My Experience with Football Essay

For as long as I can remember football has been a part of my life in some way, shape, or form. When I was first born my grandfather said that I was solid and built to play football. I used to throw the football with my mother when I was a toddler and she always told me that when I tried to tackle her I hit really hard. My first organized football experience was when I was five. I had just moved to Manassas, VA from Washington, D.C. in 1994. It was around fall and that was right at the beginning of football season in the area. I remember telling my mother that I wanted to play, so she looked for a local organization for children. She came across the Greater Manassas Football League (GMFL) and that is where I began to play the game I...show more content...

I can remember two plays vividly. The first was when I played fullback. It was third and long which is more times than not a passing situation, but this time the coach put his faith in me to make the first down. I remember getting the hand off and was running to the left. I got through the hole and saw a defender. I lowered my shoulder and ran over him, but I wasn't to the first down yet. All of a sudden there were four people on me and I had my mind made up that I wasn't going to let my team down, so I kept my legs driving carrying people and finally made it to the first down. Right there I knew that I could be a great player. The second play was a defensive play. The opposing team was up by three points and time was running out. The coach yelled from the sideline "We need a play," so I took it upon myself to be the playmaker. The ball was snapped, it was a toss to my left. I saw the running back sprinting out and I took my pursuit angle. I met him head up and he started to go down and in the back of my mind I heard my coach's voice and that made me do something I had never done. I stripped the ball out of his hand and ran for a touchdown. My team won. The next phase of my football career was about to begin now, middle school. I didn't play my sixth grade year, because I needed to give my body a rest, so I came out the next year. I was linebacker and my number changed again this time to 55. There's not much that I remember Get more content

It happens once every four years, 32 countries, 352 players, 150 staff and millions of fans. That is the World Cup, thirty two nations will come together as one to support their country, tears will be shed, hearts will be broken, and spirits will be lifted as the nations battle it out for the trophy. The World Cup is truly the biggest sporting event in the world, not only by the fact that it has the most viewers, but also by the amount of money put towards hosting the match stadiums, ticket purchases, and merchandise purchases.

According to The FГ©dГ©ration Internationale de Football Association A.K.AFIFA, the World Cup in 2010 hosted in South Africa had in–home television coverage of the competition reached above 3.2 billion! That is...show more content...

(Jerrad Peters) Some can argue that this is too much money being spent on useless investments when you could put towards all that money into helping out Brazils economy. A massive amount of money is spent just on this solo event, but this event is expected to boost Brazil's economy by $90 billion, Not only that, but there are already 3.6 million jobs both short term and long term the competition is expected to generate. (Zimbalist)

That is identical to the number of jobs the Olympics has created. This is not just entertainment; this can benefit Brazil in many ways. There is one thing you can say about the World cup that you cannot compare with other sporting events, and that is the amount of passion put in towards the game, the emotion, and the joy. "The World Cup brings together not just 11 soccer players from one nation as a team, not just a country in support of their side, not just 32 nations, not just hundreds of thousands of fans in stadiums across South Africa. The World Cup brings together the world." (Farzard Mashoood)

June 12, 2009 it was Ivory Coast first time ever qualifying for the world cup. It was the countries first time ever going to the games, somehow in the middle of a bloody civil war they found a reason to put down their guns. When all chaos was at loose, when all hell was raining down, when all peace seemed inevitable somehow this simple event was enough for them to put aside their differences

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Soccer is a popular sport played all over the world. Even though it has only been popular in the United States for the past 30 years, soccer has been a long time favorite most everywhere else. The sport dates back to the Egyptians, who played games involving the kicking of a ball. Now, the sport has grown to a global pastime, including men's and women's teams, and the World Cup (which is played every four years). Soccer originated with kicking games played by people in ancient civilizations. The modern version came about in the early nineteenth century, in England. It started as a game involving kicking and handing, but later this branched off into two separate sports: rugby and football (which is what the English call soccer). Around...show more content...

In addition to the field itself, all that is needed for a game is two goals (eight feet high and eight yards apart) and a ball. Each player wears hard plastic or padded shingaurd, covered by long socks, for protection during play. Cleats are also worn for traction on the field. A goalie may also wear a special padded shirt, and gloves to protect his or her hands. A standard field, as regulated by the Federation Internationale de Football Association (or FIFA), has a length between 100 and 130 yards, and a width of between 50 and 100 yards. The rules of play for soccer have deliberately been kept simple. The referee makes most of the decisions, and attempts to encourage fair play. The game starts off with a kick off, and the teams are allowed to pass, dribble, juggle, head, kick, and shoot the ball to place it down the field, and (hopefully, or eventually) into their opponent's goal. If the ball is kicked off the field over the length of the field, the other team is given a throw–in, where the ball is thrown over the player's head, and back onto the field. If the ball is kicked over the goal, or across the width of the field, either a corner kick results (by the offensive team, where the ball is placed on the corner of the field and kicked into play) or the defensive team is awarded a goal kick, where the ball is placed on the corner of the goal box, and kicked back into play. If a goal is scored, the ball is taken back to the center of

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In our lives, struggles and difficulties will never be avoided; they are a part of life. Whether or not we are ready or prepared, they are always going to happen. The fact is, life is ever changing. And, as new seasons and opportunities come, there are other seasons which end and doors that are closed. However, what makes the difference in each day, is how we respond when that adversity comes our way. As was the case this past year in football for me. For me, the most painful and most disheartening game one year (2016), then became the most amazing and elated game I would ever experience when we played the next year (2017).

