Linebacker

Four years of it has made my nose go numb to the smell. The bus pulls into the parking lot, and we begin to load up our bags. None of us are happy about how early it is, but many are too hyped up to go back to sleep on the bus. We pile in, and wait. The injured get on last. There’s Ben, our senior starting tight end. Tall as a skyscraper, slow as anyone I’ve ever seen. But he had great hands. Tore his ACL first game of the season. Then there was Noah, who was supposed to be our starting quarterback. Smart kid on the field. Knew how to get out of trouble when under pressure. Broke his collar bone in the second game as well. Made a full recovery after 7 weeks, just to re-break it at practice. And finally, there was Eli. Our junior middle linebacker. Kid had a heart of gold, hit like a brick wall, and was probably the most liked kid on the team. Also tore his ACL on the first kickoff of the second game. We were down three starters. We had a sophomore tight end who was our only option, we were on our 3rd quarterback, and half the team had something fractured or busted or torn or broken. But we could all still play, so we did. And here we were, on our way to a state playoff game. We started the season 1-3. And then went on streak. We hadn’t lost a game since the fourth week. We all had big dreams of getting state rings, getting to have a “Lambkin Party” in the locker room at Mile High. And we were about to find out just how far those dreams would go. The whole game was a battle.…

There are three linebackers, a Mike, a Will, and Sam linebacker. This scheme has two Cornerbacks and two safeties. What is a defense Tackle? According to Joe Daniel football, “A defense tackles in a 4-3 defense will need to be very strong and big, capable of winning one-on-one matchups against an offensive guard. “ They must be able to defeat double teams without giving so much ground, either by strength or proper technique.” “It is important that these players have proper body position to…

All football teams consist of offense, defense and special teams, and all three positions have specific duties they have to do within a game. The top three positions on defense, also the most important, are cornerback, linebacker, and defensive line. On the defensive side, cornerback tends to be the most popular and important player, both in college and NFL levels. The cornerback has many responsibilities, one of which is guarding the player who is sent out to catch the ball that is thrown to…

A popular defensive formation is nickel defense. A nickel defense is any defense that uses five defensive backs. The fifth defensive back is called the nickelback. The most common form of nickel uses four down linemen and two linebackers. The nickel defense is also called 4-2-5, or 3-3-5. Another commonly used defensive formation is called the 4-3 defense. The 4-3 defense consists of 3 linebackers and four down linemen. It is one of the most, if not the most popular defensive formation in the…

elementary school, I would attend my brother's practices and watch excitedly from the sideline waiting my turn to go out and compete. I got my chance in second grade and I made the most of it. There were two teams in my grade and on the better of the two teams I was the quarterback which was exciting, but even better, I played my favorite position since I started watching football which was linebacker. The exhilaration of hitting people that came with playing linebacker made me think of myself…

it's thrown in the air properly. Thirdly, you could spot a football player when he or she can catch a football incredibly good. The form of a hand to catch the football is a hand creating a shape of a triangle in the center. The catcher's hand has prepared its shape for the football to come in between the hands easily so the catcher doesn't drop the ball. Lastly, you could also spot a football player when he or she has incredible strength, usually when they are that extremely strong,…

With the short time remaining before Congress would cut funding to the war effort, President Nixon decided he had to apply maximum military power to persuade North Vietnam into negotiations. President Nixon ordered the commencement of Operation Linebacker II until further notice. Heavy bombing raids struck targets in the hours of darkness, while F-4 Phantoms and A-7s conducted day strategic strikes against targets visually. The losses during Operation Linebacker II were heavy, while most of…

Why did Ivory have a love/hate relationship with football? Ivory Christian is from Odessa, TX; he plays for the Permian Panthers. Ivory weighed 195 pounds and ran a 4.7 in the forty even though that is the perfect size for a football player, as a sixteen -year- old he still loved the game he tried so much to hate. The only reason he keeps playing football is to make his dad proud. He told his dad Ivory senior that he might not play ball in college even if he got offers. Ivory has…

whole season only one team went undefeated, the Colts. I played on the colts with a lot of my friends. My coach told us that the practice will be harder than games, and they were by a lot. We had to run up steep hills, run around a hockey rink twice, then run ladders the size of a football field, then last of all, we had to run full length football fields down and back five times with full pads and helmets on. (It got really hot and sweaty fast and I had a visor on so that fogged up fast.)…

Tackling is an important aspect of the game. You have to tackle so that the opposing team does not catch the ball or score a touchdown. When a player is running down the field, it allows him to gain momentum. For the runner to be stopped, the tackler has to inflict and impulse with greater force. Newton’s three laws of motion are all taking affect when trying to tackle another player. Newton's first law tells us that an object either at motion or at rest tends to stay in that state of motion or…