High school football

Football is often labeled as a dangerous, unsafe sport, but there are many good things that come along with playing football. In the past two weeks I have learned about the risks that accompany football. Many kids suffer with concussions and face injuries from the sport, which scares many people away. But, despite the risks and the unsafe label, I would allow my child to play football because it promotes health, builds friendships, and helps gain toughness. The first reason why I would let my child

Simeon James Rice; for nearly ten years the name drove fear into opposing defenders with the same force that Rice drove Quarter Backs into the ground. The 1996 3rd overall pick by Arizona racked up an impressive career and a plethora of awards and accolades in a career a decade long, most of that spent with our beloved Buccaneers. But we already know the stats, we bore our friends with the history of this once great player and his numerous exploits on the field. Now there’s a lot of noise about

One thing certain about Chicago Bears starting quarterback Jay Cutler is his reputation for getting hurt from time to time. While some fans will tell you Cutler’s injuries are a result of his passion and love for the game which lead to him going all out and trying to do too much, others will tell you he will miss 2 weeks over a hang nail. Regardless of the reason, his past injuries have put the Bears through some difficult times due to a lack of a reliable back up. Chicago has put some effort into

Kevin is having a conversation with his brother Tyler about college football while driving home from school. Both are in their Senior year playing for the USF Knights football team. But their friend Josh is really struggling. “ Josh is really bad, ain’t that right Tyler?” Said Kevin “He’s getting better,” replied Tyler as he makes a stop at the yield. “ But Tyler, he’s going to weigh us down, practice is tomorrow.” Tyler merges onto Madison Road, keeping his eyes on the road while talking to Kevin

overcomes tremendous personal obstacles to achieve his later goal of becoming a professional football player. However, Big Mike did not originally envision himself becoming a football player, nor would he have been able to overcome these obstacles and disadvantages without the inherent advice and influence of Leigh Anne Tuohy amongst others. In fact, one might even say that his inclination toward football might not have come at all without the vetting and pointed guidance of others, Leigh Anne and

The day was loud and cold. The air was lingering with the smell of hotdogs from the night before. Everyone was cheering as the game was about to begin. The stands we’re full upon the kick to begin it all. There were people on both sides cheering for their team. The whole first quarter of the game we played was blank, there was no scores or anything that big of a play. But in the second quarter they opposing team Kettle Moraine took over. They were just driving on us the entire quarter. With the ending

how we found out. In “On the Road: Middle school football team execute life changing play.” By CBS, “The world is not a pleasant place to be” by Nikki Giovanni, and ‘The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton it shows the positive effect of society. It proves that society has a positive effect on people. In “On the road” there are examples of how society has had a positive effect on people. First it had a large change on how the football team acted. The Olivet Football Team had started to act more caringly and

0 inShare 20406080100 Average Overall Rating: 5 Total Votes: 147 Greatness and Glory The novel brings up the idea of greatness, what it is, and what it costs. Coach Rake conditions his players and the town to crave glory in football. He himself is described as a great man because he can make others great. He does this by taking the raw talent of his players and shaping it. Even though “talent came in cycles” (Wednesday, p. 76) with the best players and teams coming in streaks, “Rake’s greatness

Practicing football is not an enjoyable activity; however, if any team wants to be successful, practice is a necessity. Football is a physical sport and the team works on different tackling drills during practice in order to toughen up the players. The mental aspect of football is also important. Football practice is a mental challenge because the players are expected to remember the plays, which the coach teaches them. Without practicing all of the plays, the team will not succeed in their season

into me today Do you ever wonder how to play a sport called American football. Well if so, then you've come to the right person. On a football team you must give it all and then some, you can never give up/quit. On a team you don't say that they are your team you call them your brothers. You give them your best they’ll give you their absolute best. This is where the quote “ I got your number I got your back” comes in. In football you can play a wide receiver, quarter back, running back, linebackers