It depends which way your leaning at the moment. I think it's usually backwards (at least with my experiences!:)
A backward pass is one that does not go forward. Often, the receiver of a backward pass may then pass the ball forward. Once the ball has been passed forward, it may not be passed forward again during the same play.
Just remember 'spring forward, fall back'.
Passengers on a bus tend to fall backward when it starts suddenly due to inertia. As the bus accelerates forward, the passengers, who were initially at rest, want to stay at rest due to their inertia. This causes them to lean back or fall backward as the bus moves forward.
Any ball not clearly a forward pass is a backward pass. The term lateral is not in any rule book Ihave ever read. The term is backward pass. A backward pass can be intercepted or recovered by the defense and they will get possession at the end of the play. A grounded backward pass is played as a fumble and can be recovered and advanced by either team.
You are only allowed one forward pass per play, and all forward passes must originate behind the line of scrimmage (i.e., the line where the ball was placed prior to the snap). However, a backward pass (or "lateral" pass) is always legal from anywhere on the field. So a quarterback can receive the snap, make a backward pass to a back or an end in the backfield, who could then legally pass the ball forward.
In American football and Canadian football a lateral pass or lateral (officially backward A lateral pass is distinguished from a forward pass, in which the ball is after taking the snap, to quickly transfer. The Canada football is not the NFL. That's what I asked.
Any player can receive a lateral or more formerly a backward pass. So the player does not need to be an eligilable receiver to receive a backward pass, unlike the rules for a forward pass.
Not in the NFL rule book. A pass is either forward or backward and there is no mention of the word 'lateral'.
What stops a car from moving forward or backward
Here's a little trick that'll help you remember: "Spring ahead, Fall back."
Examples: -- up and down, but not sideways or forward and backward -- forward and backward, but not sideways or up and down -- left and right, but not forward and backward or up and down
Because Michael Jackson wants you too....... >:)