American Football and Rugby

Starting 8th grade football, being one of the older kids, felt awesome. I knew I had advantage over most of the kids on the team. My job being one of the older one’s was to teach the younger ones their place. It was the first day of practice I was really excited to be playing the sports again. I was confident that I would be the running back because I played that position

Rugby is a less commonly known and played sport that helped originate football. William Webb Ellis originated the sport of rugby in the early 1900’s. Ellis was a student at Rugby School in England when he created the game, which is how its name originated. The way Ellis invented this game was when he broke soccer rules and made his own new game (The origin of rugby). The sport of rugby is similar to football because of the rules that are implemented and the way special teams are used on the field. One major difference between the two sports is that football is continuously throwing forward; in contrast, rugby requires that the ball must be thrown backward or laterally. Moreover, positions in this sport are very different than football. These positions consist of forwards and backers in the offensive scheme. The forwards are the bigger and stronger styled players that block for the backers, similar to the offensive line in football. Backers are the fast, small players that usually handle the ball the most and run with it. In rugby, they fall in the same lines of the running back or quarterback in the sport of football. Although rugby has many similarities to

I can remember that freshman year of highschool I wanted to play football. If only I knew the

I have always loved sports ever since I was a little kid. Some of my earliest memories are of playing soccer with my friends on a wet, cold spring day or hitting a ball off of a tee and feeling like it went a mile, when in reality it only went about fifty feet. Even to this day I still can never get enough of sports. I get about four weeks off out of the entire year where I’m not technically in a sport, but I’m still always practicing and trying to get better because that’s the only way I know. I love everything about sports: the friendships, the competition, the passion, the atmosphere, the unity. Sports are one of my true loves and they consume my life. It is this strong desire that I have for sports that has driven me to want to pursue a

My very favorite sport to play is rodeo. Rodeo is such a great sport I love it for the adrenalin rush the people and all the life skill that com with it you would be amazed by the stuff you could

Later on, while I grew up I started learning more and more about football and how it worked. Then 3rd grade came, my first year of rocket football.

The games of American football and rugby are both extremely popular sports with a similar basic aim and structure of play. However, these two sports vary in many aspects of the game. Rugby has a greater international reach, different regulations and rules of play, and smaller risk of injury.

Growing up my whole life, I played every sport imaginable from hockey and soccer to football and tennis. My parents made me start being active and playing sports at a very young age and it was one of the best decisions that they could have made. Sports have so many benefits and teach so many life lessons besides simply the physical and competitive aspects to the game.When I first started playing sports, I absolutely dreaded every aspect of it, from waking up early, to working out, to being sore and tired all of the time. But as I grew older and started to understand life better, I started thinking about my future and the keys to being successful in life. I realized that sports teach so many life lessons beyond the

Unlike many athletes, sports are not a means of rewards and recognition for me. The reason I play three sports year-round is for the lasting friendships and the relationships made between the players and the coaches. These relationships end up being stronger than most since you are around people who dedicate their spare time to better themselves in the sport. Friendships that are created through working hard and persevering daily have lasting qualities. Being on multiple athletic teams, I have learned to cooperate with a vast amount of people who do not share similar beliefs and values as me, which is a very important skill to learn.

Spending months upon months, week after week, days, hours and seconds, all for one little sport. The sport that fills my heart and love so deeply, cheerleading. Not the school sideline girls that yell and kick, but competitive cheer. In a competitive cheer routine, a team must be able to continuously flip across the floor, jump as fast as rabbits, launch people into the air while still managing to keep them safe, and be sassier than a seven-year-old pageant girl dancing - all of it jam packed into 2 minutes and 30 seconds. It looks like a piece of cake reading it right now and watching it too, but it isn’t. Numerous people have argued about whether cheer is or isn't a sport to me, but that doesn't matter to me. All that matters is having that opportunity to cheer. In my life, competitive cheerleading is the biggest impact on my identity - now and forever.

I’ve never been on any sports and track is my first.When I was in middle school I always wanted to participate in some type of sport. I always wanted to do soccer, but never had the courage to try out and track seemed fun, but I really didn’t feel like staying after school every day, so instead I did band. Band was very fun and I’m still in it, but that’s another story.

Well my favorite sport is cheerleading .I love cheering for all kind of sport. Cheerleading make me fill very strong. I have been cheering for 6 years it fun but it is not easy. Dedicated is the key to be a wrongful cheerleader I spend long hours after school for competition and prating. To get better at what I love to do.IM a very happy person so I knew cheering was the thing for me. A lot of people say cheerleading is one of the most dangerous sport out there I would love to see a football player try it for a week. Since I’ve been a cheerleading. I’ve witnesses broken thumbs broken arms fractured ankle’s sprained necks countless concussions. And in the worse cusses girls end up paralyzed or even dead.

Since I can remember, I’ve always played soccer. Whether it was kicking the ball around my kitchen and dining room (this didn’t go over well with my mother) or playing on a youth team, club team, or school team, soccer has always flowed through my veins and helped prepare me for the challenges I faced ahead. These early experiences foreshadowed my maturity and growth through soccer.

For someone who frequently jokes about hating sports, I sure do have a lot of medals. Growing up, I was constantly involved in one, if not more, sports at a single time. I couldn 't seem to stick to one sport, however. My participation in some lasted far longer than in others, but I either eventually grew uninterested or put another extracurricular first, leaving another behind. Below is a list some of the sports in which I was involved, in reverse order based on how much I cared about them.

A good place to start the reforms with the yellow card system. Currently, football yellow cards do not make a big impact on the player's behaviour, whereas rugby has found a much more efficient alternative. In football, a yellow card is not a threat to the players as they must earn two them to be sent off in order to make a substantial difference to the outcome of the game. However, the Rugby Union’s yellow card is widely regarded among fans