Football: Educate a dumbass!

[itishe]

I just had my first practice for football today. Blistered, sore, and damn well tired I feel a sense of accomplishment making it through the day without feeling like dying. Seeing as the coach put me as a running back I think I'm in for a season full of running.

I think I can do the physical part, but I lack knowledge of the sport as a whole.

- Can someone explain to me in basic and short amount of words what each posistion's role is?
- What will my role as a running back be in depth?
- What posistions are familiar and what should I know about them.
- Any general tips for surviving my first season?

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Edit: Please! Please! Do not give me a link to the wikipedia articles, they're very vague and not too helpful for me.

 

[sparky0000]

Don't do something if you don't love it. Simple as that.

 

[SELF-MASTERY]

Don't do something if you don't love it. Simple as that.

WRONG.

 

[KarmaSutra]

WRONG.

Wow. How enlightening is this retort?

Jesus-fvcking-christ.

 

[itishe]

I never said I hated football, I just don't know what I'm doing.

 

[SELF-MASTERY]

I never said I hated football, I just don't know what I'm doing.

Learn as you go and enjoy the process...

I wish I could play football again......

 

[Scrumtulescence]

Get a good football videogame, one with a good in-game tutorial.

 

[Tomatoes]

Im guessing your meaning American Football....

Not Football (As the entire world knows it)

 

[Skel]

yes he means real football not fag football

 

[Bible_Belt]

As a running back, you need quick feet and balance. You should be able to lower your head, deliver a blow to the potential tackler, and then bounce off and keep running.

 

[[S]alvatore]

http://www.nfl.com/features/rulebook

Everything you need to know is on that page. Madden NFL 2007 is coming out in 2 weeks so I suggest you somehow get ahold of it to see some plays etc. Is anyone gonna make an NFL thread? The start of the season is just around the corner.

 

[sparky0000]

Of course guys like Self-Mastery wish they could go back to their senior year of high school. Senior year of high school was/is/will be the apex of many an American male's life. If not senior year of high school it will be college. I find that very sad.

Football is king in America. I find it hard to believe that a male would not understand the game, yet want to play it as a teen. If you love the game you should go for it. If you are doing it because of peer pressure you are making a big mistake. I think at least 60% of high school football players don't really love the game itself. They do it for stupid reasons like getting fat girls to like them (Reason #873 why I would never raise a kid in the USA). High school poisons the mind and soul.

 

[itishe]

I think I'm going to quit football. I have no passion for the sport, I think I just joined because of peer pressure.

"Oh man, your speed will ****in roxors in football, join man join"

Stuff like that convinced me to join. I was ill prepared and I don't think I like it.

 

[itishe]

I think another factor of my quitting is I have no clue what the **** is going on. Everyone else there watches football religiously and knows the sport in and out.

 

[SELF-MASTERY]

why are you being a wimp?

 

[itishe]

A wimp as in doing what I really want to do instead of doing what's expected?