Football: A Game of Dangers Imagine being out on a field in the high heat of a summer afternoon. In full pads and a helmet‚ getting ready to start a 2 hour game. Teenagers of various heights and weights‚ all running at each other defending the football. Massive linemen collide with lean running backs. Players running back and forth a 100 yard field. Now imagine being tackled‚ being tack to the ground by one or more other players. Helmets colliding‚ ankles twisting‚ and backs smacking the ground
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My short American football stort It is a rainy Friday night and it is the middle of November. That was unusual for California weather. It is the fourth quarter and the Mustangs are down by one field goal. This is the California State Championship Game. Jack Dawson comes to the huddle. Jack is the quarterback and he is a tall African American. He tells the whole team what we’re going to do. I am Matt Moore and I play halfback for the Mustangs. Jack and I have been best friends since middle school
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Ten Years of Football When I was a little kid probably around the age of seven‚ I started playing sports. Sports is a big part of life for my family‚ and every one of my siblings‚ including me‚ started playing sports when we were kids. I played multiple sports while growing up. I played football‚ baseball‚ soccer‚ track and basketball‚ so I was always going to practice or playing in a game. The sport I loved the most is football. I started playing football when I was seven. At that age I was
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The History of American Football Football‚ as well as rugby and soccer‚ is believed to have originated from an ancient Greek game known as Harpaston. Harpaston is mentioned quite frequently throughout classical literature‚ in which it is referred to as a “very rough and brutal” game. The rules of this ancient sport were simple: a team would be awarded points when a player would move the ball across the opposing team’s goal line by either kicking the ball‚ running with it across the goal line
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It was a Friday night in mid August 1991. I was a noseguard and middle linebacker on defense‚ depending on the play. I also played right guard on the offensive line. This is the story of a night that could of well ended any hope of being an athlete‚ on any level‚ from this point on. I will be telling the story from the defensive side of the ball‚ due to that is where I was playing when I had five vertebrae‚ slightly‚ separated. The clear ski appeared like god had popped peepholes in it so he and
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Consequently‚ concussions have been a big epidemic in football. A Concussion forms when there is a strong force that is applied to your head and your brain bounces of the hard wall of your skull. This isn’t the only way for a concussion to form. According to WebMD‚ “An impact elsewhere on the body can create enough force to jar the brain”(2016) For example‚ think of a walnut inside a jar of water‚ the water standing for the brain fluid and walnut standing for the brain. When a hard enough force is
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Different Strategy to Reduce Concussions in Football A Recommendation Report Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………..3 History of Concussions………………………………………………………………….4 Background on occurring problem….…………………………………………………..7 Method of Research……………………………………………………………………..9 Criteria for Analysis…....……………………………………………………………….10 Evaluation of best solution….…………………………………………………..............11 Conclusion…….………………………………………………………………………..12 Recommendations……………………………………………………………………
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The Immune System is a very complicated thing‚ and you can simplify it by comparing it to a defense in football. In football‚ you have three lines of defense‚ just like the Immune System. There is the defensive line‚ linebackers‚ and the secondary. The defensive line is like the first layer of defense‚ the linebackers the second line of defense‚ and the defensive backs the third line of defense. Each of them have their own responsibilities‚ but work together for the same goal. They work as a team
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Football Game The crowd sat on the edge‚ waiting impatiently for the next pass‚ the next tackle. This intense game had both teams fighting for control of the ball‚ struggling to score the next touchdown. The crowd was alive with concentration‚ which was then immediately interrupted by deafening cheers as soon as their team scored. As a fan‚ football from my perspective has always been a phenomenal sport that creates an intense‚ fun‚ and lively social atmosphere. It gives a chance for friends
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affecting the other. Severe and recurrent injuries in football players are considered to be major physical and psychosocial stressors. In common with elite athletes from other sports‚ severe or recurrent injuries may predispose them to mental health problems in the short and long-term and to adverse psychological effects such as lower self-esteem and adverse health behaviour. Recently‚ other sources of mental stressors have been reported in football‚ especially organizational pressure related to sporting
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