The Importance Of Strengthening Your Grip On Football

Term 3 commenced with each boy studying HPE in year 11, participating in the sport Touch Football. In this subject the cohort has been analysing the relationships between different energy systems and components of fitness that need to be acquired to successfully participate in the physical activity. Components of fitness are described as basic qualities that demonstrate the ability to complete daily tasks with energy, reduced health risks, and participate in a variety of physical activities (1). This presentation will give a thorough reflection on Touch football and what energy systems are of most importance to the sport. I will also be reflecting on the components of fitness that I personally need to work on which is observed from primary data collected in the HPE classes. Also methods of improvement toward specific components of fitness.

The order of these exercises on the specific days were chosen in the most logical manner to start the week off with a more intense load and end on Friday with a light day to prepare for a weekend game. Each exercise reflects a component or mimics a movement used by the soccer goalie during a game.

The hardest part is taking the correct number of steps. The first step, the jab step, is optional. You take a small step towards the ball. The second step, the drive step, is a long stride towards the ball with your kicking foot. The third step, is the most important step. It is taken by your plant foot and put on the side of the football. Because you are lined up behind and to the side of the ball, you will be taking a diagonal

I have a friend whos little brother plays soccer, so I know what it takes to be able to play it well. It takes speed, and ability to control the ball with your legs and feet. If you were to play goalie you would not have as many responsibilities and would require a lower skill level. You would only have to know how to catch and block the ball. If you were to play a position midfield you would have more running, and kicking to do.

High school football over the years has become a huge spectacle lets just talk about the DWF area or we can even get smaller to make a point if you made a 25 mile radius these local high school teams play at the Star (seats 12,000), Allen stadium (seats 18,000 cost 60 million), and McKinney’s new stadium (seats 12,000 costs 69.9 million). This is just high school football these young kids playing under tremendous pressure from the start. The pressure to play high school football is immense, there are so many media outlets for these kids, and they get coverage from what it seems like all the time during the season, yet this is all just considered a recreational activity I think it has become more than that now. The pressure for coaches is high as well dealing with parents, board members, keeping up with classes as a teacher, and oh you also have to win since football is a performance-based business (forewarning this will be said a lot). For example I will refer to Boobie Miles from Friday Night Lights for one final point. Boobie knew if he did not make it in football there was nothing special for him. That is why when he got hurt he still wanted to play, because he knew that’s all he had. That is a lot of pressure for a 16-18 year to handle, and if they are not up for it they crack.

try to keep my elbows close to my body. I then lift the ball above my

Second Weakness (Skill): Heading My second weakness which I have identified in my performance in football is my heading, which is an important aspect of football. Heading is a technique that is used in football in order to control possession of the ball. Performers can use their head to pass, shoot or clear the football. Heading is an important skill for any footballer as any position on the pitch may be required to head the ball.

Practicing the correct tackling skills will decrease injuries throughout an athlete 's career. According to Palmer, “football players that practiced five-minute tackling drills without their helmets and shoulder pads twice a week in preseason and once a week during football season were less likely to have injuries”(Palmer, 2015). This would build a healthy habit for the athlete and decrease the rate of many injuries. Many tackling drills consist of properly hitting an upright pad, tackling dummy, or a teammate holding a padded shield at a fifty to seventy-five percent effort will also help prevent injury. Reducing repetitive head impacts in tackle football through limiting full contact practices is another key example of how injuries can be prevented. An example of this could be illustrated as a football team walking through plays without any physical contact. The coaches and players would go over all the plays and discuss different situations. This will

To start off, the individual must gather the needed materials. In this case, the materials are a soccer ball, a pair of tennis shoes or soccer cleats, a field or yard that has plenty of open area, and lastly, a rope ladder. Once all of those items are collected, the practicing can begin. The player must start by training their footwork. This can be done by doing ladder drills, also known as hurdle drills. Even though these drills are not using a ball, they are still a crucial element in gaining control over the ball. The drills mentioned will improve hand-eye

USA Football has been certifying coaches all around the country to coach children how to properly tackle and play the game of football. coaches are taught how to properly tackle, block, and fit equipment. coaches are also taught how to identify signs of concussions, heat exhaustion, and dehydration. The USA Football videos are shared throughout the country and teaches kids how to play the game of football properly.

The behavior of a football players over the years has become somewhat of a problem at time. While some football players have great lives and come up in great homes there are some who grow up in bad areas and are exposed to bad things at a young age. Football can teach the brain many different things football trains and strengthens and emboldens and from the way we are trained it can teach the brain a bit of violence the sport may have this way of big men in a violent way colliding into each other for gladiator glory in a way that alters their brain chemistry and might make them more dangerous and violent. What you see in football players, from a young age is that they are trained to hit hard, be aggressive and take severe damage. Not only

The most common injury in football is knee injuries. Although there is not a full proof method of getting rid of these injuries, there are many ways of preventing such injuries. Some include stretches, strengthening technique, improving flexibility, and avoiding vulnerable positions. Another big injury in football is concussions. Concussions can be reduced through good technique. Proper tackling involving keeping the head up greatly reduces the force to the head. “MaryBeth Horodyski of the National Athletic Trainers' Association said parents should look for programs that "emphasize things such as keeping the head up during play, seeing what they hit, not using their head as a ramming rod when tackling. "She said everyone needs to be on the same page when it comes to safety. "Make sure officials are actually using the rules to protect the athletes," Horodyski said” (Nadia Kounang). Another method use to help prevent concussions is neck strengthening. "That can make a significant difference in reducing the acceleration the head sees, and in that sense, reducing your chance of having a concussion," Dr. Cantu said.” also “Dr. Cantu said that if done regularly and properly, these exercises can help prevent more concussions than any product on the market, according to the scientific evidence to date.”(NBC

It was during a soccer practice where the team had to condition (a new requirement the coach had incorporated into the practice) where countless sprints, changes in directions, push-ups, and crunches would quickly tire the team. Not surprisingly, after a few sets of sprinted “zig-zags,” pushups, and crunches we looked extremely drained almost as if we had run out of energy to even give the least bit of effort. Some were already lying to the side gasping for breath while others felt sick to their stomach. Some were at the point of vomiting while only half of us attempted to persevere. It seemed endless. Even I, considered the most conditioned, was having such a hard time keeping on. It came to the final stretch when my coach started encouraging

Football practice is fun you get to mess around for the first 30 minutes after you get all your padding on and get all the practice pads out to the field. Then you have to get the pads for you so you could make contact, and when you try them on the jerseys smell weird like sweat, then when you wash all your equipment (jerseys and pants) feel nice and smell better. Then you get to run the plays and they are pretty fun besides, when someone messes up one of them, then we have to do it again and when you are going for a handoff you need to keep your eyes on the ball at all times besides when you're running for the touchdown. Then at the end of the day you have to do sprints up and down the football field and it gets really exhausting on the last few sprints.

A place where I feel perfectly content is on the football field. This is the place for me because when I am here it is just me and 10 of my "teammates" working together to achieve a common goal, to win. Being under the lights on Friday night with a whole town watching you is just an unearthly feeling. When I step onto the field it's more than just a game or a hobby it's a place to channel everything from that day, week, or even month to just come out not as a raw emotion but as aggression. I don't hear the crowd's roars or the referee's whistle, but just the sound of the quarterback as he says the cadence and the sounds of pads clashing together. The moment that the ball moves from the line is an opportunity to get further down the field to the end zone, closer to the goal of winning and taking the pride of being the better team, more prepared, and more aggressive on the field, and even being more disciplined off the field.