American football terminology

The word inflammable is a word commonly used wrong in society, since it has been confusing for years. Inflammable has been dated back to 1652, being used in Medieval Latin. The word comes from the latin word inflammare (www.dictionary.com). Merriam-Webster says that the word inflammable means easily inflamed, excited or angered. Inflammable should mean to easily catch fire, or become angered. Inflammable can be used for a product that can easily catch fire, even though it is most often put on labels as flammable to avoid confusion. Also when someone says they are inflamed, they usually don’t mean that they are excited. Inflammable and flammable are commonly mistaken in society today. Most people believe that they are opposites, but they are nearly the same thing. The reason for the confusion is because the in- in inflammable is confused with the negative prefix in-. The in- used in inflammable is derived from the latin prefix en- which mean to cause. In the Simpsons by Matt Groening Season 12 Episode 18, “Trilogy of Error”, Dr. Nick confusses inflammable thinking that it means non-flammable, and then accidentally sets his clinic on fire. While this is just a cartoon, an event like this could cause tons of damage and could possible severely injure or kill someone in real life. The cartoon shows the confusion between inflammable and flammable. In a blog on www.differencebetween-info.com their is a picture showing two young kids, one holding a bottle of hairspray and a lit…

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won’t be made on this drive, the next play the running back goes up the middle and he’s gone. Second play of the game. Touchdown Burlington, and their home crowd explodes. Our coaches keep telling us to stay focused. Our first offensive possession ends with a punt. We go back and forth stopping each other on defense. We are regaining confidence and it’s almost halftime. However, just before the buzzer ending the second half was about to go off, they try one more play. The quarterback heaved it…

I Believe In Role Models I believe that everyone should have a role model to look up to. I was watching my brother play varsity high school football against their rival, Garner-Hayfield. Since it was his senior year, it was my brother’s last time facing Garner, so I knew it was going to be a heck of a game. The stands were completely full, and the fences surrounding the field were packed. I’ve never seen anything like it before; the whole town was at the game. The teams were warming up to play…

and Patrick, step-siblings, at a high school football game; they become inseparable. Charlie opens up to his new friends about being hospitalized after his best friend committed suicide the year before. During the school year Charlie becomes close friends with Sam and Patrick’s group of friends, until he made a mistake that would cause his friends to stop talking to him. After losing his friendships, Charlie writes “things are getting bad again”, referring to his mental health. He…

Safety of Starting Sprint Positions in American Football In “What is the Safest Sprint Starting Position for American Football Players?,” a scientific research article, authors Bruno Bonnechere, Benoit Beyer, Marcel Rooze, and Jan Serge Van Sint explain their elaborate plan to find the safest sprint starting position for American football players. Three starting sprint positions are used in the experiment: 4-point, 3-point, and 2-point positions (Bonnechere, Beyer, Rooze, Sint, 2014).…

Football is a tough sport. It seems as if every time a game is played there is at least one or two hard hits, sometimes even more. We, as spectators, instinctively admire these hits, but rarely think about the long term effects that the players might face from such hits. This is largely due to the fact that spectators are blinded by coaches, officials, and players from the serious side effects and repercussions. Only recently has the public population found that there are more harsh and serious…

Is It Worth It? Football is considered by many to be the number one sport in America. It is enjoyed by millions from little league all the way to the National Football League (NFL). As exciting as football is to watch, it is no denying that it is a high-impact and physically dangerous sport that can lead to many serious injuries. There is one such contact sport injury that can be more severe than many other sports-related injuries. What is the culprit? It is a concussion. Concussions are usually…

She attended Mid Carolina High School from 1976 to 1979. She was a cheerleader and popular for her outgoing and friendly personality, which she definitely still has today. One memory that has always stuck out to her is being picked on by the football players, in a friendly and funny way though. She was 4’9 and 99 pounds her freshman year, so very tiny. The football players used to sit her on top of the lockers where she could not get down from. She would have to wait for someone to come get…

across the field, I see all the high school football players walking on the field to practice. Their coach blows the whistle as a warning to hurry up. As I look around, I notice that not all the football players are dressed properly. As I am sitting on the bleachers watching them practice I witness two players get seriously injured. One player, who was the quarterback, got hurt because he was playing without his pads. He dislocated his shoulder because he wasn’t suited up properly for practice.…