football 58 the bow 16 may also stretch via its attachment with the cord 18 hence the football pass receiving trainer 10 is flexible and designed to provide some level of contact to the receiver 56 the pad 54.