Shut out. Shattered. Eradicated – these are just a couple words that provide a brief attempt in describing me and my team in the rivalry game of 2016. It was the most anticipated game of the year; the game against our arch rivals, the Wilco Falcons. It was the Christian Cougars against the Wilco Falcons. Through the first half of the game, we fought hard to keep it close. We stayed in stride with our opponents and performed at our most, in order to go into halftime trailing just 22–14. Coming out of halftime, however, the end came fast. We were shut down and blown out by 42 points in the second half of the game. In short, it quickly became a massacre, and there was no hope for any sort of comeback. As the seconds counted down one by one to the end, tears flooded my eyes and numbness took my heart. Finally, the clock hit zero, and the game was over. The Falcons won the battle with the staggeringscore of 64–14. The game left me with emotions that could never be replicated. Stung not only by the loss, but also by the sharp words the opposing team delivered to me, the pain was unwavering. It was unquenchable. But following my tears shed that night, one thing also stood unwavering: my determination. Closely following the end of that game came also came the end of the season as well as the start of the off–season. Day 1 – December 1st – it began. I vowed to never quit, and I would stop at nothing to come back unbreakable the following year.

Fast forward. Day 250 – August 7th – It was the first day of official practice and eight months since the start of my

The NFL Playoffs are set to begin this weekend. Which NFC teams have the best chances of advancing? Find out below... (6) Atlanta Falcons vs. (3) Los Angeles Rams First off, kudos to Dan Quinn for weathering the storm throughout what was certainly an up–and–down 2017 season for the Atlanta Falcons. Coming off the biggest collapse in Super Bowl history, Quinn and his staff still managed to win 10 games and reach the playoffs, despite by all accounts what was a down season for Matt Ryan. And although it's easy to assume that Kyle Shanahan's departure is to blame for Ryan's 2017 struggles, that doesn't necessarily seem fair to new offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian. In fact, many of Ryan's miscues this season seemed to arise simply from...show more content...

Meanwhile, the Rams enter the playoffs with a first–year head coach, second–year quarterback and a plethora of other young players across the field. The Rams are a highly skilled and well–coached, but they might be just a year or two away from seeing real playoff success. Although the Falcons would obviously prefer to play at home, Los Angeles isn't exactly the most intimidating place to play a football game. Therefore, look for the Falcons to learn from last year and slip away late against one of the NFL's most promising young teams. Predicted Score: Falcons 27, Rams 24 (5)

Carolina Panthers vs. (4) New Orleans Saints

It's always fun to see division rivals matchup during the playoffs, and Saturdays contest between the Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints should be no different. Despite both teams entering Wild Card Weekend sitting at 11–5, the Saints proved to have Cam Newton and the Panthers' number during the 2017 season, winning both of their head–to–head matchups. With both teams coming of disappointing sub–.500 seasons, it was a pleasant surprise to see both teams lead the NFC South to the distinction of the NFL's toughest division this year. While Matt Ryan owned the quarterback headlines within the division during his MVP campaign tear a season ago, Drew Brees stepped back into the forefront as the class of the NFC South signal callers with an outstanding 2017

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Football is a game of passion, a time when nothing else matters and the only thing that matters is going out there having fun and fighting for the guy next to you. Football has always been something that I loved and had a wild passion for. I've made friendships and memories to last a life time and I can always be grateful that football did that for me. Now of course I've had some bad memories during football as well, I remember walking out of the film room on the last day of spring ball and having Coach Antle grab me and say "Gage, I think I want to try you at a new position, I want to put you at defensive end. We need you more there and we think you can really excel there." I remember being so furious, I had played linebacker ever since I could remember and now the last day of spring ball my senior year everything was about to change. Hearing him say that to me made me want to drop my things and walk out of the room, I wanted to turn away from football and never look back. Instead I went with it, that whole practice I was mad and everyone could tell. Many times, that day players would come up and ask "hey man is everything okay?" The only thing I could even say back was "I'm fine," but they all knew I was anything but fine. I was always happy at practice because I had fun playing football and being with the guys, but that day the field was the last place I wanted to be. My friend Ryan knows me better than most and he could tell I was acting weird and I wasn't with the

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Football As a football fan, like you I hold the magnificent game close to my heart. I have been a loyal supporter of my local team since I was a young child. I even remember now the first game I witnessed and the amazing feelings that rushed through my veins as the crowd chanted and roared. We've all felt this, and it is what is so great about the game of football. With football there are ups and there are downs, just like any other game, but unlike most other sports there are huge injustices week in and week out. Every game there will be a wrong decision made, no matter whether it big or small it is still unjust. Obviously, you know how painful a stupid decision by some bloke with a whistle...show more content...

In contrast to this, where video refereeing is already used such as Rugby, we notice barely any difference between now and before it was introduced into the sport. This is because decisions can be replayed a split second after an incident has taken place, to be reviewed by a panel of officials who can make an almost instant decision. I myself do not think this would waste time at all because, think about it, when a referee makes a decision on the pitch which is felt unjust to a side of players, it is going to be highly disputed leading to arguments between players and officials which in turn leads to cards being shown as we've seen so many times before. Due to this, a huge advantage of video replays would be that the referee only has to enforce a decision on the pitch, meaning that any of the players on the field have no one to dispute a decision because it will be accurate in it's decision by officials watching a 'big screen' Has your team ever had an unjust decision against them that could cause huge consequences to their survival? I think the answer to that is yes, like any club in any league. We've all had unfair decisions made against us that could lead to all kinds of disasters such as relegation or losing the title. This can't go on much longer surely. Game after to Get more content