American football positions

Notre Dame football coach, Knute Rockne, says this quote that is true in today's sports world. He states in his quote, practicing sportsmanship is more important than just teaching it. When I was younger, playing T-ball, teaching sportsmanship is what everyone did. The coaches, the parents, the umpires, and even the other players, it was always about having fun and being fair. Most of the time not keeping score was the norm. However, as athletes grow older this mentality quickly changed. Today,…

Australia is a haven for snow sports lovers. And while these activities are extremely fun and pleasurable, they can also cause serious injuries, due to various factors. Worst of all, most types of snow sports injuries cause trauma, with the hazardous terrain, lifting accidents, collisions, and falls being the primary culprits. Taking part in these activities when you lack sleep or rest, overestimating your ability level, using faulty or incorrect gear, fatigue, and failure to abide by the…

I was playing lacrosse on a warm spring day in Glen Ellyn. I could feel my adrenaline spike, accompanied by my heart beating out of my chest. We finally had the ball on our side. The first place team that happened to be our school’s arch nemesis, had selfishly kept the ball to themselves so far. Every second we had possession was precious as we knew the opportunities to score would be few. A whole season of hard work and commitment had brought us to this chance to move into a first place tie in…

I made it about halfway through the football season that year. Things were not going well for our freshman football team this season. We struggled to get through every game and the team held a record of one win and six losses. The season so far was very hard on me. The team had many let downs with very few close calls and even fewer highlights. Our football team had never been good. My team included the same group of guys since the six grade, most of them were still the same size in high school…

Embrace the Suck I was five years old when I learned how to throw a football. My Dad spent hours in that muddy backyard trying to teach me how to throw “just like Peyton Manning did,” my favorite NFL player. The first step was to place your fingers on the end of the laces and grip the side of the ball with all five of your fingertips. Next, with one swift motion I was told to launch the ball forward as hard as I could. However, in order to make the ball spin in a spiral, at the end of my…

Throughout my entire life, I have played basketball. Thinking back on it today, this is basically my first year I haven’t played basketball. Although I know this sport like I know how to tie my shoes, I’ve never really thought of it in any other way besides an activity that I love. My many years of playing influenced my decision to use this topic for my assignment, but also the big impact it had throughout the rest of my family. My grandpa had coached college basketball, and my mom played…

game of American football. A large majority of people only see football as a game and that’s it.Yes, it is a game, but it is far more than that. It is life rolled up into a game of inches. Just like life, there are no short cuts in football. It is either all about the grind or nothing at all. The people who put in the work shine and are glorified. The people who are slackers will quickly fade into the background never to be remembered. The Oxford English dictionary says,“football…

The Internet has made it possibly for college football scouts to connect to players all over the country like never before. College scouts can now view game film from high schools without having to leaving their computers using a revolutionary new website. Prior to the creation of this website scouts would have to travel all over the nation watch hundreds of games to hopefully find a couple of players worthy of a scholarship or offer to play at the next level this excluded many players who due…

Allison was drop dead beautiful, and she still is. She married her high school sweetheart, the captain of the football team, Lester. They had 3 kids and lived in small town, USA. Lester drank, and beat Allison regularly when he came home from his job, stocking shelves at Walfart. Allison had a dream of working with animals, far away in a game preserve in Kenya. What a silly dream for a small town, USA girl. And then she met Harriet Rothchild. Bonus Blockbuster “House of Romance,” title…

One of my favorite hobbies is golf. I've been playing for more than four years and I really enjoy it. With the help of my coaches, I’ve improved drastically lot over the years. At The First Tee, a youth golf organization, I was taught the nine core values of golf: honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy, and judgement. These core values are not only important in golf, but also in my daily life. Playing golf, either on a nine-hole or an…